About February 16

February 16, 2020 is the 47th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 319 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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Aquarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 362 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On February 16

  • 116 –
    Emperor Trajan sends laureatae to the Roman Senate at Rome on account of his victories and being conqueror of Parthia.
  • 1742 –
    Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
  • 1852 –
    Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
  • 1866 –
    Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
  • 1918 –
    The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
  • 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.
  • 1961 –
    The DuSable Museum of African American History is chartered.
  • 1962 –
    Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
  • 1978 –
    The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).
  • 1980 –
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
  • 1983 –
    The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
  • 1985 –
    Hezbollah is founded.
  • 1986 –
    The Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
  • 1987 –
    The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of being a Nazi guard dubbed “Ivan the Terrible” in Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem.
  • 1991 –
    Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.
  • 1999 –
    Across Europe, Kurdish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after Turkey arrests one of their rebel leaders, Abdullah Öcalan.
  • 1999 –
    In Uzbekistan, a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov.
  • 2005 –
    The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
  • 2005 –
    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.
  • 2006 –
    The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.

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