1. On December 16, 1773, colonists in Portsmouth, NH, adopted resolutions against the importation of tea, similar to those made by Bostonians at the Boston Tea Party two days earlier.

2. December 16, 1811, marked "New England's Dark Day," when a mysterious darkness descended on the region for several hours, reportedly blocking out the sun and causing panic among residents.

3. The New Hampshire State House was dedicated on December 16, 1819. It was the third capitol building in Concord and is still in use today.

4. The first remote radio broadcast in the United States was transmitted from NH on December 16, 1920, when WBZ in Boston aired a program from atop Mount Washington.

5. On December 16, 1952, the first successful human-to-human kidney transplant in the world was performed at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, MA, with one of the donors being a NH woman.