Page 9: Historical Events In February - 16

1985  Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69 on February - 16.   

1986  French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad on this day in history.   

1986  Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater on February - 16.   

1986  Mário Soares (Socialist) elected Portugal's first civilian president on this day in history.   

1986  Howard Da Silva, Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776), dies at 76 on February - 16.   

1987  John Demjanjuk, accused of being "Ivan the Terrible" trial begins on February - 16.   

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 February - 16 egypt, Iraq, Jordan & North Yemen form common market   

1989  On February - 16 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 February - 16.   

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

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  Former silver Goodyear blimps are now painted yellow & blue on February - 16.   

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

1993  On February - 16 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 February - 16.   

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

1996  Charles McCorquodale, art historian, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

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

1998  Tellabs Inc acquires Coherent Communications Systems for $670 million on February - 16.   

1999  On February - 16 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  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  On February - 16 84 people are killed and 190 are injured after a market bombing in Hazara Town, Pakistan   

2014  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history birth of gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral   

1543  Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.   

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

1643  On this day in history birth of john Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714)   

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

0309  Death of Pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded on February - 16.   

0923  Abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83 on February - 16.   

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

1279  On February - 16 afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies   

1391  On February - 16 johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies   

1531  On February - 16 death of johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)   

1538  Everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1560  Death of Jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat on this day in history.