February 16 Events |
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| February 16th, 2006 (February 16 2006) | Event | The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army. | |
| February 16th, 2005 (February 16 2005) | Event | The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia. | |
| February 16th, 2005 (February 16 2005) | Event | The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs, becoming the first major sports league in North America to do so over a labor dispute. | |
| February 16th, 1999 (February 16 1999) | Event | In Uzbekistan, a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islom Karimov. | |
| February 16th, 1999 (February 16 1999) | Event | Across Europe, Kurdish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after Turkey arrested one of their rebel leaders, Abdullah Ocalan. | |
| February 16th, 1993 (February 16 1993) | Event | Western Australia s and Australia s first woman Premier, Carmen Lawrence, is voted out of office. | |
| February 16th, 1987 (February 16 1987) | Event | The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of being a Nazi guard dubbed "Ivan the Terrible" in Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem. | |
| February 16th, 1986 (February 16 1986) | Event | The Soviet liner Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. | |
| February 16th, 1985 (February 16 1985) | Event | The founding of Hezbollah. | |
| February 16th, 1983 (February 16 1983) | Event | The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia claim the lives of 75 people in Australia s worst ever fires. | |
| February 16th, 1978 (February 16 1978) | Event | The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois). | |
| February 16th, 1968 (February 16 1968) | Event | In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service. | |
| February 16th, 1961 (February 16 1961) | Event | Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched. | |
| February 16th, 1959 (February 16 1959) | Event | Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1. | Fidel Castro Quotes |
| February 16th, 1957 (February 16 1957) | Event | The "Toddlers Truce", a controversial television closedown between 6.00pm and 7.00pm was abolished in the United Kingdom. | |
| February 16th, 1947 (February 16 1947) | Event | Canadians granted Canadian citizenship after 80 years of being British subjects. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen. | William Lyon Mackenzie King Quotes |
| February 16th, 1945 (February 16 1945) | Event | World War II: American forces land on Corregidor island in the Philippines. | |
| February 16th, 1943 (February 16 1943) | Event | World War II: The USSR reconquers Kharkov. | |
| February 16th, 1940 (February 16 1940) | Event | World War II: Altmark Incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMS Cossack. 299 British prisoners are freed. | |
| February 16th, 1937 (February 16 1937) | Event | Wallace H. Carothers receives a patent for nylon. | |
| February 16th, 1936 (February 16 1936) | Event | Elections bring the Popular Front to power in Spain. | |
| February 16th, 1934 (February 16 1934) | Event | Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republican Schutzbund. | |
| February 16th, 1934 (February 16 1934) | Event | Commission of Government is sworn in as form of direct rule for the Dominion of Newfoundland. | |
| February 16th, 1923 (February 16 1923) | Event | Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. | Howard Carter Quotes |
| February 16th, 1918 (February 16 1918) | Event | The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state. | |
| February 16th, 1899 (February 16 1899) | Event | President Felix Faure of France dies in office. | |
| February 16th, 1899 (February 16 1899) | Event | Knattspyrnufelag Reykjavikur Iceland s first football club is founded. | |
| February 16th, 1868 (February 16 1868) | Event | In New York City the Jolly Corks organization is renamed the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE). | |
| February 16th, 1866 (February 16 1866) | Event | Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes the British Secretary of State for War. | |
| February 16th, 1862 (February 16 1862) | Event | American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee. | Ulysses S. Grant Quotes |
| February 16th, 1859 (February 16 1859) | Event | The French Government passes a law to set the A-note above middle C to a frequency of 435 Hz, in an attempt to standardize the pitch. | |
| February 16th, 1852 (February 16 1852) | Event | Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established. | |
| February 16th, 1838 (February 16 1838) | Event | Weenen Massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, Natal are killed by Zulus. | |
| February 16th, 1804 (February 16 1804) | Event | First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia. | |
| February 16th, 1742 (February 16 1742) | Event | Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister. | |
| February 16th, 1646 (February 16 1646) | Event | Battle of Great Torrington, Devonthe last major battle of the first English Civil War. | Devo Quotes |
| February 16th, 1249 (February 16 1249) | Event | Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols. | Louis IX of France Quotes |
