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 February - 16 hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater   

1986  Mário Soares (Socialist) elected Portugal's first civilian president on February - 16.   

1986  Howard Da Silva, Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

1987  On this day in history dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky, composer, dies at 82   

1988  First documented combat action by US military advisors in El Salvador on February - 16.   

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

1989  On this day in history jane Fonda & Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage   

1989  William Hayden becomes governor-General of Australia on February - 16.   

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

1991  Dutch PPR, Political Party Radicals, disbands on February - 16.   

1991  US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history enrique B Varela, commandant Nicaragua contra's, dies   

1992  Former silver Goodyear blimps are now painted yellow & blue on this day in history.   

1992  On February - 16 abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated   

1993  Donald Phelps, dies of AIDS at 61 on February - 16.   

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

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

1994  Premier Alfonso Bustamente ends government in Peru on February - 16.   

1995  On this day in history john Everett Allen, US businessman, dies at 91   

1996  Gary Kirsten scores 188 for South Africa vs UAE at Rawalpindi on this day in history.   

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

1997  At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history on February - 16.   

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

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

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

2005  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 on this day in history.   

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

2017  Car bomb in Bayaa, Baghdad kills at least 48, Islamic State claims responsibility. 3rd attack in 3 days on February - 16.   

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1032  On this day in history birth of emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067)   

1075  On this day in history birth of ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet   

1497  On February - 16 birth of philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)   

1519  Gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral was born on this day in history.   

1543  Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590) was born on February - 16.   

1620  Frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia was born on February - 16.   

1643  On February - 16 birth of john Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714)   

1669  On this day in history birth of arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter   

0309  On this day in history death of pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded   

0923  Abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1247  Death of Heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204) on February - 16.   

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  On this day in history 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.