On This Day: Battle of the Bulge begins
On Dec. 16, 1944, Germany launched a counteroffensive in World War II that became known as the Battle of the Bulge.
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Panzergrenadier-SS Kampfgruppe Hansen in action during clashes in Poteau, Belgium, against Task Force Myers, on December 18, 1944, as part of the Battle of the Bulge. File Photo courtesy the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Re-enactors pour chests of tea into Boston Harbor from a ship at the Boston Tea Party Ship and Museum on December 13, 1998, to celebrate the 225th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. On December 16, 1773, about 50 American patriots, protesting the British tax on tea, dumped 342 chests of it into Boston harbor. File Photo by Lee K. Marriner/UPI | License Photo