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What happend on 16. February in History
In our data base we found 310 events happened on 16. February:
• 116: Emperor Trajan sends laureatae to the Roman Senate at Rome on account of his victories and being conqueror of Parthia. [category: Events]
• 549: Zhu Yi, high official of the Liang Dynasty (b. 483) [category: Deaths]
• 1032: Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067) [category: Births]
• 1222: Nichiren Daishonin, Japanese founder of Nichiren Buddhism (d. 1282) [category: Births]
• 1247: Heinrich Raspe, landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204) [category: Deaths]
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• 1249: Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with Mongol Khagan of the Mongol Empire. [category: Events]
• 1279: King Afonso III of Portugal (b. 1210) [category: Deaths]
• 1391: John V Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1332) [category: Deaths]
• 1497: Philipp Melanchthon, German humanist and reformer (d. 1560) [category: Births]
• 1519: Gaspard de Coligny, French Huguenot leader (d. 1572) [category: Births]
• 1531: Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452) [category: Deaths]
• 1543: Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590) [category: Births]
• 1560: Jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat [category: Deaths]
• 1620: Frederick William, Duke of Prussia (d. 1688) [category: Births]
• 1643: John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714) [category: Births]
• 1645: Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, (b. 1585) [category: Deaths]
• 1646: Battle of Torrington, Devon – the last major battle of the first English Civil War. [category: Events]
• 1698: Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (d. 1758) [category: Births]
• 1710: Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632) [category: Deaths]
• 1721: James Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686) [category: Deaths]
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• 1727: Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (d. 1817) [category: Births]
• 1742: Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister. [category: Events]
• 1754: Richard Mead, English physician (b. 1673) [category: Deaths]
• 1761: Charles Pichegru, French general (d. 1804) [category: Births]
• 1786: Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1859) [category: Births]
• 1802: Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, American philosopher (d. 1866) [category: Births]
• 1804: Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (d. 1885) [category: Births]
• 1804: First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia. [category: Events]
• 1812: Henry Wilson, American politician, 18th Vice President of the United States (d. 1875) [category: Births]
• 1820: Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero (b. 1758) [category: Deaths]
• 1821: Heinrich Barth, German explorer (d. 1865) [category: Births]
• 1822: Sir Francis Galton, English explorer, biologist and statistician (d. 1911) [category: Births]
• 1824: Peter Kozler, Slovenian cartographer and geographer (d. 1879) [category: Births]
• 1826: Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet (d. 1886) [category: Births]
• 1831: Nikolai Leskov, Russian writer (d. 1895) [category: Births]
• 1834: Ernst Haeckel, German zoologist and philosopher (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1838: Henry Adams, American historian and novelist (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1844: Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792) [category: Deaths]
• 1845: George Kennan, American explorer (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1847: Philipp Scharwenka, Polish-German composer (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1848: Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1848: Octave Mirbeau, French writer (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1852: Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established. [category: Events]
• 1856: Ossian Everett Mills, Founder of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1856: Rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1856: Willem Kes, Dutch conductor (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1862: American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee. [category: Events]
• 1866: Billy Hamilton, American baseball player (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1866: Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1866: Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War. [category: Events]
• 1874: Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1875: John Duha, American gymnast (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1876: George Macaulay Trevelyan, English historian (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1878: Pamela Colman Smith, British writer and occultist (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1880: Frank Burke, American baseball player (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1883: Elizabeth Craig, British writer (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1884: Robert J. Flaherty, American filmmaker (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1886: Van Wyck Brooks, American historian and critic (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1887: Kathleen Clifford, American actress (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1891: Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1896: Eugénie Blanchard, French supercentenarian (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1898: Katharine Cornell, American actress (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1898: Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843) [category: Deaths]
• 1899: Félix Faure, President of France (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1899: Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur Iceland's first football club is founded. [category: Events]
• 1901: Chester Morris, American film actor (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1901: Vincent Coleman, American actor (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1901: Wayne King, American musician and orchestra leader (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1903: André Berthomieu, French film director and screenwriter (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1903: Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1903: Georges-Henri Lévesque, Canadian priest and sociologist (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1904: George F. Kennan, American historian and diplomat (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1904: Karl-Heinz Bürger, German Nazi figure (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1906: Vera Menchik, British-born Czech chess player (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1907: Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1835) [category: Deaths]
• 1909: Hugh Beaumont, American actor (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1909: Jeffrey Lynn, American actor (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1909: Richard McDonald, American fast food entrepreneur (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1910: Robert Fletcher Shaw, Canadian businessman, academic and civil servant (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1912: St. Nikolai of Japan, Eastern Orthodox priest (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: Elisabeth Eybers, South African poet (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1915: Jim O'Hora, American college football coach (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1915: Michael Relph, British film producer and director (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1916: Bill Doggett, American pianist and organist (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1917: Octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Patty Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters) [category: Births]
• 1918: The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state. [category: Events]
• 1919: Georges Ulmer, French singer and composer (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1919: Torkom Manoogian, Iraqi-Armenian archbishop (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1919: Vera Kholodnaya, Russian film star (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Anna Mae Hays, American army general [category: Births]
• 1921: Araucaria, British crossword compiler [category: Births]
• 1921: Jean Behra, French race car driver (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1921: Vera-Ellen, American actress (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1922: Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, German night fighter pilot (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1923: Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. [category: Events]
• 1925: Carlos Paredes, Portuguese guitarist (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1926: John Schlesinger, English film director (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1926: Margot Frank, German-Dutch holocaust victim (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1927: June Brown, British actress [category: Births]
• 1928: Eddie Foy, American singer and dancer (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1929: Peter Porter, Australian poet (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1931: George E. Sangmeister, American politician (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1931: Ken Takakura, Japanese actor [category: Births]
• 1931: Otis Blackwell, American songwriter and singer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1932: Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, President of Sierra Leone [category: Births]
• 1932: Gretchen Wyler, American actress and dancer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1932: Harry Goz, American actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1932: Ferdinand Buisson, French pacifist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Sir Edgar Speyer, American-born British financier and philanthropist (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: August Coppola, American academic; father of Nicolas Cage (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1934: Harold 'Hal' Kalin, American singer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1934: Herbert 'Herbie' Kalin, American singer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1934: Marlene Hagge, American professional golfer [category: Births]
• 1934: The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republican Schutzbund. [category: Events]
• 1935: Sonny Bono, American entertainer, politician (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1936: Jill Kinmont, American skier (d.2012) [category: Births]
• 1936: Elections bring the Popular Front to power in Spain. [category: Events]
• 1937: Yuri Manin, Russian mathematician [category: Births]
• 1937: Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon. [category: Events]
• 1938: Barry Primus, American actor [category: Births]
• 1938: John Corigliano, American composer [category: Births]
• 1939: Adolfo Azcuna, Filipino Supreme Court jurist [category: Births]
• 1939: Czesław Niemen, Polish singer-songwriter and composer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1940: World War II: Altmark Incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMS Cossack. 299 British prisoners are freed. [category: Events]
• 1941: Kim Jong-il, North Korean leader (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1942: Richard Williams, father of Venus Williams and Serena Williams [category: Births]
• 1943: Brig Owens, American football player [category: Births]
• 1943: World War II: Red Army troops re-enter Kharkov. [category: Events]
• 1944: António Mascarenhas Monteiro, 2nd President of Cape Verde [category: Births]
• 1944: Richard Ford, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1944: Dadasaheb phalke.Indian filmmaker(b.1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Henri Nathansen, Danish writer and stage director (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Jeremy Bulloch, English actor [category: Births]
• 1945: World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines. [category: Events]
• 1946: Ian Lavender, English actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Andy Van Hellemond, Canadian ice hockey referee [category: Births]
• 1949: Bob Didier, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1949: Lyn Paul, English pop singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1950: Kazuki Tomokawa, Japanese singer [category: Births]
• 1950: Peter Hain, British politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Roman Tam, Hong Kong singer (Roman and the Four Steps) (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1951: William Katt, American actor [category: Births]
• 1952: Barry Foote, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1952: James Ingram, American singer, pianist and composer [category: Births]
• 1953: George Martin, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1953: Lanny McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1953: Roberta Williams, American video game designer [category: Births]
• 1954: Iain Banks, Scottish author [category: Births]
• 1954: Margaux Hemingway, American actress and model (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1954: Michael Holding, Jamaican cricketer [category: Births]
• 1955: Hunt Block, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Vincent Ward, New Zealand director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1957: LeVar Burton, American actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Josef Hofmann, Polish-American virtuoso pianist (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: The "Toddlers' Truce", a controversial television close down between 6.00 pm and 7.00 pm is abolished in the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1958: Herb Williams, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1958: Ice-T, American rapper and actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Lisa Loring, American actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Michael W. Burns, American politician [category: Births]
• 1958: Natalie Angier, American journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1958: Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1959: John McEnroe, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1959: Kelly Tripucka, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1959: Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1. [category: Events]
• 1960: Bill Pecota, American Baseball Player [category: Births]
• 1960: Cherie Chung, Hong Kong actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Pete Willis, English guitarist (Def Leppard) [category: Births]
• 1960: The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe. [category: Events]
• 1961: Andy Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran, The Power Station) [category: Births]
• 1961: Daniel Ribacoff, Brazilian lie detector expert [category: Births]
• 1961: Eric Red, American screenwriter and director [category: Births]
• 1961: LaGaylia Frazier, American-Swedish singer [category: Births]
• 1961: Dazzy Vance, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched. [category: Events]
• 1961: The DuSable Museum of African American History is chartered. [category: Events]
• 1962: John Balance, English musician (Coil, Psychic TV) (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1962: Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people. [category: Events]
• 1963: Dano Halsall, Swiss swimmer [category: Births]
• 1964: Bebeto, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1964: Christopher Eccleston, English actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Dave Lombardo, Cuban drummer (Slayer) [category: Births]
• 1966: Martin Perscheid, German cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1967: John Valentin, baseball player [category: Births]
• 1967: Keith Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1967: Antonio Moreno, Spanish-born actor (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Smiley Burnette, American actor, singer and songwriter (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Warren Ellis, British comic writer [category: Births]
• 1968: In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service. [category: Events]
• 1969: David Heath, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1969: Holly Aird, English actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Angelo Peruzzi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Serdar Ortac, Turkish singer [category: Births]
• 1971: Amanda Holden, British actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Grit Breuer, German sprinter [category: Births]
• 1972: Jerome Bettis, American football player [category: Births]
• 1972: Sarah Clarke, American actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Cathy Freeman, Australian athlete [category: Births]
• 1973: Christian Bassedas, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Maureen Johnson, American author [category: Births]
• 1973: Nikos Kostakis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Fanis Katergiannakis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Johnny Tri Nguyen, Vietnamese-born American stuntman and martial artist [category: Births]
• 1974: Luis Figueroa, Puerto Rican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: John Garand, Canadian rifle engineer and manufacturer (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Don Jeffcoat, American actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Nanase Aikawa, Japanese singer [category: Births]
• 1975: Vanina Ickx, Belgian racing driver [category: Births]
• 1975: Morgan Taylor, American athlete (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Norman Treigle, American bass-baritone (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Eric Byrnes, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Joe Odagiri, Japanese actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Kyo, Japanese singer (Dir en grey) [category: Births]
• 1977: Ahman Green, American football player [category: Births]
• 1977: Brad Walst, American bassist (Three Days Grace) [category: Births]
• 1977: Ian Clarke, Irish computer programmer [category: Births]
• 1977: Paul Brittain, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1977: Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: John Tartaglia, American actor and Muppeteer [category: Births]
• 1978: Tia Hellebaut, Belgian athlete [category: Births]
• 1978: Wasim Jaffer, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1978: E. Roland Harriman, American financier (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois). [category: Events]
• 1979: Eric Mun, Korean rapper (Shinhwa) [category: Births]
• 1979: Valentino Rossi, Italian motorcycle racer [category: Births]
• 1979: Nematollah Nassiri, executed Iran general/head of SAVAK (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Agim Kaba, American actor and producer [category: Births]
• 1980: Ashley Lelie, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Longineu W. Parsons III, American drummer (Yellowcard) [category: Births]
• 1980: Erich Hückel, German physicist (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Jay Howard, British race car driver [category: Births]
• 1981: Jerry Owens, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Qyntel Woods, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Alemão, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Lupe Fiasco, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1983: Agyness Deyn, British model [category: Births]
• 1983: The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75. [category: Events]
• 1984: Ous Mellouli, Tunisian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1984: M.A.G. Osmani, Supreme Commander of Bangladesh Forces during the Bangladesh Liberation War (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Ron Vlaar, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Hezbollah is founded. [category: Events]
• 1986: Josje Huisman, Dutch singer, actress, dancer (K3) [category: Births]
• 1986: Zoi Dimoschaki, Greek freestyle swimmer [category: Births]
• 1986: The Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. [category: Events]
• 1987: Hasheem Thabeet, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1987: Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1987: Mauricio Hénao, Colombian-American actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Theresa Goh, Singaporean paralympic swimmer [category: Births]
• 1987: The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of being a Nazi guard dubbed "Ivan the Terrible" in Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem. [category: Events]
• 1988: Denílson Pereira Neves, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Diego Capel, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Kim Soo-hyun, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1988: Zhang Jike, Chinese table tennis player [category: Births]
• 1988: Jean Carignan, French Canadian fiddler (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Elizabeth Olsen, American actress [category: Births]
• 1990: The Weeknd, Canadian singer [category: Births]
• 1990: Keith Haring, American artist (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg [category: Births]
• 1991: Sergio Canales, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan Contra leader (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua. [category: Events]
• 1992: Nicolai Boilesen, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Zsófia Susányi, Hungarian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1992: Angela Carter, English writer (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Herman Wold, Swedish statistician (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Jânio Quadros, Brazilian politician (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Mike Weinberg, American actor [category: Births]
• 1994: Annika Beck, German tennis player [category: Births]
• 1994: Matthew Knight, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1996: Brownie McGhee, American singer (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, Governor of California (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Roberto Aizenberg, Argentine painter and sculptor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Roger Bowen, American actor (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American physicist (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: China 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. [category: Events]
• 1999: Michael Larson, Press Your Luck Big-winning contestant (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Across Europe, Kurdish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after Turkey arrests one of their rebel leaders, Abdullah Öcalan. [category: Events]
• 1999: In Uzbekistan, a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov. [category: Events]
• 2000: Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-born engineer and inventor (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Lila Kedrova, Russian-born actress (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Marceline Day, American actress (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Bob Buhl, baseball player (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Howard W. Koch, American film director (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: William Masters, American gynecologist and sexologist (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Walter Winterbottom, England football manager (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Eleanor "Sis" Daley, wife of Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Rusty Magee, American composer (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Doris Troy, American singer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Nicole DeHuff, American actress (pneumonia) (b. 1975) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Queen Narriman, second and last wife of King Farouk [category: Deaths]
• 2005: The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia. [category: Events]
• 2005: The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs. [category: Events]
• 2006: Ernie Stautner, German-born American football player (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Johnny Grunge, American professional wrestler (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army. [category: Events]
• 2009: Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, Korean Cardinal, Protopriest of the Holy Roman Church (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Wan Chi Keung, Hong Kong soccer player and actor. (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Justinas Marcinkevičius, Lithuanian poet and playwright (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Len Lesser, American actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Gary Carter, American baseball player (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• _: Abda of Edessa [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Elias and companions [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: February 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Juliana of Nicomedia (Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Kim Jong-il's Birthday (North Korea) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Onesimus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Restoration of Lithuania's Statehood Day, celebrate the independence of Lithuania from Russia and Germany in 1918 (Lithuania) [category: Holidays and observances]