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February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; ... (Kim Jong Il's birthday) (North Korea) Restoration of Lithuania's Statehood Day, ...
1996 – Eleven people died in a train collision in Silver Spring, Maryland, leading to the creation of comprehensive U.S. federal rules for the design of passenger cars. Richard of Dover ( d. 1184) Coluccio Salutati ( b. 1331) Michael Holding ( b. 1954) Elizabeth Olsen ( b. 1989) More anniversaries: February 15.
John Balance (February 16, 1962 –November 13, 2004), Brit multi-instrumentalist and founding member of the experimental music act known as Coil, would have turned 62 this year. James Ingram (February 16, 1956–January 29, 2019), American Grammy Award -winning soul music singer, songwriter, and record producer, would have turned 68 this year.
[16] 1970 – Jeffrey R. MacDonald, United States Army captain, is charged with murder of his pregnant wife and two daughters. [17] 1972 – Cumulative sales of the Volkswagen Beetle exceed those of the Ford Model T. 1974 – Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [ 4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...
Battle of Stillman's Run (non-combatant) Battle of Kellogg's Grove (non-combatant) Abraham Lincoln ( / ˈlɪŋkən / LINK-ən; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the United States ...
The original Famous Birthdays website was created by Edward Morykwas, a Michigan schoolteacher, in 1996. [4] [5] [6]The site was updated to its current format in November 7, 2012, by Evan Britton, [7] who has since described the website as "Wikipedia for Generation Z".
1974 – The F-16 Fighting Falcon (pictured), the most numerous fixed-wing aircraft currently in military service, made its first flight. 2004 – Swiss tennis player Roger Federer became the top-ranked men's singles player , a position he held for a record 237 consecutive weeks.