Historical Events In February - 16
Thursday, 25 April 2024
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 February - 16.
1986 Howard Da Silva, Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776), dies at 76 on this day in history.
1987 On February - 16 john Demjanjuk, accused of being "Ivan the Terrible" trial begins
1987 On this day in history dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky, composer, dies at 82
1988 First documented combat action by US military advisors in El Salvador on February - 16.
1989 On this day in history 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 William Hayden becomes governor-General of Australia on February - 16.
1990 Keith Haring, artist/cartoonist (brilliant baby), dies of AIDs at 31 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history 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 February - 16 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 On this day in history over 200 people die as a powerful earthquake rocks the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
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 Gary Kirsten scores 188 for South Africa vs UAE at Rawalpindi on this day in history.
1996 On February - 16 charles McCorquodale, art historian, dies at 47
1997 At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history on February - 16.
1998 On February - 16 tellabs Inc acquires Coherent Communications Systems for $670 million
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 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 Kobe Airport, a controversial offshore airport in Kobe, Japan, opens for airline service on February - 16.
2013 On this day in history 84 people are killed and 190 are injured after a market bombing in Hazara Town, Pakistan
2014 On February - 16 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 February - 16.
2017 Car bomb in Bayaa, Baghdad kills at least 48, Islamic State claims responsibility. 3rd attack in 3 days on February - 16.
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