Page 8: Historical Events In February - 16

1966  End of Wally Grout's Test Cricket career, 187 dismissals as Australia WK   

1966  France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria.   

1966  Hendrik W Tilanus, artillery officer/leader (CHU 1939-63), dies at 81   

1967  Operation River Raider begins in Mekong Delta.   

1967  Smiley Burnette, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction), dies at 55   

1968  Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon and wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi   

1968  Country's inaugural 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville AL   

1968  Elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art"   

1968  Healey Willan, composer, dies at 87.   

1970  Joe Frazier KOs Jimmy Ellis in 5 for undisputed heavyweight boxing crown.   

1971  Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, under opposition attack in the Commons, utters an apparently unparliamentary expression that he later describes as "fuddle-duddle" we all know what it really was.   

1972  German mass murderers "Three of Breda" freed.   

1972  Test Cricket debut of Lawrence Rowe West Indies vs New Zealand Kingston, 214 and 100.   

1973  West Indies vs Australia at Kingston, inaugural time since 1955 without Sobers.   

1973  William Calley's murder conviction for the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam.   

1973  Pieter Van der Bijl, cricketer (outstanding S Af bat in 1938-39), dies   

1977  USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR.   

1978  The inaugural Computer Bulletin Board System (Ward and Randy's CBBS, Chicago).   

1979  In this year, George Harrison releases "Blow Away".   

1979  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR.   

1979  Louise Allbritton, actress (Celia-Stage Door), dies at 58   

1980  Continuous traffic jam extends 176 km north of Lyons, France   

1980  Eric Heiden skates 5k in 7 02.29 (Olympics Record)   

1981  Howard Hanson, composer, dies at 84   

1982  Agatha Barbara elected as inaugural female President of Malta.   

1982  Assembled STS-3 vehicle moves from Vandenberg AFB to launch pad   

1982  Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett Majors divorce.   

1984  Bill Johnson is recorded as becoming inaugural American to win Olympics downhill skiing gold.   

1984  In this year, Canada's Brian Orser claims Silver Medal in Figure Skating at the same Olympics; highest Olympic award ever to a Canadian male   

1984  In this year, In Sarajevo Bosnia Canada's Gaetan Boucher claims second Gold Medal in Speedskating at the 14th Winter Games   

1984  Ken Williams, TV announcer (Video Village), dies at 69   

1985  Livingston Bramble defeats Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini to win WBA champion.   

1985  Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69.   

1986  French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad.   

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

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

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

1560  Jean du bellay: French catholic cardinal and diplomat