February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 318 days remaining until the end of the year (319 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Sunday or Monday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Wednesday or Friday (56).
NATIONAL DO A GROUCH A FAVOR DAY
374 ― The ninth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet is observed.
600 ― Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying "God bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze.
1646 ― The Battle of Great Torrington, Devon is fought. It was the last major battle of the first English Civil War.
1771 ― Charles Messier presents his original catalog of 45 M-objects to the French Academy. The cataloged objects would eventually reach a total of 103.
1838 ― Weenen Massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, Natal are killed by Zulu warriors.
1878 ― The silver dollar becomes legal U.S. tender.
1903 ― Low temperature of -59°F (-51°C) is reached at Pokegama Dam, MN (state record).
1909 ― Serbia mobilizes against Austria-Hungary over the Bosnian Crisis.
1916 ― Russian troops conquer the Ottoman Empire city of Erzurum during WWI.
1916 ― The German ambassador in Washington announces that Germany will pay an indemnity for American lives lost on the Lusitania.
1923 ― Archaeologist and Egyptologist, Howard Carter, opens the inner burial chamber of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen's tomb and finds the sarcophagus.
1933 ― The Catholic newspaper Germania warns against Nazis and communists.
1934 ― The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republican Schutzbund.
1937 ― The DuPont Corporation (E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.) patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers.
1938 ― The U.S. Federal Crop Insurance program authorized and still exists today.
1951 ― In a statement focusing on the situation in Korea, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin charges that the United Nations has become “a weapon of aggressive war.”
1953 ― Baseball legend, Ted Williams, safely crash-lands his damaged Panther jet, later awarded the Air medal during the Korean War. -- From Marine Corps Association and Foundation
1959 ― Communist rebel leader, Fidel Castro, names himself Cuba's premier after overthrowing American-supported President Batista.
1985 ― The founding of Hezbollah ("Party of Allah" or "Party of God").
1999 ― O.J. Simpson's 1968 Heisman Trophy is sold for $230,000 to help settle a $33.5 million civil judgement against Simpson for the deaths of his ex-wife and her friend.
2005 ― The Kyoto Protocol comes into force following its ratification by Russia, who never intends to follow it.
2013 ― 84 people are killed and 190 are injured after a market bombing in Hazara Town, Pakistan.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1812 – Henry Wilson, American colonel and politician, 18th Vice President of the United States (Grant) (d. 1875)
1845 – George Kennan, American journalist and explorer (d. 1924)
1904 – George F. Kennan, American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (d. 2005)
1909 – Richard McDonald, Irish-American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (d. 1998)
1920 – Anna Mae Hays, American, first woman to be promoted to the rank of General in the U.S. Armed forces, Air Force(d. 2018)
1926 – Margot Frank, German-Dutch holocaust victim, Anne Frank's sister (d. 1945)
1935 – Kenneth Price, American painter and sculptor (d. 2012)
1941 – Kim Jong-il, North Korean commander and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 2011)
1953 – Roberta Williams, American video game designer, co-founded Sierra Entertainment
NATIONAL DO A GROUCH A FAVOR DAY
374 ― The ninth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet is observed.
600 ― Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying "God bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze.
1646 ― The Battle of Great Torrington, Devon is fought. It was the last major battle of the first English Civil War.
1771 ― Charles Messier presents his original catalog of 45 M-objects to the French Academy. The cataloged objects would eventually reach a total of 103.
1838 ― Weenen Massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, Natal are killed by Zulu warriors.
1878 ― The silver dollar becomes legal U.S. tender.
1903 ― Low temperature of -59°F (-51°C) is reached at Pokegama Dam, MN (state record).
1909 ― Serbia mobilizes against Austria-Hungary over the Bosnian Crisis.
1916 ― Russian troops conquer the Ottoman Empire city of Erzurum during WWI.
1916 ― The German ambassador in Washington announces that Germany will pay an indemnity for American lives lost on the Lusitania.
1923 ― Archaeologist and Egyptologist, Howard Carter, opens the inner burial chamber of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen's tomb and finds the sarcophagus.
1933 ― The Catholic newspaper Germania warns against Nazis and communists.
1934 ― The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republican Schutzbund.
1937 ― The DuPont Corporation (E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.) patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers.
1938 ― The U.S. Federal Crop Insurance program authorized and still exists today.
1951 ― In a statement focusing on the situation in Korea, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin charges that the United Nations has become “a weapon of aggressive war.”
1953 ― Baseball legend, Ted Williams, safely crash-lands his damaged Panther jet, later awarded the Air medal during the Korean War. -- From Marine Corps Association and Foundation
1959 ― Communist rebel leader, Fidel Castro, names himself Cuba's premier after overthrowing American-supported President Batista.
1968 ― The US's first 911 emergency reporting phone system went into service in Haleyville, AL.
1980 ― A continuous traffic jam extends 176 km north from Lyons, France.
1985 ― The founding of Hezbollah ("Party of Allah" or "Party of God").
1999 ― O.J. Simpson's 1968 Heisman Trophy is sold for $230,000 to help settle a $33.5 million civil judgement against Simpson for the deaths of his ex-wife and her friend.
2005 ― The Kyoto Protocol comes into force following its ratification by Russia, who never intends to follow it.
2013 ― 84 people are killed and 190 are injured after a market bombing in Hazara Town, Pakistan.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1812 – Henry Wilson, American colonel and politician, 18th Vice President of the United States (Grant) (d. 1875)
1845 – George Kennan, American journalist and explorer (d. 1924)
1904 – George F. Kennan, American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (d. 2005)
1909 – Richard McDonald, Irish-American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (d. 1998)
1920 – Anna Mae Hays, American, first woman to be promoted to the rank of General in the U.S. Armed forces, Air Force(d. 2018)
1926 – Margot Frank, German-Dutch holocaust victim, Anne Frank's sister (d. 1945)
1935 – Kenneth Price, American painter and sculptor (d. 2012)
1941 – Kim Jong-il, North Korean commander and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 2011)
1953 – Roberta Williams, American video game designer, co-founded Sierra Entertainment
From Wikipedia, Calendar at a Glance, and Google (images), ex as noted.
No comments:
Post a Comment