What happend on 16th December

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2003

Deborah Jin induces the formation of a fermionic condensate among fermionic atoms.

2000

NASA announces that there is an ocean beneath Jupiter moon Ganymede's icy surface.

1999

Mud streams kill thousands in Venezuela.

1998

Operation Desert Fox: American and British troops begin to bomb Iraqi targets after Iraq obstructs UN weapons inspectors.

1997

Super Typhoon Paka makes landfall on the island of Guam with 150 mph winds.

1991

United Nations reverses its 1975 resolution that Zionism is racism by a vote of 111-25, with 13 abstentions.

1990

Jean-Bertrand Aristide is elected president of Haiti.

1989

The Romanian Revolution begins in the city of TimiÅŸoara as a protest against an attempt to evict a dissident priest.

1985

In New York City, Mafia bosses Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead , making hit organizer John Gotti the leader of the Gambino family.

1973

O.J. Simpson becomes the first player in NFL history to rush for 2000 yards in one season.