16TH
FEBRUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST JULIANA OF CUMAE; ST ONESIMUS THE
SLAVE; ST GILBERT OF SEMPRINGHAM; & SAINTS ELIAS, JEREMY, & THEIR
COMPANIONS." |
| 16TH |
1659 |
THE FIRST BRITISH CHEQUE WAS WRITTEN. |
| 16TH |
1791 |
THE FIRST BOAT OF THE 3RD FLEET TO
AUSTRALIA, THE MARY ANNE, WITH 150 FEMALE CONVICTS ON BOARD, SETS OUT FROM ENGLAND. |
| 16TH |
1887 |
TO CELEBRATE QUEEN VICTORIA’S JUBILEE, 25,000 PRISONERS
IN INDIA WERE RELEASED. |
| 16TH |
1932 |
THE FIRST PATENT FOR A TREE IS ISSUED
TO "JAMES MARKHAM" FOR A PEACH TREE. |
| 16TH |
1936 |
THE 4TH WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES CLOSES IN GERMANY. |
| 16TH |
1937 |
DuPONT CORPORATION PATENTS NYLON,
DEVELOPED BY EMPLOYEE "WALLACE H. CAROTHERS." |
| 16TH |
1940 |
BRITAIN RESCUED ABOUT 300 OF IT’S SEAMEN HELD ON BOARD
THE GERMAN SHIP ALTMARK, IN A NORWEGIAN FJORD. |
| 16TH |
1942 |
MORE THAN15,000 AUSTRALIAN TROOPS TAKEN
PRISONER OF WAR AS SINGAPORE FALLS TO THE JAPANESE. |
| 16TH |
1946 |
FIRST COMMERCIALLY DESIGNED HELICOPTER TESTED AT BRIDGEPORT,
CONNECTICUT, USA. |
| 16TH |
1948 |
‘MIRANDA’ THE FAMOUS
MOON OF URANUS, IS PHOTOGRAPHED FOR THE FIRST TIME. |
| 16TH |
1956 |
BRITAIN ABOLISHES THE DEATH PENALTY. |
| 16TH |
1959 |
"FIDEL CASTRO" BECOMES
PREMIER OF CUBA. |
| 16TH |
1960 |
THE U.S. NUCLEAR SUBMARINE TRITON SET OFF TO
CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE WORLD UNDERWATER. |
| 16TH |
1967 |
"FIDDLER ON THE ROOF" OPENED
ON STAGE IN LONDON; THE FIRST OF 2030 PERFORMANCES. |
| 16TH |
1968 |
THE FIRST 911 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM IS INAUGURATED IN
THE USA. |
| 16TH |
1977 |
UGANDA’S ARCHBISHOP IS MURDERED BY
"IDI AMIN." |
| 16TH |
1982 |
"LEE MAJORS" & "FARRAH FAWCETT
MAJORS" DIVORCE. |
| 16TH |
1983 |
ASH WEDNESDAY BUSHFIRES IN VICTORIA AND
SOUTH AUSTRALIA KILL AT LEAST 71 PEOPLE. FIREBALLS TRAVELLING AT 160kph BURNT PEOPLE AS
THEY TRIED IN VAIN TO OUTRUN THE FLAMES IN MOTOR VEHICLES. |
| 16TH |
1986 |
THE RUSSIAN CRUISE SHIP, "MIKHAIL LERMONTOV"
CARRYING 700 PEOPLE SANK OFF THE COAST OF NEW ZEALAND. NO LIVES WERE LOST. |
| 16TH |
1989 |
"BILL HAYDEN" IS SWORN IN AS
THE 21ST AUSTRALIAN "GOVERNOR GENERAL." |
| 16TH |
1989 |
"JANE FONDA" & "TOM HAYDEN" SEPERATE
AFTER 16 YEARS MARRIAGE. |
| 16TH |
1991 |
"TRACY WIGGINGTON," 25, IS
SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT IN BRISBANE FOR THE MURDER OF A MAN WHO’S BLOOD SHE
DRANK. |
| 16TH |
1995 |
YALE UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS REPORT THAT THE BRAINS OF MEN
& WOMEN FUNCTION DIFFERENTLY WHEN PROCESSING LANGUAGE. |
| 16TH |
2001 |
TOP NEW ZEALAND PILOT, "SQUADRON
LEADER MURRAY NEILSON" 37, DIED WHEN HIS ‘A4 SKYHAWK’
JET CRASHED NEAR NOWRA, NSW, WHILE HE WAS PRACTISING, FOR THE AVALON AIR SHOW. |
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