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Friday, 03 October 2025
1985 On February - 16 larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69 
1986 French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad on February - 16.
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 Howard Da Silva, Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776), dies at 76 on February - 16.
1987 On February - 16 john Demjanjuk, accused of being "Ivan the Terrible" trial begins
1987 On February - 16 dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky, composer, dies at 82
1988 On this day in history first documented combat action by US military advisors in El Salvador
1989 Egypt, Iraq, Jordan & North Yemen form common market on February - 16.
1989 Jane Fonda & Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage on February - 16.
1989 On February - 16 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 Enrique B Varela, commandant Nicaragua contra's, dies on this day in history.
1992 On this day in history former silver Goodyear blimps are now painted yellow & blue
1992 Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated on February - 16.
1993 Donald Phelps, dies of AIDS at 61 on this day in history.
1994 On February - 16 6.5 earthquake strikes SE Sumatra, kills 200
1994 Over 200 people die as a powerful earthquake rocks the Indonesian island of Sumatra on February - 16.
1994 On February - 16 premier Alfonso Bustamente ends government in Peru
1995 On February - 16 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 Tellabs Inc acquires Coherent Communications Systems for $670 million on this day in history.
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 On February - 16 the Kyoto Protocol went into effect, without the support of the United States and Australia.
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 On February - 16 kobe Airport, a controversial offshore airport in Kobe, Japan, opens for airline service.
2013 84 people are killed and 190 are injured after a market bombing in Hazara Town, Pakistan on February - 16.
2014 67th British Academy Film Awards: 12 Years a Slave, Chiwetel Ejiofor, & Cate Blanchett win on February - 16.
2017 Suicide attack on shrine of Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Sehwan, Pakistan kills 72, Islamic State claims responsibility on this day in history.
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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