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02/16/1933
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England regains the Ashes, thanks to bodyline tactics
Type: Event
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02/16/1934
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Eduard Bagritsky, [Dzjubin], Russ poet/journalist, dies at 38
Type: Death
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02/16/1934
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Austin "Ted" Taylor, US gospel/RandB-singer (Be Ever Wonderful)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1934
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Marlene Bauer Hagge, Eureka SD, LPGA golfer (1950 Woman Athlete)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1935
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Brian Bedford, England, actor (Anthony-Coronet Blue)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1935
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Sonny Bono, Detroit, vocalist (Sonny and Cher)/(Rep-R-Ca, 1995-98)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1935
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Robin Clark, chemist (FRS)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1936
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Tommy Ward, S African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted
Type: Death
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02/16/1936
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4th Winter Olympic games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Type: Event
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02/16/1936
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Spanish Frente Popular (People's Front) wins elections
Type: Event
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02/16/1937
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Jean Anouilh's "Le Voyageur Sans Baggage," premieres in Paris
Type: Event
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02/16/1937
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Valentin Vasilyevich Bondarenko, cosmonaut
Type: Birth
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02/16/1937
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Paul Bailey, novelist
Type: Birth
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02/16/1937
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DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers
Type: Event
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02/16/1938
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John Corigliano, NYC, composer (Fern Hill, Ghosts of Versailles)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1938
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US Federal Crop Insurance program authorized
Type: Event
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02/16/1938
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Barry Primus, NYC, actor (Sgt McKenna-Cagney and Lacey, Boxcar Bertha)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1938
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Otto zur Linde, German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64
Type: Death
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02/16/1939
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David Griffiths, portrait painter
Type: Birth
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02/16/1939
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Harold Kalin, singer
Type: Birth
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02/16/1939
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Jura Soyfer, writer, dies at 26
Type: Death
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02/16/1940
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Karoli Ruth Needles, painter
Type: Birth
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02/16/1940
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British search plane finds German Altmark off Norway
Type: Event
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02/16/1941
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Vitali Kuznetsov, USSR, judo (Olympic-silver-1972)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1942
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Gabriel Brncic, composer
Type: Birth
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02/16/1942
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Kim Chong-Il, [Yura], president of North-Korea (1994- )
Type: Birth
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02/16/1942
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German submarines attack Aruba oil refinery
Type: Event
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02/16/1943
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James Beaton, British GC
Type: Birth
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02/16/1943
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Sign on Munich facade: "Out with Hitler! Long live freedom!" done by "White Rose" student group, caught on 2/18, beheaded on 2/22
Type: Event
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02/16/1943
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J D Moore, headmaster (St Dunstan's College)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1943
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Red army conquers Kharkov
Type: Event
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02/16/1943
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-32øF (-36øC), Falls Village, Connecticut (state record)
Type: Event
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02/16/1943
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British premier Winston Churchill gets pneumonia
Type: Event
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02/16/1943
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Withdrawing Africa Corps reaches Mareth-line in North-Africa
Type: Event
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02/16/1943
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Anthony Dowell, London, ballet dancer (Royal Ballet)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1944
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Edmund von Borck, composer, dies at 37
Type: Death
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02/16/1944
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Richard Ford, US author (Sportswriter)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1945
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Billy Frank, cricketer (Test S Afr v Eng 1896, 5 and 2, 1-52), dies
Type: Death
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02/16/1945
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US forces land on Corregidor, complete conquest on March 3
Type: Event
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02/16/1945
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Venezuela declares war on nazi-Germany
Type: Event
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02/16/1945
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Rudolf V„rnlund, Swedish playwright (Upproret), dies at 45
Type: Death
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02/16/1946
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"Duchess Misbehaves" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 5 perfs
Type: Event
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02/16/1946
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1st commercially designed helicopter tested, Bridgeport Ct
Type: Event
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02/16/1946
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Aleksandr Shaparenko, USSR, 1K kayak (Olympic-gold-1972)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1946
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Ian Lavender, British actor (Stupid Boy in Dad's Army)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1946
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J R Farndon, British consultant surgeon
Type: Birth
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02/16/1947
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Morton Gould's 3rd Symphony, premieres
Type: Event
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02/16/1948
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1st newsreel telecast, "20th Century Fox-Movietone News" shown on NBC
Type: Event
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02/16/1948
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Miranda, famous moon of Uranus, photographed for 1st time
Type: Event
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02/16/1949
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Dorus Vrede, Surinam poet (Otobanda; the Other Bank)
Type: Birth
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