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This day in history: 16 February

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328 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 16 February.
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2021: Five thousand people gathered in the town of Kherrata, Bejaia Province to mark the second anniversary of the Hirak protest movement. Demonstrations had been suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Abda of Edessa

Christian feast day: Charles Todd Quintard (Episcopal Church (USA))

Christian feast day: Elias and companions

Christian feast day: February 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Juliana of Nicomedia (Catholic Church)

Christian feast day: Onesimus

Day of the Shining Star (Kim Jong Il's birthday) (North Korea)

Elizabeth Peratrovich Day (Alaska)

Restoration of Lithuania's Statehood Day, celebrate the independence of Lithuania from Russia and Germany in 1918 (Lithuania)

Events

2021Five thousand people gathered in the town of Kherrata, Bejaia Province to mark the second anniversary of the Hirak protest movement. Demonstrations had been suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.

2013A bomb blast at a market in Hazara Town, Quetta, Pakistan kills more than 80 people and injures 190 others.

2006The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.

2005The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.

2005The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs.

2000Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17 crashes near Sacramento Mather Airport in Rancho Cordova, California, killing all three aboard.

1998China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and six more on the ground.

1996A Chicago-bound Amtrak train, the Capitol Limited, collides with a MARC commuter train bound for Washington, D.C., killing 11 people.

1991Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.

1986China Airlines Flight 2265 crashes into the Pacific Ocean near Penghu Airport in Taiwan, killing all 13 aboard.

1986The Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.

1985Hezbollah is founded.

1984Iran launches Operation Dawn 5, a major offensive during the Iran–Iraq War targeting the Basra–Baghdad highway, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides.

1983The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.

1978The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).

1968Civil Air Transport Flight 010 crashes near Shongshan Airport in Taiwan, killing 21 of the 63 people on board and one more on the ground.

1968In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.

1962Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.

1962The Great Sheffield Gale impacts the United Kingdom, killing nine people; the city of Sheffield is devastated, with 150,000 homes damaged.

1961Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.

1960The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.

1959Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.

1945The Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945, the first anti-discrimination law in the United States, was signed into law.

1945World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.

1943World War II: In the early phases of the Third Battle of Kharkov, Red Army troops re-enter the city.

1942World War II: Attack on Aruba, first World War II German shots fired on a land based object in the Americas.

1942World War II: In Athens, the Greek People's Liberation Army is established

1940World War II: Altmark incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMS Cossack. A total of 299 British prisoners are freed.

1937Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.

1936The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.

1934The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund.

1934The Commission of Government is officially sworn in; ending 79 years of responsible government in Newfoundland.

1930The Romanian Football Federation joins FIFA.

1923Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.

1918The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.

1900The Southern Cross expedition led by Carsten Borchgrevink achieves a new Farthest South of 78° 50'S, making the first landing at the Great Ice Barrier.

1899Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.

1881The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).

1866Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.

1862American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.

Born on this day

2001Yuki Naito, Japanese tennis player

2000Carlos Yulo, Filipino artistic gymnast

2000Coby White, American basketball player

2000Koffee, Jamaican singer, songwriter and rapper

1999Ignatius Ganago, Cameroonian footballer

1999Marie Ulven Ringheim, Norwegian singer, songwriter and music producer

1998An Hyejin, South Korean volleyball player

1998Kim Suji, South Korean diver

1997Jordan Greenway, American ice hockey player

1995Carina Witthöft, German tennis player

1995Denzel Curry, American rapper

1995Katy Dunne, English tennis player

1994Annika Beck, German tennis player

1994Ava Max, American singer and songwriter

1994Federico Bernardeschi, Italian footballer

1992Nicolai Boilesen, Danish footballer

1992Zsófia Susányi, Hungarian tennis player

1991Sergio Canales, Spanish footballer

1990The Weeknd, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer

1989Elizabeth Olsen, American actress

1988Andrea Ranocchia, Italian footballer

1988Denílson, Brazilian footballer

1988Diego Capel, Spanish footballer

1988Kim Soo-hyun, South Korean actor and singer

1988Korbinian Holzer, German ice hockey player

1988Zhang Jike, Chinese table tennis player

1987Hasheem Thabeet, Tanzanian basketball player

1987Jon Ossoff, American politician and filmmaker

1987Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2008)

1987Theresa Goh, Singaporean swimmer

1987Tommy Milone, American baseball player

1986Diego Godín, Uruguayan footballer

1986Shawne Williams, American basketball player

1985Ron Vlaar, Dutch footballer

1985Simon Francis, English footballer

1985Stacy Lewis, American golfer

1984Oussama Mellouli, Tunisian swimmer

1984Sofia Arvidsson, Swedish tennis player

1983Agyness Deyn, English model, actress, and singer

1983Tuomo Ruutu, Finnish ice hockey player and coach

Died on this day

2026Billy Steinberg, American songwriter (born 1950)

2026Frederick Wiseman, American filmmaker (born 1930)

2025Viktor Antonov, Bulgarian artist (born 1972)

2024Alexei Navalny, Russian activist (born 1976)

2021Gustavo Noboa, Ecuadorian politician, 42nd President of Ecuador (born 1937)

2019Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (born 1941)

2016Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, 6th Secretary-General of the United Nations (born 1922)

2015Lasse Braun, Algerian-Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936)

2015Lesley Gore, American singer-songwriter (born 1946)

2015Lorena Rojas, Mexican actress and singer (born 1971)

2015R. R. Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1957)

2014Ken Farragut, American football player (born 1928)

2014Kralle Krawinkel, German guitarist (born 1947)

2014Michael Shea, American author (born 1946)

2013Colin Edwards, Guyanese footballer (born 1991)

2013Grigory Pomerants, Russian philosopher and author (born 1918)

2013Tony Sheridan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1940)

2012Anthony Shadid, American journalist (born 1968)

2012Elyse Knox, American model, actress, and fashion designer (born 1917)

2012Gary Carter, American baseball player and coach (born 1954)

2012John Macionis, American swimmer and lieutenant (born 1916)

2011Justinas Marcinkevičius, Lithuanian poet and playwright (born 1930)

2011Len Lesser, American actor (born 1922)

2009Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, South Korean cardinal (born 1921)

2006Ernie Stautner, German-American football player and coach (born 1925)

2006Johnny Grunge, American wrestler (born 1966)

2004Doris Troy, American singer-songwriter (born 1937)

2003Rusty Magee, American actor and composer (born 1955)

2002Walter Winterbottom, English footballer and manager (born 1913)

2001Howard W. Koch, American director and producer (born 1916)

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“Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms; you will be able to use them better when you are older.”

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