History Timeline Quiz for December 16, 2025
Play the archived history timeline quiz from December 16, 2025. Review the events, place them in order, and compare your chronology skills with previous daily challenges.
Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball.
David Bowie retires his stage persona Ziggy Stardust with the surprise announcement that it is "the last show that we'll ever do" on the last day of the Ziggy Stardust Tour.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.
Historical events from the December 16, 2025 quiz
This archived daily quiz includes the events below in chronological order, from oldest to newest.
- 1Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball.1939
- 2David Bowie retires his stage persona Ziggy Stardust with the surprise announcement that it is "the last show that we'll ever do" on the last day of the Ziggy Stardust Tour.1973
- 3A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.1989
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