Page 9: Historical Events In February - 16

1985  On this day in history larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69   

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

1986  Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1987  John Demjanjuk, accused of being "Ivan the Terrible" trial begins on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1989  Egypt, Iraq, Jordan & North Yemen form common market on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1991  On February - 16 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding   

1991  Enrique B Varela, commandant Nicaragua contra's, dies on February - 16.   

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

1994  6.5 earthquake strikes SE Sumatra, kills 200 on February - 16.   

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

1994  Premier Alfonso Bustamente ends government in Peru on this day in history.   

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

1997  At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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 February - 16.   

1519  Gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral was born on February - 16.   

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 February - 16.   

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

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

0923  On February - 16 abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83   

1247  On February - 16 death of heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204)   

1279  On this day in history afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies   

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 February - 16.