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1770 Ludwig Van Beethoven was born on Dec. 16, 1770 (baptized on Dec. 17, 1770)
1773 The Boston Tea Party occurs when American colonists board a British ship and dump overboard more than 300 chests of tea to protest high taxes.
1835 Disaster struck Wall Street on this day in 1835, as a fire ravaged the hub of the financial community in lower Manhattan. The inside of the Merchants' Exchange building was nearly destroyed by the fire, leaving the New York Stock and Exchange Board without a home
1916 Gregory Rasputin, a monk with considerable influence over the Russian court, is murdered by noblemen
1949 Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget, later knows as SAAB, is founded in Sweden
1970 The first successful landing on Venus (USSR)
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