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Historical Events In February - 16

Thursday, 28 March 2024

1923  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1923  US male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1926  Suzanne Lenglen defeats Helen Wills in Tennis at Cannes France on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1926  The birth of John Schlesinger, American director on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1927  On this day in history noël Coward's "Marquise," premieres in London  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1927  US restores diplomatic relations with Turkey on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1927  Noel Coward's "Marquise," premieres in London on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1929  KID-AM in Idaho Falls ID begins radio transmissions on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1931  On February - 16 extreme right wing Svinhufvud becomes President of Finland  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1932  Patent issued for a tree, to James Markham for a peach tree on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1932  1st patent issued for a tree, to James Markham for a peach tree on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1933  Catholic newspaper Germania warns against Nazis/communists on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1933  Archie Jackson, cricketer (of TB, Aus bat too briefly Avg 47.4), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1934  Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republican Schutzbund on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1934  Eduard Bagritsky, [Dzjubin], Russ poet/journalist, dies at 38 on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  On this day in history 4th Winter Olympics games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  On this day in history spanish Frente Popular (People's Front) wins elections  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  4th Winter Olympic games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  Tommy Ward, S African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1937  On February - 16 duPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1937  On February - 16 nylon is patented  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  US Federal Crop Insurance program authorized on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  Otto zur Linde, German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64 on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  On this day in history jura Soyfer, writer, dies at 26  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  On this day in history british search plane finds German Altmark off Norway  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  RCAF's No. 110 Army Cooperation Squadron sails for Britain; first of 48 squadrons to go overseas on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  German submarines attack Aruba oil refinery on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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 on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  -32º F (-36º C), Falls Village CT (state record) on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  British premier Winston Churchill gets pneumonia on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  Red army conquers Kharkov on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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 February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  On this day in history withdrawing Africa Corps reaches Mareth-line in North-Africa  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  On February - 16 -32°F (-36°C), Falls Village, Connecticut (state record)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In February - 16

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1032  On February - 16 birth of emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1075  Ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet was born on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1497  On this day in history birth of philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1519  On this day in history birth of gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1543  Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1620  Frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia was born on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1643  John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714) was born on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1669  Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter was born on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In February - 16

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0309  Death of Pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0923  On this day in history abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1247  Death of Heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204) on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1279  On this day in history afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1391  On this day in history johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1531  On this day in history death of johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1538  Everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65 on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1560  Death of Jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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