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Saturday, 18 January 2025
1985 Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69 on February - 16. 
1986 French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad on this day in history.
1986 Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater on February - 16.
1986 Mário Soares (Socialist) elected Portugal's first civilian president on February - 16.
1986 On February - 16 howard Da Silva, Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776), dies at 76
1987 John Demjanjuk, accused of being "Ivan the Terrible" trial begins on February - 16.
1987 Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1988 On this day in history first documented combat action by US military advisors in El Salvador
1989 On February - 16 egypt, Iraq, Jordan & North Yemen form common market
1989 On this day in history jane Fonda & Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage
1989 On this day in history william Hayden becomes governor-General of Australia
1990 On February - 16 keith Haring, artist/cartoonist (brilliant baby), dies of AIDs at 31
1991 Dutch PPR, Political Party Radicals, disbands on February - 16.
1991 US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding on this day in history.
1991 Enrique B Varela, commandant Nicaragua contra's, dies on this day in history.
1992 Former silver Goodyear blimps are now painted yellow & blue on February - 16.
1992 On this day in history abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated
1993 Donald Phelps, dies of AIDS at 61 on February - 16.
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 this day in history gary Kirsten scores 188 for South Africa vs UAE at Rawalpindi
1996 Charles McCorquodale, art historian, dies at 47 on February - 16.
1997 At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history on this day in history.
1998 On this day in history tellabs Inc acquires Coherent Communications Systems for $670 million
1999 On February - 16 testimony begins in the Jasper, TX, murder trial of John William King, charged in the dragging death of James Byrd, Jr.
2005 The Kyoto Protocol went into effect, without the support of the United States and Australia on February - 16.
2005 On February - 16 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.
2006 Kobe Airport, a controversial offshore airport in Kobe, Japan, opens for airline service on February - 16.
2013 84 people are killed and 190 are injured after a market bombing in Hazara Town, Pakistan on this day in history.
2014 On this day in history 67th British Academy Film Awards: 12 Years a Slave, Chiwetel Ejiofor, & Cate Blanchett win
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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