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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47533)	12/16/2004 9:43:43 AM
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Today in history-December 16: National Day in Bahrain (1971), Independence Day in Kazakhstan (1991) 1653 - Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. 1773 - The Sons of Liberty attended the Boston Tea Party. 1944 - WW2: Nazi Germany launched its final offensive in the western front, the Battle of the Bulge. 1971 - The Indo-Pakistani War ended when Pakistani forces in East Pakistan surrendered, leading to the establishment of Bangladesh. 1989 - The Romanian Revolution began in the city of Timisoara, as a protest against an attempt by the government to evict a dissident Methodist priest, László Tokés, escalated.