Page 9: Historical Events In February - 16

1985  Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1986  French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad on February - 16.   

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  Howard Da Silva, Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776), dies at 76 on February - 16.   

1987  On this day in history john Demjanjuk, accused of being "Ivan the Terrible" trial begins   

1987  On February - 16 dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky, composer, dies at 82   

1988  First documented combat action by US military advisors in El Salvador on February - 16.   

1989  Egypt, Iraq, Jordan & North Yemen form common market on February - 16.   

1989  On February - 16 jane Fonda & Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage   

1989  William Hayden becomes governor-General of Australia on February - 16.   

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 February - 16.   

1991  On February - 16 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding   

1991  On February - 16 enrique B Varela, commandant Nicaragua contra's, dies   

1992  On this day in history former silver Goodyear blimps are now painted yellow & blue   

1992  Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated on this day in history.   

1993  Donald Phelps, dies of AIDS at 61 on this day in history.   

1994  6.5 earthquake strikes SE Sumatra, kills 200 on February - 16.   

1994  On this day in history over 200 people die as a powerful earthquake rocks the Indonesian island of Sumatra.   

1994  Premier Alfonso Bustamente ends government in Peru on this day in history.   

1995  John Everett Allen, US businessman, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1996  Gary Kirsten scores 188 for South Africa vs UAE at Rawalpindi on February - 16.   

1996  On February - 16 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 this day in history tellabs Inc acquires Coherent Communications Systems for $670 million   

1999  Testimony begins in the Jasper, TX, murder trial of John William King, charged in the dragging death of James Byrd, Jr on this day in history.   

2005  The Kyoto Protocol went into effect, without the support of the United States and Australia on February - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

2006  Kobe Airport, a controversial offshore airport in Kobe, Japan, opens for airline service on February - 16.   

2013  On this day in history 84 people are killed and 190 are injured after a market bombing in Hazara Town, Pakistan   

2014  67th British Academy Film Awards: 12 Years a Slave, Chiwetel Ejiofor, & Cate Blanchett win on February - 16.   

2017  Suicide attack on shrine of Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Sehwan, Pakistan kills 72, Islamic State claims responsibility on this day in history.   

2017  On this day in history car bomb in Bayaa, Baghdad kills at least 48, Islamic State claims responsibility. 3rd attack in 3 days   

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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 February - 16.   

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie) was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 16.   

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

1643  John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714) was born on February - 16.   

1669  Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter was born on this day in history.   

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

0923  On February - 16 abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83   

1247  Death of Heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204) on February - 16.   

1279  Afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies on February - 16.   

1391  Johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies on February - 16.   

1531  On February - 16 death of johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)   

1538  Everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65 on February - 16.   

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