On this day — December 16

Wisconsin, United States, takes place, resulting in the death of three people.

Malaysia, trapping 92 people and killing 31.

Pakistan, killing 150 people, 132 of them schoolchildren.

capital of the Philippines, killing at least 18 people with 20 injured.

Kazakhstan, resulting in security forces killing at least 14 and injuring 100 more.

Over 600 kids in Japan suffer photosensitive epileptic seizures after watching an episode of the Pokémon anime.

Israeli authorities began deporting hundreds of Palestinians suspected to be members of Hamas across the Lebanese border.

Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés.

Kazakh SSR, in response to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's dismissal of ethnic Kazakh Dinmukhamed Kunaev, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, and his replacement with Gennady Kolbin, an ethnic Russian from the Russian SFSR.

killing all 51 aboard, including four Lithuanian doctors.

The surrender of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh and Vijay Diwas in India respectively.

which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day.

Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.

New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.