Top Historical Events That Happened on February 16

1927  Noel Coward's "Marquise," premieres in London.   

1929  KID-AM in Idaho Falls ID begins radio transmissions   

1931  Extreme right wing Svinhufvud is recorded as becoming President of Finland   

1932  Patent issued for a tree, to James Markham for a peach tree.   

1932  1st patent issued for a tree, to James Markham for a peach tree.   

1933  Catholic newspaper Germania warns against Nazis/communists   

1933  Archie Jackson, cricketer (of TB, Aus bat too briefly Avg 47.4), dies.   

1934  Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republican Schutzbund   

1934  Eduard Bagritsky, [Dzjubin], Russ poet/journalist, dies at 38.   

1936  4th Winter Olympics games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.   

1936  In this year, Spanish Frente Popular (People's Front) claims elections.   

1936  4th Winter Olympic games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.   

1936  Tommy Ward, S African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted   

1937  DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers.   

1937  Nylon is patented   

1938  US Federal Crop Insurance program authorized   

1938  Otto zur Linde, German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64   

1939  Jura Soyfer, writer, dies at 26   

1940  British search plane finds German Altmark off Norway   

1940  RCAF's No. 110 Army Cooperation Squadron sails for Britain; inaugural of 48 squadrons to go overseas.   

1942  German submarines attack Aruba oil refinery.   

1942  Massacre of 22 members of the Australian Army Nursing Service and other survivors of the SS Vyner Brooke, on Banka Island, Straits of Sumatra   

1943  -32º F (-36º C), Falls Village CT (state record)   

1943  British premier Winston Churchill gets pneumonia   

1943  Red army conquers Kharkov.   

1943  Sign on Munich facade "Out with Hitler! Long live freedom!" done by "White Rose" student group, caught on 2/18, beheaded on 2/22.   

1943  Withdrawing Africa Corps reaches Mareth-line in North-Africa   

1943  -32°F (-36°C), Falls Village, Connecticut (state record).   

1944  Edmund von Borck, composer, dies at 37.   

1945  American troops begin their reoccupation of the Philippine island of Corregidor during WWII   

1945  Venezuela declares war on Nazi-Germany   

1945  US forces land on Corregidor, complete conquest on March 3.   

1945  Billy Frank, cricketer (Test S Afr v Eng 1896, 5 and 2, 1-52), dies   

1946  inaugural commercially designed helicopter tested, Bridgeport CT   

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1032  Emperor yingzong of china: Emperor yingzong of china (d. 1067)   

1075  Ordericus vitalis: French monk/historian/poet   

1497  Philipp melanchthon: Germ, protestant reformer (augsburgse confessie)   

1519  Gaspard de coligny: Huguenot leader/french admiral   

1543  Kano eitoku: Japanese painter   

1620  Frederick william: Great elector, founder of brandenburg-prussia   

1643  John sharp: English archbishop of york   

1669  Arnold boonen: Dutch portrait painter   

0309  Pamphilus van caesarea: Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded   

0923  Abu dja'far mohammed djarir al-tabari: Islamic historian,   

1247  Death of Heinrich raspe: Landgrave of thuringia (b. 1204)   

1279  Death of Afonso iii: King of portugal (1248-79),   

1391  Johannes v palaeologus: Emperor of byzantium (1341-91),   

1531  Johannes stöffler: German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)   

1538  Everhard/erardus van de mark: Prince-bishop of liege,   

1560  Death of Jean du bellay: French catholic cardinal and diplomat