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 this day in history.   

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

1905  On this day in history jose Munoz Molleda, composer   

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

1907  Fernando Previtali, composer on this day in history.   

1909  On February - 16 serbia mobilizes against Austria-Hungary   

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

1909  1st subway car with side doors goes into service (NYC) on February - 16.   

1909  On February - 16 hugh Beaumont, Lawrence Ks, actor (Ward Cleaver-Leave it to Beaver)   

1910  On this day in history michael Milne-Watson, CEO (BUPA)   

1910  Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75 on February - 16.   

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

1912  VSV soccer team forms in Ijmuiden on February - 16.   

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

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

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

1913  President Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexico on February - 16.   

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

1914  On February - 16 1st airplane flight (LA to SF)   

1914  On February - 16 j Tobin, British anaesthetist   

1915  Frank Home Run Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season on this day in history.   

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

1916  On this day in history russian troops conquer Erzurum Armenia   

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

1916  On February - 16 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 this day in history.   

1918  Lithuania declares independence from Russia & Germany (National Day) on this day in history.   

1918  On February - 16 patty Andrews, American singer   

1920  On February - 16 the birth of Patti Andrews, Of the 'Andrews Sisters'   

1920  On February - 16 hubert van Herreweghen, Flemish writer/journalist   

1923  On February - 16 allies accept Latvia's occupation of Memel territory   

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 this day in history.   

1075  On this day in history birth of ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet   

1497  On this day in history 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  Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590) was born on February - 16.   

1620  On this day in history birth of frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia   

1643  On February - 16 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 February - 16 death of pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded   

0923  Abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1247  Death of Heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204) on February - 16.   

1279  On February - 16 afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies   

1391  Johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies on this day in history.   

1531  Death of Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452) on this day in history.   

1538  Everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65 on February - 16.   

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