Page 9: Historical Events In February - 16

1985  On this day in history larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69   

1986  On this day in history french air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad   

1986  On February - 16 hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater   

1986  Mário Soares (Socialist) elected Portugal's first civilian president on February - 16.   

1986  Howard Da Silva, Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776), dies at 76 on February - 16.   

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 February - 16.   

1989  Egypt, Iraq, Jordan & North Yemen form common market on this day in history.   

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

1989  On February - 16 william Hayden becomes governor-General of Australia   

1990  On February - 16 keith Haring, artist/cartoonist (brilliant baby), dies of AIDs at 31   

1991  On February - 16 dutch PPR, Political Party Radicals, disbands   

1991  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding   

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 February - 16.   

1993  On February - 16 donald Phelps, dies of AIDS at 61   

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 February - 16.   

1995  On this day in history john Everett Allen, US businessman, dies at 91   

1996  On February - 16 gary Kirsten scores 188 for South Africa vs UAE at Rawalpindi   

1996  Charles McCorquodale, art historian, dies at 47 on February - 16.   

1997  On February - 16 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  Testimony begins in the Jasper, TX, murder trial of John William King, charged in the dragging death of James Byrd, Jr on February - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

2006  Kobe Airport, a controversial offshore airport in Kobe, Japan, opens for airline service on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1497  On February - 16 birth of philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)   

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

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

1620  On this day in history birth of frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia   

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

1247  On this day in history death of heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1538  On February - 16 everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65   

1560  Death of Jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat on this day in history.