Page 7: Historical Events In March - 30
Monday, 16 February 2026
1972 "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 156 performances 

1972 A very sad day in the Canadian navy, the last daily rum ration issued to Canadian naval personnel. 

1972 Easter Offensive began in Vietnam. 

1972 North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam 

1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 

1972 "Funny Thing Happened..." opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 156 perfs 

1972 Gabriel Heather, US news anchor, dies at 81. 

1973 Ellsworth Bunker steps down as US ambassador to South Vietnam 

1974 Labor is swept from office in Western Australian state elections and Liberal leader Charles Court is recorded as becoming premier. 

1974 Ludovicus J Rogier, Dutch historian (Reborn in Freedom), dies at 79 

1975 Ron Lalonde scores the 1st hat trick by a Washington Capital 

1975 Peter Bamm, writer, dies. 

1976 Israel results in the deaths of 6 Palestinians protesting land confiscation 

1976 Ottawa announces plans to immunize about 12 million Canadians against 'swine flu' in the autumn 

1976 Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Hostage Rights), dies at 99 

1977 Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer, dies at 88. 

1978 "History of the American Film" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 21 perfs. 

1978 George Paine, lefty cricket spinner (for England in WI 1935), dies 

1979 In this year, Airey Neave, a British politician, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility. 

1979 Airey Neave, British MP (Conservatives), killed by terrorist bomb. 

1980 Mark Medoff's "Children of a Lesser God", premieres in New York NY 

1981 President Reagan shot and wounded by John W Hinckley Jr 

1981 US President Ronald Reagan wounded in an assassination attempt 

1981 Dewitt Wallace, US founder (Reader's Digest), dies at 91. 

1982 John Pielmeier's "Agnes of God", premieres in New York NY. 

1982 The third space shuttle mission-Columbia 3 lands at White Sands NM 

1983 Ray Cooney's "Run for your Wives", premieres in London. 

1983 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 

1984 US ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force. 

1984 Peter Yarrall, strongest Englishman/weighed 826 lb (374.7 kg), dies. 

1985 Sally Anne Atkinson is recorded as becoming Lord Mayor of Brisbane, the inaugural Liberal and inaugural woman to do so 

1985 Harold Peary, actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at 76. 

1986 James Cagney, actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies in NY at 86. 

1987 59th Academy Awards "Platoon", Paul Newman and Marlee Matlin win. 

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