Historical Events In February - 16
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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