Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In February - 16
Thursday, 21 November 2024
1985 Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69 on February - 16. 
1986 French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad on this day in history.
1986 Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater on this day in history.
1986 Mário Soares (Socialist) elected Portugal's first civilian president on this day in history.
1986 On February - 16 howard Da Silva, Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776), dies at 76
1987 John Demjanjuk, accused of being "Ivan the Terrible" trial begins on this day in history.
1987 On February - 16 dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky, composer, dies at 82
1988 First documented combat action by US military advisors in El Salvador on this day in history.
1989 On this day in history egypt, Iraq, Jordan & North Yemen form common market
1989 On February - 16 jane Fonda & Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage
1989 William Hayden becomes governor-General of Australia on this day in history.
1990 On this day in history keith Haring, artist/cartoonist (brilliant baby), dies of AIDs at 31
1991 Dutch PPR, Political Party Radicals, disbands on this day in history.
1991 On February - 16 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding
1991 Enrique B Varela, commandant Nicaragua contra's, dies on this day in history.
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 On February - 16 donald Phelps, dies of AIDS at 61
1994 6.5 earthquake strikes SE Sumatra, kills 200 on this day in history.
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 On February - 16 john Everett Allen, US businessman, dies at 91
1996 Gary Kirsten scores 188 for South Africa vs UAE at Rawalpindi on February - 16.
1996 Charles McCorquodale, art historian, dies at 47 on this day in history.
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 The Kyoto Protocol went into effect, without the support of the United States and Australia on this day in history.
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 84 people are killed and 190 are injured after a market bombing in Hazara Town, Pakistan on February - 16.
2014 67th British Academy Film Awards: 12 Years a Slave, Chiwetel Ejiofor, & Cate Blanchett win on February - 16.
2017 On February - 16 suicide attack on shrine of Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Sehwan, Pakistan kills 72, Islamic State claims responsibility
2017 Car bomb in Bayaa, Baghdad kills at least 48, Islamic State claims responsibility. 3rd attack in 3 days on February - 16.
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