Page 6: Historical Events In February - 16

1923  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard   

1923  US male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger on this day in history.   

1926  On February - 16 suzanne Lenglen defeats Helen Wills in Tennis at Cannes France   

1926  On February - 16 the birth of John Schlesinger, American director   

1927  Noël Coward's "Marquise," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1927  US restores diplomatic relations with Turkey on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history noel Coward's "Marquise," premieres in London   

1929  KID-AM in Idaho Falls ID begins radio transmissions on this day in history.   

1931  Extreme right wing Svinhufvud becomes President of Finland on February - 16.   

1932  Patent issued for a tree, to James Markham for a peach tree on February - 16.   

1932  1st patent issued for a tree, to James Markham for a peach tree on this day in history.   

1933  On February - 16 catholic newspaper Germania warns against Nazis/communists   

1933  Archie Jackson, cricketer (of TB, Aus bat too briefly Avg 47.4), dies on February - 16.   

1934  Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republican Schutzbund on this day in history.   

1934  On February - 16 eduard Bagritsky, [Dzjubin], Russ poet/journalist, dies at 38   

1936  4th Winter Olympics games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany on this day in history.   

1936  Spanish Frente Popular (People's Front) wins elections on February - 16.   

1936  4th Winter Olympic games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany on February - 16.   

1936  Tommy Ward, S African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted on this day in history.   

1937  DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers on February - 16.   

1937  Nylon is patented on this day in history.   

1938  US Federal Crop Insurance program authorized on this day in history.   

1938  Otto zur Linde, German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64 on February - 16.   

1939  Jura Soyfer, writer, dies at 26 on February - 16.   

1940  On February - 16 british search plane finds German Altmark off Norway   

1940  On February - 16 rCAF's No. 110 Army Cooperation Squadron sails for Britain; first of 48 squadrons to go overseas   

1942  On this day in history german submarines attack Aruba oil refinery   

1942  On this day in history massacre of 22 members of the Australian Army Nursing Service and other survivors of the SS Vyner Brooke, on Banka Island, Straits of Sumatra   

1943  On February - 16 -32º F (-36º C), Falls Village CT (state record)   

1943  British premier Winston Churchill gets pneumonia on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history red army conquers Kharkov   

1943  Sign on Munich facade "Out with Hitler! Long live freedom!" done by "White Rose" student group, caught on 2/18, beheaded on 2/22 on this day in history.   

1943  Withdrawing Africa Corps reaches Mareth-line in North-Africa on this day in history.   

1943  -32°F (-36°C), Falls Village, Connecticut (state record) on February - 16.   

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1032  Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067) was born on February - 16.   

1075  Ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet was born on February - 16.   

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie) was born on February - 16.   

1519  Gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral was born on this day in history.   

1543  Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.   

1620  Frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia was born on February - 16.   

1643  On this day in history birth of john Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714)   

1669  On February - 16 birth of arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter   

0309  Death of Pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded on this day in history.   

0923  On this day in history abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83   

1247  On February - 16 death of heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204)   

1279  Afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies on this day in history.   

1391  On February - 16 johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies   

1531  Death of Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452) on February - 16.   

1538  Everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1560  On this day in history death of jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat