Page 6: Historical Events In March - 30
Monday, 16 February 2026
1952 6th Tony Awards Fourposter and King and I win. 

1952 6th Tony Awards: Fourposter and King and I win 

1953 Einstein announces revised unified field theory. 

1953 Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, composer, dies at 75. 

1954 Toronto Transit Commission opens the inaugural part of the Toronto subway, the inaugural subway in Canada 

1954 Test Cricket debut of Garry Sobers v England at Kingston. 

1955 27th Academy Awards "On the Waterfront", Marlon Brando and Grace Kelly win 

1955 27th Academy Awards. 

1955 27th Academy Awards: "On the Waterfront", Marlon Brando and Grace Kelly win 

1956 USSR performs nuclear test. 

1957 1st performance of Walter Piston's 4th Symphony 

1959 WNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting 

1960 Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor/painter, dies at 90. 

1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169600' (51690 meter) 

1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169600' (51690 m) 

1961 P J Melotte, discovered Jupiter's 8th satellite Pasiphae, dies. 

1963 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 

1963 Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk, composer, dies at 69 

1964 Astronaut John Glenn withdraws from Ohio senate race. 

1964 Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven), dies at 76 

1965 Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others 

1966 Barbra Streisand stars on "Color Me Barbra" special on CBS 

1966 Erwin Piscator, German director (Plebeians test rebellion), dies at 72. 

1967 Cover picture of Beatles' "Sergeant Pepper" is photographed 

1967 In Victoria BC, opening of SEACOM Southeast Asia Commonwealth Cable; 40000 km link between Britain, Canada and Australia 

1967 Cover picture of Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's" is photographed. 

1967 In Victoria BC, opening of SEACOM: Southeast Asia Commonwealth Cable; 40000 km link between Britain, Canada and Australia. 

1968 General Ludvik Svoboda elected President of Czechoslovakia. 

1969 In this year, Kathy Whitworth claims LPGA Port Malabar Golf Invitational. 

1969 Lucien Bianchi, Belgian auto racer, dies at 34 

1970 Miles Davis Bitches Brew released. 

1970 In this year, USSR claims its 8th straight world hockey championship 

1970 "Applause" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 900 performances 

1971 Selmer Jackson, actor (Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 82. 

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