Historical Events In February - 16

1985  Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69 on February - 16.   

1986  On February - 16 french air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad   

1986  Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater on this day in history.   

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

1986  On this day in history howard Da Silva, Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776), dies at 76   

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  On this day in history first documented combat action by US military advisors in El Salvador   

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

1989  Jane Fonda & Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage on February - 16.   

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

1990  On this day in history keith Haring, artist/cartoonist (brilliant baby), dies of AIDs at 31   

1991  On this day in history dutch PPR, Political Party Radicals, disbands   

1991  US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated   

1993  Donald Phelps, dies of AIDS at 61 on February - 16.   

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

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  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  Charles McCorquodale, art historian, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1997  At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history on February - 16.   

1998  Tellabs Inc acquires Coherent Communications Systems for $670 million on this day in history.   

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  On February - 16 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  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  On this day in history 67th British Academy Film Awards: 12 Years a Slave, Chiwetel Ejiofor, & Cate Blanchett win   

2017  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1075  On February - 16 birth of ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet   

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

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

1543  Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.   

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  On February - 16 death of pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded   

0923  Abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83 on February - 16.   

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

1279  On February - 16 afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies   

1391  On February - 16 johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies   

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