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Wednesday, 22 January 2025
1985 On February - 16 larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69 
1986 On February - 16 french air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad
1986 On February - 16 hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater
1986 On February - 16 mário Soares (Socialist) elected Portugal's first civilian president
1986 On this day in history howard Da Silva, Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776), dies at 76
1987 On this day in history john Demjanjuk, accused of being "Ivan the Terrible" trial begins
1987 Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1988 First documented combat action by US military advisors in El Salvador on this day in history.
1989 Egypt, Iraq, Jordan & North Yemen form common market on February - 16.
1989 Jane Fonda & Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage on February - 16.
1989 On this day in history william Hayden becomes governor-General of Australia
1990 Keith Haring, artist/cartoonist (brilliant baby), dies of AIDs at 31 on February - 16.
1991 On this day in history dutch PPR, Political Party Radicals, disbands
1991 US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding on February - 16.
1991 On February - 16 enrique B Varela, commandant Nicaragua contra's, dies
1992 Former silver Goodyear blimps are now painted yellow & blue on this day in history.
1992 Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated on this day in history.
1993 Donald Phelps, dies of AIDS at 61 on February - 16.
1994 On this day in history 6.5 earthquake strikes SE Sumatra, kills 200
1994 Over 200 people die as a powerful earthquake rocks the Indonesian island of Sumatra on February - 16.
1994 Premier Alfonso Bustamente ends government in Peru on this day in history.
1995 John Everett Allen, US businessman, dies at 91 on February - 16.
1996 Gary Kirsten scores 188 for South Africa vs UAE at Rawalpindi on this day in history.
1996 On this day in history charles McCorquodale, art historian, dies at 47
1997 On this day in history at age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history
1998 On February - 16 tellabs Inc acquires Coherent Communications Systems for $670 million
1999 On February - 16 testimony begins in the Jasper, TX, murder trial of John William King, charged in the dragging death of James Byrd, Jr.
2005 On this day in history the Kyoto Protocol went into effect, without the support of the United States and Australia.
2005 The National Hockey League canceled its 204-205 season becoming the first North American professional league to cancel a season due to a labour dispute.2006 Kobe Airport, a controversial offshore airport in Kobe, Japan, opens for airline service on February - 16.
2006 On February - 16 kobe Airport, a controversial offshore airport in Kobe, Japan, opens for airline service.
2013 On this day in history 84 people are killed and 190 are injured after a market bombing in Hazara Town, Pakistan
2014 On this day in history 67th British Academy Film Awards: 12 Years a Slave, Chiwetel Ejiofor, & Cate Blanchett win
2017 Suicide attack on shrine of Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Sehwan, Pakistan kills 72, Islamic State claims responsibility on February - 16.
2017 On February - 16 car bomb in Bayaa, Baghdad kills at least 48, Islamic State claims responsibility. 3rd attack in 3 days
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