December 16

Happy Birthday RIP Jane Austen(1775–1817) ; Joyce Boulifant–79 Harry "Ben" Cross–69 William "Billy" Gibbons–67 Sam Robards–55 Benjamin Bratt–53 Jonathan Scarfe–41 Scott Bailey–38 Theodore James Taptiklis–32 Anna Popplewell–28 ; 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