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Historical Events
on February 16th
- Lead Story
- Archaeologist opens tomb of King Tut,1923
- American Revolution
- John Adams prepares to sail for France,1778
- Automotive
- Jeff Gordon becomes youngest Daytona winner,1997
- Civil War
- Capture of Fort Donelson,1862
- Cold War
- Joseph Stalin attacks the United Nations,1951
- Crime
- John Wesley Hardin is pardoned,1894
- Disaster
- Brush fires ravage South Australia,1983
- General Interest
- The most daring act of the age,1804
- Castro sworn in,1959
- Hollywood
- David O. Selznick returns to MGM,1933
- Literary
- Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford is born,1944
- Music
- Chopin plays his final Paris concert,1848
- Old West
- Silver dollars made legal,1878
- Presidential
- James Monroe marries Elizabeth Kortright,1786
- Sports
- Bill Johnson becomes first American to win Olympic gold in downhill skiing,1984
- Vietnam War
- Tet Offensive results in many new refugees,1968
- World War I
- Russians capture Erzerum,1916
- World War II
- Bataan recaptured,1945
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