Page 9: Historical Events In February - 16

1985  Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1986  French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad on February - 16.   

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 this day in history john Demjanjuk, accused of being "Ivan the Terrible" trial begins   

1987  On February - 16 dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky, composer, dies at 82   

1988  First documented combat action by US military advisors in El Salvador on this day in history.   

1989  Egypt, Iraq, Jordan & North Yemen form common market on February - 16.   

1989  Jane Fonda & Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage on this day in history.   

1989  William Hayden becomes governor-General of Australia on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history keith Haring, artist/cartoonist (brilliant baby), dies of AIDs at 31   

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

1991  US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding on February - 16.   

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

1993  Donald Phelps, dies of AIDS at 61 on this day in history.   

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 February - 16.   

1994  On this day in history 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 this day in history charles McCorquodale, art historian, dies at 47   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 February - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1075  Ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet was born on this day in history.   

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie) was born on this day in history.   

1519  On February - 16 birth of gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral   

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 February - 16.   

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

1669  Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter was born on this day in history.   

0309  Death of Pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded on this day in history.   

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  Johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies on February - 16.   

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.