Page 8: Historical Events In February - 16

1965  On this day in history pegasus 1 launched to detect micro-meteors   

1966  On this day in history bob Cowper makes 307 vs England at the MCG, 727 minute s, 20 fours   

1966  On this day in history end of Wally Grout's Test Cricket career, 187 dismissals as Australia WK   

1966  On this day in history france performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria   

1966  Hendrik W Tilanus, artillery officer/leader (CHU 1939-63), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1967  Operation River Raider begins in Mekong Delta on February - 16.   

1967  On this day in history smiley Burnette, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction), dies at 55   

1968  Beatles George Harrison & John Lennon & wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history country's first 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville AL   

1968  On February - 16 elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art"   

1968  Healey Willan, composer, dies at 87 on February - 16.   

1970  Joe Frazier KOs Jimmy Ellis in 5 for undisputed heavyweight boxing crown on February - 16.   

1971  Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, under opposition attack in the Commons, utters an apparently unparliamentary expression that he later describes as "fuddle-duddle" we all know what it really was on this day in history.   

1972  German mass murderers "Three of Breda" freed on February - 16.   

1972  On February - 16 test Cricket debut of Lawrence Rowe West Indies vs New Zealand Kingston, 214 & 100   

1973  West Indies vs Australia at Kingston, first time since 1955 without Sobers on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history william Calley's murder conviction for the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam   

1973  On February - 16 pieter Van der Bijl, cricketer (outstanding S Af bat in 1938-39), dies   

1977  On February - 16 uSSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR   

1978  The first Computer Bulletin Board System (Ward & Randy's CBBS, Chicago) on February - 16.   

1979  On this day in history george Harrison releases "Blow Away"   

1979  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history louise Allbritton, actress (Celia-Stage Door), dies at 58   

1980  Continuous traffic jam extends 176 km north of Lyons, France on February - 16.   

1980  On this day in history eric Heiden skates 5k in 7 02.29 (Olympics Record)   

1981  On this day in history howard Hanson, composer, dies at 84   

1982  Agatha Barbara elected as first female President of Malta on this day in history.   

1982  Assembled STS-3 vehicle moves from Vandenberg AFB to launch pad on this day in history.   

1982  Lee Majors & Farrah Fawcett Majors divorce on this day in history.   

1984  Bill Johnson becomes first American to win Olympics downhill skiing gold on this day in history.   

1984  On February - 16 canada's Brian Orser wins Silver Medal in Figure Skating at the same Olympics; highest Olympic award ever to a Canadian male   

1984  In Sarajevo Bosnia Canada's Gaetan Boucher wins second Gold Medal in Speedskating at the 14th Winter Games on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history ken Williams, TV announcer (Video Village), dies at 69   

1985  On February - 16 livingston Bramble defeats Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini to win WBA champion   

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1032  Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067) was born on this day in history.   

1075  Ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet was born on this day in history.   

1497  On this day in history birth of philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)   

1519  On February - 16 birth of gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral   

1543  On this day in history birth of kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590)   

1620  Frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia was born on this day in history.   

1643  On February - 16 birth of john Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714)   

1669  On this day in history birth of arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter   

0309  Death of Pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded on February - 16.   

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

1247  Death of Heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204) on this day in history.   

1279  On this day in history afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies   

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  On this day in history everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65   

1560  On February - 16 death of jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat