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Thursday, 03 April 2025
1985 On February - 16 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 this day in history.
1986 On February - 16 howard Da Silva, Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776), dies at 76
1987 On February - 16 john Demjanjuk, accused of being "Ivan the Terrible" trial begins
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 this day in history jane Fonda & Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage
1989 William Hayden becomes governor-General of Australia on this day in history.
1990 Keith Haring, artist/cartoonist (brilliant baby), dies of AIDs at 31 on February - 16.
1991 Dutch PPR, Political Party Radicals, disbands on this day in history.
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 February - 16.
1992 On February - 16 former silver Goodyear blimps are now painted yellow & blue
1992 Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated on February - 16.
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 On February - 16 over 200 people die as a powerful earthquake rocks the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
1994 Premier Alfonso Bustamente ends government in Peru on this day in history.
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 February - 16.
1998 Tellabs Inc acquires Coherent Communications Systems for $670 million on February - 16.
1999 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.
2013 On this day in history 84 people are killed and 190 are injured after a market bombing in Hazara Town, Pakistan
2014 67th British Academy Film Awards: 12 Years a Slave, Chiwetel Ejiofor, & Cate Blanchett win on this day in history.
2017 Suicide attack on shrine of Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Sehwan, Pakistan kills 72, Islamic State claims responsibility on February - 16.
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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