Tukuk-OS📅 February 16
16 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on February 16? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2013 — At least 91 people were killed and 190 others injured after a bomb hidden in a water tank exploded at a market in Hazara Town, Pakistan.
- 1998 — While on approach to Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, China Airlines Flight 676 crashed due to an over-reliance of the autopilot, which resulted in the deaths of 202 people.
Taoyuan International AirportChina Airlines Flight 676Autopilot
- 1996 — Eleven people died in a train collision in Silver Spring, Maryland, leading to the creation of comprehensive U.S. federal rules for the design of passenger cars.
1996 Maryland train collisionSilver Spring, MarylandPassenger railroad car
- 1985 — The Lebanese Shia political and paramilitary organization Hezbollah released a manifesto describing its ideology and goals.
- 1983 — The Ash Wednesday bushfires burned over half a million acres (over 2,000 km2) each in both South Australia and Victoria, killing 75 people and injuring 2,676 others.
- 1961 — The DuSable Museum, the first museum dedicated to the study and conservation of African American history, culture, and art, was chartered.
- 1959 — Fidel Castro was sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba, beginning his decades-long rule over the country.
- 1936 — The Popular Front, a coalition of left-wing parties, came to power in the Spanish general election, a factor in the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War five months later.
Popular Front (Spain)1936 Spanish general electionSpanish Civil War
- 1922 — A landslide in Byblos revealed a sarcophagus in an underground tomb that was later discovered to be part of a large Bronze Age necropolis.
- 1918 — The Council of Lithuania signed the Act of Independence (pictured), proclaiming the restoration of an independent Lithuania.
- 1900 — The Southern Cross Expedition led by Carsten Borchgrevink (pictured) achieved a new Farthest South of 78° 50'S, making the first landing at the Great Ice Barrier.
- 1862 — American Civil War: A Union victory at the Battle of Fort Donelson gave General Ulysses S. Grant the nickname "Unconditional Surrender".
- 1859 — The French government passed a law setting the musical note A4 to a frequency of 435 hertz, in the first attempt to standardize concert pitch.
- 1804 — First Barbary War: Lieutenant Stephen Decatur led a U.S. Navy raid to destroy the captured USS Philadelphia in the harbor of Tripoli (depicted), denying her use to the Barbary States.
- 1270 — Livonian Crusade: In the Battle of Karuse, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania achieved a decisive victory over the Livonian Order on the frozen surface of the Baltic Sea.
- 1249 — King Louis IX dispatched André de Longjumeau as the French ambassador to the Mongol Empire.
Births
- 2001 — Yuki Naito, Japanese tennis player
- 2000 — Koffee, Jamaican singer, songwriter and rapper
- 2000 — Coby White, American basketball player
- 2000 — Carlos Yulo, Filipino artistic gymnast
- 1999 — Ignatius Ganago, Cameroonian footballer
- 1999 — Marie Ulven Ringheim, Norwegian singer, songwriter and music producer
- 1998 — An Hyejin, South Korean volleyball player
- 1998 — Kim Suji, South Korean diver
- 1997 — Jordan Greenway, American ice hockey player
- 1995 — Denzel Curry, American rapper
- 1995 — Katy Dunne, English tennis player
- 1995 — Carina Witthöft, German tennis player
Deaths
- 2026 — Billy Steinberg, American songwriter (born 1950)
- 2026 — Frederick Wiseman, American filmmaker (born 1930)
- 2025 — Viktor Antonov, Bulgarian artist (born 1972)
- 2024 — Alexei Navalny, Russian activist (born 1976)
- 2021 — Gustavo Noboa, Ecuadorian politician, 42nd President of Ecuador (born 1937)
- 2019 — Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (born 1941)
- 2016 — Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, 6th Secretary-General of the United Nations (born 1922)
Boutros Boutros-GhaliSecretary-General of the United Nations
- 2015 — Lasse Braun, Algerian-Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936)
- 2015 — Lesley Gore, American singer-songwriter (born 1946)
- 2015 — R. R. Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1957)
- 2015 — Lorena Rojas, Mexican actress and singer (born 1971)
- 2014 — Ken Farragut, American football player (born 1928)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Abda of Edessa
- Christian feast day: Elias and companions
- Christian feast day: Juliana of Nicomedia (Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: Onesimus
- Christian feast day: Charles Todd Quintard (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Christian feast day: February 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of the Shining Star (Kim Jong Il's birthday) (North Korea)
- Restoration of Lithuania's Statehood Day, celebrate the independence of Lithuania from Russia and Germany in 1918 (Lithuania)
- Elizabeth Peratrovich Day (Alaska)
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