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December 16th

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  • 1707

    Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan.

  • 1907

    President Theodore Roosevelt sends the 'Great White Fleet' on a world cruise.

  • 1920

    8.5 magnitude earthquake hits Gansu province, China, killing an estimated 200,000. View Post →

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  • 1773

    Boston Tea Party occurs, a pivotal event in the American Revolution.

  • 1998

    Eric Michelman files the earliest patent for a scroll wheel for a computer mouse.

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