Birthdates Which Occur on February 16:
1075 Ordericus Vitalis French monk/historian/poet
1497 Philipp Melanchthon Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)
1514 Rh„ticus [Rheticus], Austrian astronomer/mathematician
1519 Gaspard de Coligny Huguenot leader/French admiral
1620 Frederick William Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia
1669 Arnold Boonen Dutch portrait painter
1684 Bohuslav M Czernohorsky Czech monk/composer
and Bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky Czech monk/composer
1698 Pierre Bouguer French mathematician (heliometer)
1709 Charles Avison composer
1740 Giambattista Bodoni Italian printer/typeface designer (Bodoni)
1746 Johann Heinse German Sturm und Drang novelist/art critic
1774 Pierre Rode composer
1787 Andreas Schelfhout Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer
1790 Chretien Urhan composer
1807 Lysander Cutler Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866
1812 Henry Wilson (R) 18th VP (1873-75)
1813 Joseph Reid Anderson Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1892
and Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky composer
1821 Heinrich Barth Hamburg Germany, geographer/explorer (Central Africa)
1822 Francis Galton English scholar (genetics)
and James Patton Anderson Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1872
1823 John Daniel Imboden Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
1826 Franz von Holstein composer
and Joseph V von Scheffel German writer (Gaudeamus)
1832 Camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac Mjr General (Confederate Army)
1834 Ernst Heinrich Haeckel Germany, naturalist (Causes of Evolution)
1836 Benjamin Edward Woolf Dutch composer
1838 Arnoldus Pannevis South African ship's doctor/linguist
and Henry Adams US historian, writer (Education of Henry Adams)
1847 Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka German composer (Album polonaise)
1848 Hugo de Vries Dutch botanist (How species emerge)
1850 Octave Mirbeau France, writer (Journal of a Lady's Maid)
1852 Charles Taze Russell religion founder (Jehovah's Witnesses)
and William Scarborough Macon Ga, linguist/author (Birds of Aristophanes)
1854 Oscar Fetras composer
1856 Willem Kes Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam)
1858 Laurence "Lon" Myers US, track star (top US miler)
1866 Johann Strauss Austria, composer (Waltz King)
and William "Sliding Billy" Hamilton NJ, hall of fame baseball player
1876 George Macauley Trevelyan England, historian (Giuseppi Garibaldi)
1878 Selim Palmgren Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (Peter Schlemihl)
1881 Maurits H E Uyldert Dutch poet/writer (Youth of a Poet)
1884 Robert Flaherty father of documentary film (Nanook of the North)
1886 Van Wyck Brooks NJ, literary historian/writer (Ordeal of Mark Twain)
1890 Semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov composer
1893 Ivor Armstrong Richards England, literary critic [OS]
1896 Alexander Brailowsky Russia, pianist (Chopin)
and Charles A L Panz‚ra French baritone (L'horizon Chim‚rique)
1898 Katharine Cornell actress (Barretts of Wimpole St)
19-- Alicia Rio XXX actress (Surfer Girl)
and Hunt Block Wash DC, actor (Peter-Knots Landing)
1901 Chester Morris NYC, actor (Diagnosis: Unknown)
and Wayne King Savannah Ill, saxophonist/bandleader (Waltz King)
1903 Edgar Bergen Chicago, ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy)
1904 George F Kennan US ambassador to Moscow
1905 Jose Munoz Molleda composer
1906 Vera Menchik Moscow, 1st official women's world chess champ (1927)
1907 Angh‚los Terzakis Greece, writer (Without God)
and Fernando Previtali composer
and Henri van Albada Belgian sculptor (Charles V)
1909 Hugh Beaumont Lawrence Ks, actor (Ward Cleaver-Leave it to Beaver)
and Jeffrey Lynn Auburn Mass, actor (My Son Jeep, Roaring Twenties)
1910 Miguel Bernal Jiminez composer
1911 Hal Porter Australia, writer (Tilted Cross, Paper Chase)
1912 Bob Tadema Sporry Dutch (female) author
and Del Sharbutt Cleburne Tx, TV announcer (Your Hit Parade)
and Machito "Frank Grillo" Florida, bandleader, a creator of salsa music
1914 Jimmy Wakely Mineola Ark, country vocalist (5 Star Jubilee)
1918 K roly earl Khuen-H‚derv ry Hungarian governor/premier (1910-12)
1920 Hubert van Herreweghen Flemish writer/journalist
and Lee Russell Cleveland Oh, vocalist (Vincent Lopez)
and Patty Andrews Minneapolis MN, vocalist (Andrews Sisters)
1922 Geraint Evans British opera vocalist (Knaben Wunderhorn)
and Paul van 't Veer Dutch journalist/writer (Het Vr˜e Volk)
1925 John Schlesinger London England, director (Midnight Cowboy, Darling)
1926 Vera-Ellen [Westmeyr Rohe], Cincinnati, actress/dancer (Miracle Man)
1929 Peter Porter writer/poet (Chair of Babel, Automatic Oracle)
1930 Peggy King Greensburg Pa, vocalist/actress (George Gobel Show)
and Ricou Browning Florida, director/actor (Thunderball)
1931 George E Sangmeister (Rep-D-Illinois)
and Ken Takakura [Goichi Oda], Kita Japan, actor (Story of Antarctic)
1932 Gretchen Wyler Bartlesville Okla, actress (Silk Stockings)
and Nand Baert Belgian radio/TV-host
1934 Austin "Ted" Taylor US gospel/R&B-singer (Be Ever Wonderful)
and Marlene Bauer Hagge Eureka SD, LPGA golfer (1950 Woman Athlete)
1935 Brian Bedford England, actor (Anthony-Coronet Blue)
and Sonny Bono Detroit, vocalist (Sonny & Cher)/Rep-R-Ca (1995- )
1937 V V Bondarenko cosmonaut
1938 Barry Primus NYC, actor (Sgt McKenna-Cagney & Lacey, Boxcar Bertha)
and John Corigliano NYC, composer (Fern Hill, Ghosts of Versailles)
194- Jimmie Walker comedian/actor (Good Times, At Ease, Bustin' Loose)
1941 Vitali Kuznetsov USSR, judo (Olympic-silver-1972)
1942 Gabriel Brncic composer
and Kim Chong-Il [Yura], president of North-Korea (1994- )
1943 Anthony Dowell London, dancer (Royal Ballet)
1946 Aleksandr Shaparenko USSR, 1K kayak (Olympic-gold-1972)
and Ian Lavender British actor (Stupid Boy in Dad's Army)
1949 Dorus Vrede Surinam poet (Otobanda; the Other Bank)
1950 William Katt LA Calif, actor (Greatest American Hero, 1st Love)
1954 David Lombardo rocker
and Iain [Menzies] Banks UK, sci-fi author (Wasp Factory)
1955 George Martin NFL defensive back (NY Giants)
and Guy Gallo writer
and Jeff Clayton US jazz saxophonist/composer (Groove Shop)
1956 James Ingram vocalist (On the Wings of Love)
1957 LeVar Burton Landstuhl Germany, (Roots, Star Trek Next Generation)
1958 Lisa Loring actress (As the World Turns, Wednesday-Addams Family)
1959 John P McEnroe tennis player (US Open 1979-81,84 Wimb 1981,83,84)
and Kelly Tripuka Glenn Ridge NJ, NBA forward (Det Pistons, Utah Jazz)
1961 Andy Taylor Engld, rock guitarist (Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf)
1962 Alexa Kenin NYC, actress (Mousie-Coed Fever)
and Tony Kiley rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways)
1968 Erik Regtop soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1970 Saskia Linssen Venlo Holland, playmate (Jun, 1991)
1971 Marco Sas soccer player (NAC)
1974 Kimberly Dawn Whipany Okla, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See)
2335 Geordi La Forge character on Star Trek Next Generation
Deaths Which Occured February 16:
309 Pamphilus van Caesarea Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded
923 Abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari islamic historian, dies
1247 Hendrik Raspe [Papenking], count of Thringen, dies
1279 Afonso III King of Portugal (1248-79), dies
1391 Johannes V Palaeologus Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies
1538 Everhard/Erardus van de Mark prince-bishop of Luik, dies at 65
1653 Johannes Schultz composer, dies at 71
1779 William Boyce English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies
1791 Richard earl d'Alton Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58
1799 Charles Theoby ruler (Palts & Bayern), dies at 74
1803 Jan V clav Stich Bohemian composer, dies at 56
1823 Johann Gottfried Schict composer, dies at 69
1825 George Gerson composer, dies at 34
1829 Fran‡ois-J Gossec Belgian/Fr composer (Messe of Morts), dies at 95
1851 Anne Nagell van Ampsen Dutch politician, dies at 95
1857 Elisha Kent Kane Arctic explorer (Kane Basin), dies at 37
1858 Georg F Creuzer German philological/historian, dies at 86
1864 Vaclav Jindrich Veit composer, dies at 58
1899 Fran‡ois F‚lix Faure president of France (1895-99), dies at 57
1900 George Labram US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle
1910 Albert Heinrich Zabel composer, dies at 75
1912 Edgar Evans British explorer (Antarctica), dies
1915 Emil Waldteufel [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies
1916 Jonkvrouwe Jeltje de Bosch Kemper feminist, dies at 79
[Gerard] John Ligthart theorist (Ot & Sien), dies
1931 Dirk Sch„fer pianist/composer (Klavier), dies at 57
1934 Eduard Bagritsky [Dzjoebin], Russ poet/journalist, dies
1938 Otto zur Linde German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64
1944 Edmund von Borck composer, dies at 37
1945 Rudolf V„rnlund Swedish playwright (Upproret), dies at 45
1951 Henri Velge 1st chair of Belgian Council of State, dies at 65
1952 Knut [Pedersen] Hamsun Norse writer (Wanders, Nobel 1920), dies
1957 Leslie Hore-Belisha [Lord Halifax], Brit minister of Transport, dies
1963 Laszlo Lajtha composer, dies at 71
1966 Hendrik W Tilanus artillery officer/leader (CHU 1939-63), dies
1967 Smiley Burnette cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction), dies at 55
1968 Healey Willan composer, dies at 87
1979 Louise Allbritton actress (Celia-Stage Door), dies at 58
Nematullah Nassiri Iran general/head of Savak, executed
William Gargan actor (New Adventures of Martin Kane), dies at 73
1984 Ken Williams TV announcer (Video Village), dies at 69
1985 Larry Ward actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69
1986 Howard Da Silva Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776), dies at 76
1991 Enrique B Varela commandant Nicaragua contra's, dies
1992 Angela Carter British novelist (Magic Toyshop), dies at 51 of cancer
George Mann MacBeth Scottish journalist/poet (A war quartet), dies
Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder court judge Amsterdam (hackers), dies
1993 Donald Phelps dies of AIDS at 61
Richard Salant news president (CBS-60 Minutes), dies at 78
1996 Brownie McGhee blues guitarist, dies at 81
MacLean Stevenson actor (M*A*S*H), dies of heart attack at 66
Holidays Which Occur February 16:
Lithuania Independence Day (1918)
North Korea Great Leader Kim Young Ils Birthday
1999 China New Years-Year of Hare/Rabbit (4697)
Religious Observances on February 16:
Christian Feast of St Elias
RC Feast of St Juliana of Nocomedia, martyr
1276 RC Commemoration of St Gregory X, pope (1271-76) (1/10?)
Things to Remember for February 16:
Biorhythm Health Month-National Meat Month
Flowers-violet & primrose Gem-amethyst
National Cherry-American Heart-TV Sweeps & Black History Month
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Februarius; Kalend Feb
[Plains Indians] Hunger Moon month
3 Days Astrological sign: Aquarius
30 Days Delta Leonid meteor shower, radiant between ç & ë Leonis
[Ancient Rome] a d xiv Kal Mar
1999 Annular eclipse visible over Indian Ocean & Australia
Highlights in History Which Occur February 16:
374 9th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1349 Jews are expelled from Burgsdorf Switzerland
1486 Republic day of Frankfurt
1559 Pope Paul IV calls for deposition of sovereigns supporting heresy
1655 Dutch pension advisor Johan de Witt marries Wendela Bicker
1659 1st known check (œ400) (on display at Westminster Abbey)
1741 Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine begins publication
1751 1st publication of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard"
1771 Messier presents his original list of 45 M-objects to French Academy
1777 Messier adds M53 to his catalog (globular cluster in Coma Berenice)
1804 Lt Stephen Decatur attacks Tripoli pirates who burned USS Philadelphia
1832 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches St-Pauls (1øN, 29øW)
1840 American Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica
1860 Rochussen/Van Bosse govt falls
1862 Ft Donelson captured by Gen Grant (1,400 confederates surrender)
1864 Battle of Mobile, AL - operations by Union Army
1868 Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks forms in NY
1880 American Society of Mechanical Engineers forms in NYC
and C H F Peters discovers asteroid #213 Lilaea
1883 Ladies Home Journal begins publication
1891 A Charlois discovers asteroid #305 Gordonia
1900 1st Chinese daily newspaper in US publishes 1st issue, SF
and Montr‚al Shamrocks beat Winn Victorias 2 games to 1 for Stanley Cup
1903 -59øF (-51øC), Pokegama Dam, Minnesota (state record)
1905 1st US Esperanto club organizes in Boston
1906 A Kopff discovers asteroid #585 Bilkis
and Metcalf discover asteroid #602 Marianna, #603 Timandra & #604 Tekmessa
1909 1st subway car with side doors goes into service (NYC)
and Serbia mobilizes against Austria-Hungary
1912 J Palisa discovers asteroid #728 Leonisis
1913 President Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexico
1914 1st airplane flight to LA from SF
1916 Russian troops conquer Erzurum Armenia
1918 Lithuania declares independence from Russia & Germany (National Day)
1920 M Wolf discovers asteroid #927 Ratisbona
1923 Allies accept Latvia's occupation of Memel territory
and Howard Carter finds Pharoah Tutankhamen
1927 US restores diplomatic relations with Turkey
1929 KID-AM in Idaho Falls ID begins radio transmissions
1931 Extreme right wing Svinhufvud becomes president of Finland
1932 1st patent issued for a tree, to James Markham for a peach tree
1936 4th Winter Olympic games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
and Spanish Frente Popular (People's Front) wins victory
and Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1391 Carelia, #1454 Kalevala
#1448 Lindbladia & #1479 Inkeri
1937 DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers
1938 US Federal Crop Insurance program authorized
1940 British explorers discover Altmark Near Norway
1942 German submarine overthrows Aruba
1943 -32øF (-36øC), Falls Village, Connecticut (state record)
and British premier Winston Churchill gets pneumonia
and Red army conquers Kharkov
and Terugtrekkend African corps reaches Mareth-line in North-Africa
Sign on Munich facade: "Out with Hitler! Long live freedom!" done
and by "White Rose" student group, caught on 2/18, beheaded on 2/22
1945 US forces land on Corregidor, complete conquest on March 3
and Venezuela declares war on nazi-Germany
1946 1st commercially designed helicopter tested, Bridgeport Ct
1948 Miranda, famous moon of Uranus, photographed for 1st time
1950 Longest-running prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS
1951 NYC passes bill prohibiting racism in city-assisted housing
and SF City Hall dome fire
1954 WNEM TV channel 5 in Bay City, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 Britain abolishes death penalty
1959 Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba
1961 1st all-solid-propellant rocket put in orbit, Wallops Island, Va
and China uses it's 1st nuclear reactor
1963 1st round-trip swim of Strait of Messina, Italy (Mary Revell of US)
and C & A Building in Amsterdam burns down
1964 Beatles' 2nd appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show"
1965 Pegasus 1 launched to detect micro-meteors
1970 Joe Frazier KOs Jimmy Ellis for undisputed heavyweight boxing crown
1972 1st NBA to score 30,000 points (Wilt Chamberlain in 940 games)
and German mass murderers "Three of Breda" freed
1975 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2548 Leloir
and Washington Capitals 1st NHL shutout, beating KC Scouts 3-0
1978 1st Computer Bulletin Board System (Ward & Randy's CBBS, Chicago)
1979 George Harrison releases "Blow Away"
1980 Continuous traffic jam extends 176 km north of Lyons, France
and Eric Heiden skates 5k in 7:02.29
1982 Agatha Barbara elected as 1st female president of Malta
and Assembled STS-3 vehicle moves from Vandenberg AFB to launch pad
and Lee Majors & Farrah Fawcett Majors divorce
1984 Bill Johnson becomes 1st American to win Olympic downhill skiing gold
and NJ Devils 1st OT goal, Jan Ludvig beats Hartford Whalers 6-5
1985 Largest NBA crowd to date, 43,816, sees Philadelphia at Detroit
and M Mahrova discovers asteroid #3492
and NJ Devils score their fastest hat trick in 42 seconds
1986 French army bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad
and Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater
and Karlstad skates world record 10 km (14:12.14)
and M rio Soares (Socialist) elected Portugal's 1st civilian pres
and S Inoda & T Urata discovers asteroid #3394
1987 Demjanjuk trial begins in Jerusalem
1988 1st documented combat action by US military advisors in El Salvador
1989 Egypt, Iraq, Jordan & North Yemen form common market
and Jane Fonda & Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage
and Roger Clemens, Red Sox pitcher signs record $7.5M-3 year contract
and William Hayden becomes governor-general of Australia
1991 Dutch PPR, Political Party Radicals, disbands
1992 Former silver Goodyear blimps are now painted yellow & blue
and LA Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32 uniform
1993 Sandra V"lker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.33 sec)
1994 6.5 earthquake strikes SO-Sumatra, kills 200
and Johann Olav Koss skates world record 1500m (1:51.29)
and Premier Alfonso Bustamente ends govt in Peru
Your Special Reminders for February 16:
1881 1øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1954 71øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 47th day of the year with 318 days left (Numerology = 9)
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