December 16

Happy Birthday RIP Jane Austen(1775–1817) ; Joyce Boulifant–78 Harry "Ben" Cross–68 William "Billy" Gibbons–66 Sam Robards–54 Benjamin Bratt–52 Jonathan Scarfe–40 Scott Bailey–37 Theodore James Taptiklis–31 Anna Popplewell–27 ; 1773 – The Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea overboard to protest tea taxes.