About February 16

February 16, 2021 is the 47th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 318 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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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 350 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On February 16

  • 1646 –
    Battle of Torrington, Devon – the last major battle of the first English Civil War.
  • 1742 –
    Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
  • 1852 –
    Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
  • 1899 –
    Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur Iceland’s first football club is founded.
  • 1904 –
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Dragon in Chinese astrology.
  • 1918 –
    The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
  • 1936 –
    Elections bring the Popular Front to power in Spain.
  • 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.
  • 1943 –
    World War II: Red Army troops re-enter Kharkov.
  • 1945 –
    World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
  • 1957 –
    The “Toddlers’ Truce”, a controversial television close down between 6.00 pm and 7.00 pm is abolished in the United Kingdom.
  • 1959 –
    Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
  • 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 –
    Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
  • 1962 –
    Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
  • 1985 –
    Hezbollah is founded.
  • 1986 –
    The Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
  • 1991 –
    Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.
  • 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 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.

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