Historical Events In February - 16

1923  On February - 16 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard   

1923  On February - 16 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger   

1926  On this day in history suzanne Lenglen defeats Helen Wills in Tennis at Cannes France   

1926  On this day in history the birth of John Schlesinger, American director   

1927  On this day in history noël Coward's "Marquise," premieres in London   

1927  On February - 16 uS restores diplomatic relations with Turkey   

1927  On this day in history noel Coward's "Marquise," premieres in London   

1929  On February - 16 kID-AM in Idaho Falls ID begins radio transmissions   

1931  Extreme right wing Svinhufvud becomes President of Finland on this day in history.   

1932  Patent issued for a tree, to James Markham for a peach tree on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history 1st patent issued for a tree, to James Markham for a peach tree   

1933  Catholic newspaper Germania warns against Nazis/communists on February - 16.   

1933  On February - 16 archie Jackson, cricketer (of TB, Aus bat too briefly Avg 47.4), dies   

1934  On February - 16 austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republican Schutzbund.   

1934  Eduard Bagritsky, [Dzjubin], Russ poet/journalist, dies at 38 on February - 16.   

1936  On February - 16 4th Winter Olympics games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany   

1936  Spanish Frente Popular (People's Front) wins elections on this day in history.   

1936  4th Winter Olympic games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany on February - 16.   

1936  Tommy Ward, S African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted on this day in history.   

1937  On February - 16 duPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers   

1937  Nylon is patented on February - 16.   

1938  On this day in history uS Federal Crop Insurance program authorized   

1938  Otto zur Linde, German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64 on February - 16.   

1939  Jura Soyfer, writer, dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history british search plane finds German Altmark off Norway   

1940  On February - 16 rCAF's No. 110 Army Cooperation Squadron sails for Britain; first of 48 squadrons to go overseas   

1942  On February - 16 german submarines attack Aruba oil refinery   

1942  On this day in history massacre of 22 members of the Australian Army Nursing Service and other survivors of the SS Vyner Brooke, on Banka Island, Straits of Sumatra   

1943  -32º F (-36º C), Falls Village CT (state record) on February - 16.   

1943  On February - 16 british premier Winston Churchill gets pneumonia   

1943  Red army conquers Kharkov on February - 16.   

1943  On this day in history sign on Munich facade "Out with Hitler! Long live freedom!" done by "White Rose" student group, caught on 2/18, beheaded on 2/22   

1943  Withdrawing Africa Corps reaches Mareth-line in North-Africa on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history -32°F (-36°C), Falls Village, Connecticut (state record)   

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1032  Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067) was born on February - 16.   

1075  On this day in history birth of ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet   

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

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

1543  On February - 16 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  On February - 16 birth of john Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714)   

1669  On February - 16 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  On this day in history death of heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204)   

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

1391  On this day in history johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies   

1531  On this day in history death of johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)   

1538  On February - 16 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