Page 6: Historical Events In February - 16

1923  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard   

1923  US male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger on this day in history.   

1926  Suzanne Lenglen defeats Helen Wills in Tennis at Cannes France on this day in history.   

1926  The birth of John Schlesinger, American director on February - 16.   

1927  On February - 16 noël Coward's "Marquise," premieres in London   

1927  US restores diplomatic relations with Turkey on February - 16.   

1927  Noel Coward's "Marquise," premieres in London on February - 16.   

1929  KID-AM in Idaho Falls ID begins radio transmissions on February - 16.   

1931  Extreme right wing Svinhufvud becomes President of Finland on February - 16.   

1932  On February - 16 patent issued for a tree, to James Markham for a peach tree   

1932  On February - 16 1st patent issued for a tree, to James Markham for a peach tree   

1933  Catholic newspaper Germania warns against Nazis/communists on February - 16.   

1933  Archie Jackson, cricketer (of TB, Aus bat too briefly Avg 47.4), dies on February - 16.   

1934  Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republican Schutzbund on February - 16.   

1934  On February - 16 eduard Bagritsky, [Dzjubin], Russ poet/journalist, dies at 38   

1936  On February - 16 4th Winter Olympics games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany   

1936  Spanish Frente Popular (People's Front) wins elections on February - 16.   

1936  On this day in history 4th Winter Olympic games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany   

1936  On February - 16 tommy Ward, S African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted   

1937  DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers on this day in history.   

1937  Nylon is patented on this day in history.   

1938  On February - 16 uS Federal Crop Insurance program authorized   

1938  Otto zur Linde, German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history jura Soyfer, writer, dies at 26   

1940  British search plane finds German Altmark off Norway on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history rCAF's No. 110 Army Cooperation Squadron sails for Britain; first of 48 squadrons to go overseas   

1942  On February - 16 german submarines attack Aruba oil refinery   

1942  On this day in history 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) on February - 16.   

1943  British premier Winston Churchill gets pneumonia on February - 16.   

1943  Red army conquers Kharkov on February - 16.   

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 on this day in history.   

1943  Withdrawing Africa Corps reaches Mareth-line in North-Africa on this day in history.   

1943  -32°F (-36°C), Falls Village, Connecticut (state record) on this day in history.   

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1032  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia   

1643  John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714) was born on February - 16.   

1669  Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter was born on this day in history.   

0309  Death of Pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded on February - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1531  On this day in history death of johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)   

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.