Squiz the Day / 16 December 2022
16 December 2022
Independence Day in Kazakhstan
Bahrain’s National Day
Day of Reconciliation in South Africa
Victory Day – Bangladesh
ABS Data Release – Overseas Migration, 2021-22 financial year
Company AGM – NAB
Anniversary of:
• the Boston Tea Party that saw American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbour (1773)
• the birthdays of composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770) and author Jane Austen (1775)
• Shirley Temple announcing her retirement from films, aged 22yo (1950)
• Shannen Doherty (aka Brenda) being fired from TV series Beverly Hills 90210 (1993)
• the jumping castle tragedy at Devonport Public School in Tasmania that killed 6 children (2021)
And it’s 9 days until Christmas…
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