Page 5: Historical Events In February - 16

1903  Edgar Bergen, Chicago, ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy) on this day in history.   

1904  Ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indian SLA, 8 wickets in 6 Tests) on this day in history.   

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

1905  Jose Munoz Molleda, composer on February - 16.   

1906  On this day in history jeffrey Lynn, actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front)   

1907  On February - 16 fernando Previtali, composer   

1909  Serbia mobilizes against Austria-Hungary on February - 16.   

1909  Subway car with side doors goes into service (New York NY) on February - 16.   

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

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 this day in history albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75   

1911  On February - 16 hal Porter, Australia, writer (Tilted Cross, Paper Chase)   

1912  On February - 16 vSV soccer team forms in Ijmuiden   

1912  Arthur Crook, British editor (Times Literary Supplement) on this day in history.   

1912  On February - 16 edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies   

1913  On February - 16 president Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexican civil war   

1913  President Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexico on this day in history.   

1914  First airplane flight from to Los Angeles from San Francisco on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history emil Waldteufel, [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies   

1916  On February - 16 russian troops conquer Erzurum Armenia   

1916  William Ballard Doggett, jazz musician on February - 16.   

1916  On this day in history jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist, dies at 79   

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  On this day in history lithuania declares independence from Russia & Germany (National Day)   

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  On this day in history hubert van Herreweghen, Flemish writer/journalist   

1923  Allies accept Latvia's occupation of Memel territory on this day in history.   

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

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1032  Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067) was born on February - 16.   

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 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83   

1247  On February - 16 death of heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204)   

1279  Afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies on this day in history.   

1391  Johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies on February - 16.   

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  On February - 16 death of jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat