Page 9: Historical Events In February - 16

1985  On February - 16 larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69   

1986  On this day in history french air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad   

1986  On this day in history hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater   

1986  On February - 16 mário Soares (Socialist) elected Portugal's first civilian president   

1986  On February - 16 howard Da Silva, Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776), dies at 76   

1987  On February - 16 john Demjanjuk, accused of being "Ivan the Terrible" trial begins   

1987  Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky, composer, dies at 82 on February - 16.   

1988  On this day in history first documented combat action by US military advisors in El Salvador   

1989  On this day in history egypt, Iraq, Jordan & North Yemen form common market   

1989  Jane Fonda & Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage on February - 16.   

1989  On this day in history william Hayden becomes governor-General of Australia   

1990  Keith Haring, artist/cartoonist (brilliant baby), dies of AIDs at 31 on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history dutch PPR, Political Party Radicals, disbands   

1991  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding   

1991  On February - 16 enrique B Varela, commandant Nicaragua contra's, dies   

1992  On February - 16 former silver Goodyear blimps are now painted yellow & blue   

1992  On this day in history abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated   

1993  On this day in history donald Phelps, dies of AIDS at 61   

1994  On this day in history 6.5 earthquake strikes SE Sumatra, kills 200   

1994  Over 200 people die as a powerful earthquake rocks the Indonesian island of Sumatra on this day in history.   

1994  On February - 16 premier Alfonso Bustamente ends government in Peru   

1995  John Everett Allen, US businessman, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history gary Kirsten scores 188 for South Africa vs UAE at Rawalpindi   

1996  On February - 16 charles McCorquodale, art historian, dies at 47   

1997  On February - 16 at age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history   

1998  On February - 16 tellabs Inc acquires Coherent Communications Systems for $670 million   

1999  Testimony begins in the Jasper, TX, murder trial of John William King, charged in the dragging death of James Byrd, Jr on this day in history.   

2005  The Kyoto Protocol went into effect, without the support of the United States and Australia on February - 16.   

2005  On this day in history the National Hockey League canceled its 204-205 season becoming the first North American professional league to cancel a season due to a labour dispute.2006 Kobe Airport, a controversial offshore airport in Kobe, Japan, opens for airline service.   

2006  Kobe Airport, a controversial offshore airport in Kobe, Japan, opens for airline service on February - 16.   

2013  On this day in history 84 people are killed and 190 are injured after a market bombing in Hazara Town, Pakistan   

2014  On February - 16 67th British Academy Film Awards: 12 Years a Slave, Chiwetel Ejiofor, & Cate Blanchett win   

2017  On February - 16 suicide attack on shrine of Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Sehwan, Pakistan kills 72, Islamic State claims responsibility   

2017  Car bomb in Bayaa, Baghdad kills at least 48, Islamic State claims responsibility. 3rd attack in 3 days on this day in history.   

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1032  Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067) was born on this day in history.   

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  Gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral was born on this day in history.   

1543  On this day in history birth of kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590)   

1620  Frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia was born on this day in history.   

1643  John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.   

1669  Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter was born on February - 16.   

0309  On February - 16 death of pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded   

0923  On this day in history abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83   

1247  On this day in history death of heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204)   

1279  Afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies on February - 16.   

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 this day in history.