WHAT HAPPENED ON 16. DECEMBER
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Libya joins four other OPEC nations in raising crude oil prices, which has an immediate, dramatic effect on the United States. (16. December 1979)

Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti, who assumes leadership of New York's Gambino crime family (16. December 1985)

Gennady Kolbin replaces Dinmukhamed Konayev as First Secretary of the Kazakh Communist Party, prompting the Jeltoqsan protests which began the next day. (16. December 1986)

Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés. (16. December 1989)

U.S. Appeals Court Judge Robert Smith Vance is assassinated by a mail bomb sent by Walter Leroy Moody, Jr. (16. December 1989)

Kazakhstan gains its independence from the Soviet Union. (16. December 1991)

A Japanese airing of the "Dennō Senshi Porygon" episode of Pokémon induces seizures in 685 viewers. (16. December 1997)

A gang rape in Delhi sparks widespread demonstrations across India. (16. December 2012)

A bus falls from an elevated highway in Manila, Philippines, killing at least 18 people and injuring 20 others. (16. December 2013)