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February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 318 days remain until the end of the year (319 in leap years). Events. Pre-1600. 1249 – ...
The Act of Independence of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Nepriklausomybės Aktas) or the Act of February 16th, also the Lithuanian Resolution on Independence (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Nepriklausomybės Nutarimas), was signed by the Council of Lithuania on February 16, 1918, proclaiming the restoration of an independent State of Lithuania, governed by democratic principles, with Vilnius as its ...
February. February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The month has 28 days in common years or 29 in leap years, with the 29th day being called the leap day. It is the first of five months not to have 31 days (the other four being April, June, September, and November) and the only one to have fewer than 30 days.
On the basis of the February 16 Declaration, Seimas passed a resolution on March 12, 2009 affirming that from February 16, 1949 until his death on May 30, 1953, Jonas Žemaitis-Vytautas was “the head of state of Lithuania fighting against the occupation, who actually performed the duties of the President of the Republic of Lithuania.”
February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 319 days remain until the end of the year (320 in leap years). ... [16] 1933 – In Miami, ...
2013 – At least 91 people were killed and 190 others injured after a bomb hidden in a water tank exploded at a market in Hazara Town, Pakistan. February 16: Day of the Shining Star in North Korea; Elizabeth Peratrovich Day in Alaska.
Politics and elections. Philippine Senate election, 2016. Filipino Senate candidate and boxer Manny Pacquiao calls LGBT people "less than animals" when asked about his opposition to same-sex marriage, prompting condemnation from prominent Filipino LGBT figures such as Aiza Seguerra, John Lapus and Vice Ganda. Pacquiao later apologizes.
Current events/2023 February 16. Canada announces that it will deploy navy vessels to Haiti for intelligence-gathering amid a worsening security situation in the Caribbean country. (AP) Armenia submits a peace treaty to Azerbaijan in an effort to end the decades-long conflict between the two countries. ( Daily Sabah)