Page 5: Historical Events In February - 16

1903  On this day in history edgar Bergen, Chicago, ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy)   

1904  Ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indian SLA, 8 wickets in 6 Tests) on February - 16.   

1905  On this day in history 1st US Esperanto club organizes in Boston   

1905  On this day in history jose Munoz Molleda, composer   

1906  Jeffrey Lynn, actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front) on February - 16.   

1907  Fernando Previtali, composer on February - 16.   

1909  On this day in history serbia mobilizes against Austria-Hungary   

1909  Subway car with side doors goes into service (New York NY) on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history 1st subway car with side doors goes into service (NYC)   

1909  Hugh Beaumont, Lawrence Ks, actor (Ward Cleaver-Leave it to Beaver) on this day in history.   

1910  Michael Milne-Watson, CEO (BUPA) on February - 16.   

1910  On February - 16 albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75   

1911  On this day in history hal Porter, Australia, writer (Tilted Cross, Paper Chase)   

1912  VSV soccer team forms in Ijmuiden on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history arthur Crook, British editor (Times Literary Supplement)   

1912  Edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies on February - 16.   

1913  President Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexican civil war on February - 16.   

1913  On February - 16 president Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexico   

1914  On February - 16 first airplane flight from to Los Angeles from San Francisco   

1914  1st airplane flight (LA to SF) on this day in history.   

1914  J Tobin, British anaesthetist on February - 16.   

1915  On February - 16 frank Home Run Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season   

1915  On February - 16 emil Waldteufel, [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies   

1916  Russian troops conquer Erzurum Armenia on February - 16.   

1916  On this day in history william Ballard Doggett, jazz musician   

1916  Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1917  First synagogue in 425 years opens in Madrid on February - 16.   

1917  1st synagogue in 425 years opens in Madrid on February - 16.   

1918  Lithuania declares independence from Russia & Germany (National Day) on February - 16.   

1918  On this day in history patty Andrews, American singer   

1920  The birth of Patti Andrews, Of the 'Andrews Sisters' on this day in history.   

1920  Hubert van Herreweghen, Flemish writer/journalist on February - 16.   

1923  Allies accept Latvia's occupation of Memel territory on February - 16.   

1923  On February - 16 the burial vault of King Tutankhamen's tomb is opened in Egypt.   

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1032  On February - 16 birth of emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067)   

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

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie) was born on February - 16.   

1519  On this day in history birth of gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral   

1543  On February - 16 birth of kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590)   

1620  On February - 16 birth of frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia   

1643  On this day in history birth of john Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714)   

1669  On this day in history birth of arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter   

0309  On this day in history 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  Afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies on February - 16.   

1391  On this day in history johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies   

1531  Death of Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452) on February - 16.   

1538  On February - 16 everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65   

1560  Death of Jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat on February - 16.