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February 16 Events in History - February 16 Birthdays - February 16 Deaths
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February 16, 1998 Tellabs Inc. acquires Coherent Communications Systems for $670 million February 16, 1997 At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history February 16, 1997 GTE Suncoast Senior Golf Classic February 16, 1997 Paul Stankowski wins Hawaiian Golf Open February 16, 1997 Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Los Angeles Women's Championship February 16, 1996 Gary Kirsten scores 188* for South Africa vs. UAE at Rawalpindi February 16, 1994 6.5 earthquake strikes SE Sumatra, kills 200 February 16, 1994 Johann Olav Koss skates world record 1500m (1:51.29) February 16, 1994 Premier Alfonso Bustamente ends government in Peru February 16, 1993 Sandra V"lker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.33 sec) February 16, 1992 Former silver Goodyear blimps are now painted yellow and blue February 16, 1992 Los Angeles Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32 uniform February 16, 1991 Dutch PPR, Political Party Radicals, disbands February 16, 1991 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding February 16, 1989 Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and North Yemen form common market February 16, 1989 Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage February 16, 1989 Orel Hershiser, Dodger pitcher signs $7.9M-3 year contract February 16, 1989 Roger Clemens, Red Sox pitcher signs $7.5M-3 year contract February 16, 1989 William Hayden becomes governor-general of Australia February 16, 1988 1st documented combat action by U.S. military advisors in El Salvador February 16, 1987 John Demjanjuk, accused of being "Ivan the Terrible" trial begins February 16, 1986 "Uptown... It's Hot!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 24 performances February 16, 1986 French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad February 16, 1986 Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater February 16, 1986 Karlstad skates world record 10 km (14:12.14) February 16, 1986 Mario Soares (Socialist) elected Portugal's 1st civilian pres February 16, 1985 Largest NBA crowd to date, 43,816, sees Philadelphia at Detroit February 16, 1985 Livingston Bramble defeats Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini to win WBA champ February 16, 1985 New Jersey Devils score their fastest hat trick in 42 seconds February 16, 1984 Bill Johnson becomes 1st American to win Olympic downhill skiing gold February 16, 1984 New Jersey Devils 1st OT goal, Jan Ludvig beats Hartford Whalers 6-5 February 16, 1982 Agatha Barbara elected as 1st female president of Malta February 16, 1982 Assembled STS-3 vehicle moves from Vandenberg AFB to launch pad February 16, 1982 Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett Majors divorce February 16, 1980 Continuous traffic jam extends 176 km north of Lyons, France February 16, 1980 Eric Heiden skates 5k in 7:02.29 (Olympic Record) February 16, 1979 George Harrison releases "Blow Away" February 16, 1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. February 16, 1978 1st Computer Bulletin Board System (Ward and Randy's CBBS, Chicago) February 16, 1977 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan U.S.S.R. February 16, 1975 Washington Capitals 1st NHL shutout, beating Kansas City Scouts 3-0 February 16, 1973 WI vs. Australia at Kingston, 1st time since 1955 without Sobers February 16, 1972 1st NBA to score 30,000 points (Wilt Chamberlain in 940 games) February 16, 1972 German mass murderers "Three of Breda" freed February 16, 1972 Test Cricket debut of Lawrence Rowe WI vs. NZ Kingston, 214 and 100 February 16, 1972 Wilt Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix Suns February 16, 1970 Joe Frazier TKOs Jimmy Ellis in 5 for heavyweight boxing title February 16, 1968 Country's 1st 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville, Ala February 16, 1968 Elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art" February 16, 1968 Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon and wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi February 16, 1967 Red Ruffing selected to Hall of Fame February 16, 1966 Bob Cowper makes 307 vs. England at the MCG, 727 mins, 20 fours February 16, 1966 End of Wally Grout's Test Cricket career, 187 dismissals as Aust WK February 16, 1966 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria February 16, 1965 "Baker Street" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 313 performances February 16, 1965 Pegasus 1 launched to detect micro-meteors February 16, 1964 "Foxy" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 72 performances February 16, 1964 Beatles' 2nd appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show" February 16, 1963 1st round-trip swim of Strait of Messina, Italy (Mary Revell of U.S.) February 16, 1963 Beatles top British rock charts with "Please, Please Me" February 16, 1963 C and A Building in Amsterdam burns down February 16, 1962 Darius Milhaud's 12th Symphony, premieres February 16, 1962 U.S. Open Tennis: Jimmy Bostwick defeats brother Pete to win February 16, 1961 1st all-solid-propellant rocket put in orbit, Wallops Island, Va February 16, 1961 China uses it's 1st nuclear reactor February 16, 1961 U.S. satellite Explorer 9 is launched February 16, 1960 U.S. nuclear submarine USS Triton set off on underwater round-world trip February 16, 1959 Fidel Castro named himself Cuba's premier after overthrowing Batista February 16, 1959 Leonard Spigelgass' "Majority of One," premieres in New York City February 16, 1958 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open February 16, 1956 Britain abolishes death penalty February 16, 1954 WNEM TV channel 5 in Bay City, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting February 16, 1952 Hall of Famer Honus Wagner, 77, retires; Pirates retire his #33 February 16, 1952 Ian Craig makes NSW cricket debut aged 16 years 249 days (NSW record) February 16, 1951 New York City passes bill prohibiting racism in city-assisted housing February 16, 1951 SF City Hall dome fire February 16, 1950 Longest-running prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS February 16, 1950 Writers fail to elect anyone to Baseball's Hall of Fame February 16, 1948 1st newsreel telecast, "20th Century Fox-Movietone News" shown on NBC February 16, 1948 Miranda, famous moon of Uranus, photographed for 1st time February 16, 1947 Morton Gould's 3rd Symphony, premieres February 16, 1946 "Duchess Misbehaves" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 5 performances February 16, 1946 1st commercially designed helicopter tested, Bridgeport Connecticut February 16, 1945 U.S. forces land on Corregidor, complete conquest on March 3 February 16, 1945 Venezuela declares war on nazi-Germany February 16, 1943 -32 degrees F (-36 degrees C), Falls Village, Connecticut (state record) February 16, 1943 British premier Winston Churchill gets pneumonia February 16, 1943 Red army conquers Kharkov February 16, 1943 Withdrawing Africa Corps reaches Mareth-line in North-Africa February 16, 1943 Sign on Munich facade: "Out with Hitler! Long live freedom!" done by "White Rose" student group, caught on 2/18, beheaded on 2/22 February 16, 1942 German submarines attack Aruba oil refinery February 16, 1940 British search plane finds German Altmark off Norway February 16, 1938 U.S. Federal Crop Insurance program authorized February 16, 1937 DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers February 16, 1937 Jean Anouilh's "Le Voyageur Sans Baggage," premieres in Paris February 16, 1936 4th Winter Olympic games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany February 16, 1936 Spanish Frente Popular (People's Front) wins elections February 16, 1933 Catholic newspaper Germania warns against nazis/communists February 16, 1933 England regains the Ashes, thanks to bodyline tactics February 16, 1932 1st patent issued for a tree, to James Markham for a peach tree February 16, 1931 Extreme right wing Svinhufvud becomes president of Finland February 16, 1929 KID-AM in Idaho Falls ID begins radio transmissions February 16, 1927 Noel Coward's "Marquise," premieres in London February 16, 1927 U.S. restores diplomatic relations with Turkey February 16, 1926 Suzanne Lenglen defeats Helen Wills in Tennis at Cannes France February 16, 1923 Allies accept Latvia's occupation of Memel territory February 16, 1923 Howard Carter finds Pharoah Tutankhamen February 16, 1923 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard February 16, 1923 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger February 16, 1918 Lithuania declares independence from Russia and Germany (National Day) February 16, 1917 1st synagogue in 425 years opens in Madrid February 16, 1916 Russian troops conquer Erzurum Armenia February 16, 1915 Frank Home Run Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season February 16, 1914 1st airplane flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco February 16, 1913 President Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexico February 16, 1912 VSV soccer team forms in Ijmuiden February 16, 1909 1st subway car with side doors goes into service in New York City February 16, 1909 Serbia mobilizes against Austria-Hungary February 16, 1905 1st U.S. Esperanto club organizes in Boston February 16, 1903 -59 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Pokegama Dam, Minnesota (state record) February 16, 1900 1st Chinese daily newspaper in U.S. publishes (Chung Sai Yat Po-SF) February 16, 1900 Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 3 games to 1 February 16, 1899 Pelham Warner scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (Eng vs. SA Johannesburg) February 16, 1894 British troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast February 16, 1892 Opera "Werther," premieres in Vienna February 16, 1887 1st newspaper convention in Rochester, New York February 16, 1887 Eduard Douwes Dekker writes his last text (Lf8-c5) February 16, 1883 "Ladies Home Journal" begins publishing February 16, 1880 American Society of Mechanical Engineers forms (New York City) February 16, 1878 Silver dollar became U.S. legal tender February 16, 1868 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks forms (New York) February 16, 1862 Ft. Donelson captured by General Grant (1,400 confederates surrender) February 16, 1860 Dutch Rochussen/Van Bosse government resigns February 16, 1857 Gallaudet College (Natl Deaf Mute college) forms (Washington D.C.) February 16, 1854 Franz Liszts symphony "Orpheus," premieres February 16, 1846 Battle of Sobraon ends 1st Sikh War in India February 16, 1840 American Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica February 16, 1838 Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions February 16, 1832 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches St-Pauls (1 degrees N, 29 degrees W) February 16, 1824 Athenaeum founded February 16, 1804 Lt. Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor and burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it February 16, 1777 Messier adds M53 to his catalog (globular cluster in Coma Berenice) February 16, 1771 Messier presents his original list of 45 M-objects to French Academy February 16, 1760 Native American hostages killed in Ft. Prince George February 16, 1751 1st publication of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard" February 16, 1742 Earl of Wilmington becomes British premier February 16, 1741 Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, 2nd U.S. magazine begins publishing February 16, 1677 Earl of Shaftesbury arrested/confined in London Tower February 16, 1666 Netherlands and Brandenburg sign treaty February 16, 1659 1st known check (400 pounds) (on display at Westminster Abbey) February 16, 1655 Dutch Grand Pensionary advisor Johan de Witt marries Wendela Bicker February 16, 1641 English king Charles I accept Triennial Act February 16, 1559 Pope Paul IV calls for deposition of sovereigns supporting heresy February 16, 1512 Battle at Valeggio: French troops beat Venetianen February 16, 1486 Diet of Frankfort February 16, 600 Pope Gregory the Great decreea saying "God bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze February 16, 374 9th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet |