February 16

February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 318 days remaining until the end of the year (319 in leap years).

Events

• 116 – Emperor Trajan sends laureatae to the Roman Senate at Rome on account of his victories and being conqueror of Parthia.
• 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire.
• 1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Karuse.
• 1630 – Dutch forces led by Hendrick Lonck capture Olinda in what was to become part of Dutch Brazil.
• 1646 – Battle of Torrington, Devon – the last major battle of the first English Civil War.
• 1699 – First Leopoldine Diploma is issued by the Holy Roman Emperor, recognizing the Greek Catholic clergy enjoyed the same privileges as Roman Catholic priests in the Principality of Transylvania.
• 1742 – Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
• 1804 – First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia.
• 1852 – Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
• 1862 – American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
• 1866 – Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
• 1874 – Silver Dollar becomes legal US tender.
• 1881 – The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
• 1899 – Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
• 1918 – The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
• 1923 – Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
• 1930 – The Romanian Football Federation joins FIFA.
• 1934 – The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republican Schutzbund.
• 1936 – Elections bring the Popular Front to power in Spain.
• 1937 – Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
• 1940 – World War II: Altmark Incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMS Cossack. 299 British prisoners are freed.
• 1943 – World War II: Red Army troops re-enter Kharkov.
• 1943 – World War II: Insertion of Operation Gunnerside, Norway.
• 1945 – World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
• 1957 – The "Toddlers' Truce", a controversial television close down between 6.00 pm and 7.00 pm is abolished in the United Kingdom.
• 1959 – Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
• 1960 – The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
• 1961 – Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
• 1961 – The DuSable Museum of African American History is chartered.
• 1962 – Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
• 1968 – In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
• 1978 – The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).
• 1983 – The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
• 1985 – Hezbollah is founded.
• 1986 – The Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
• 1987 – The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of being a Nazi guard dubbed "Ivan the Terrible" in Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem.
• 1991 – Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.
• 1998 – China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and seven more on the ground.
• 1999 – In Uzbekistan, a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov.
• 1999 – Across Europe, Kurdish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after Turkey arrests one of their rebel leaders, Abdullah Öcalan.
• 2005 – The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
• 2005 – The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs.
• 2006 – The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
• 2013 – A bomb blast at a market in Hazara Town in Quetta, Pakistan, kills more than 80 people and injures 190 others.

Births

• 1032 – Emperor Yingzong of Song (d. 1067)
• 1222 – Nichiren, Japanese monk (d. 1282)
• 1304 – Jayaatu Khan, Emperor Wenzong of Yuan (d. 1332)
• 1497 – Philipp Melanchthon, German theologian and reformer (d. 1560)
• 1519 – Gaspard II de Coligny, French admiral (d. 1572)
• 1543 – Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590)
• 1620 – Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1688)
• 1643 – John Sharp, English archbishop (d. 1714)
• 1698 – Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (d. 1758)
• 1727 – Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian botanist, chemist, and mycologist (d. 1817)
• 1740 – Giambattista Bodoni, Italian publisher and engraver (d. 1813)
• 1761 – Jean-Charles Pichegru, French general (d. 1804)
• 1774 – Pierre Rode, French violinist and composer (d. 1830)
• 1786 – Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1859)
• 1802 – Phineas Quimby, American philosopher (d. 1866)
• 1804 – Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (d. 1885)
• 1812 – Henry Wilson, American politician, 18th Vice President of the United States (d. 1875)
• 1821 – Heinrich Barth, German explorer and scholar (d. 1865)
• 1822 – Francis Galton, English biologist and statistician (d. 1911)
• 1824 – Peter Kozler, Slovenian cartographer and geographer (d. 1879)
• 1826 – Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet (d. 1886)
• 1831 – Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (d. 1895)
• 1834 – Ernst Haeckel, German biologist and philosopher (d. 1919)
• 1838 – Henry Adams, American journalist, historian, and author (d. 1918)
• 1845 – George Kennan, American explorer (d. 1924)
• 1847 – Philipp Scharwenka, Polish-German composer (d. 1917)
• 1848 – Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (d. 1935)
• 1848 – Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1917)
• 1856 – Willem Kes, Dutch conductor and violinist (d. 1934)
• 1856 – Ossian Everett Mills, American academic, founded Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (d. 1920)
• 1866 – Billy Hamilton, American baseball player (d. 1940)
• 1874 – Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (d. 1935)
• 1875 – John Duha, American gymnast (d. 1940)
• 1876 – G. M. Trevelyan, English historian (d. 1962)
• 1878 – Pamela Colman Smith, English illustrator (d. 1951)
• 1878 – James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1920)
• 1880 – Frank Burke, American baseball player (d. 1946)
• 1883 – Elizabeth Craig, Scottish journalist and author (d. 1980)
• 1884 – Robert J. Flaherty, American director and producer (d. 1951)
• 1886 – Van Wyck Brooks, American historian and critic (d. 1963)
• 1887 – Kathleen Clifford, American actress (d. 1962)
• 1891 – Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist (d. 1967)
• 1896 – Eugénie Blanchard, French super-centenarian (d. 2010)
• 1898 – Katharine Cornell, American actress and producer (d. 1974)
• 1901 – Vincent Coleman, American actor (d. 1971)
• 1901 – Wayne King, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 1985)
• 1901 – Chester Morris, American actor (d. 1970)
• 1903 – Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist and actor (d. 1978)
• 1903 – André Berthomieu, French director and screenwriter (d. 1960)
• 1903 – Georges-Henri Lévesque, Canadian priest and sociologist (d. 2000)
• 1904 – Karl-Heinz Bürger, German SS officer (d. 1988)
• 1904 – George F. Kennan, American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (d. 2005)
• 1906 – Vera Menchik, Russian-English chess player (d. 1944)
• 1907 – Angelos Terzakis, Greek author (d. 1979)
• 1909 – Hugh Beaumont, American actor and director (d. 1982)
• 1909 – Jeffrey Lynn, American actor (d. 1995)
• 1909 – Richard McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (d. 1998)
• 1910 – Robert Fletcher Shaw, Canadian businessman, academic, and civil servant (d. 2001)
• 1915 – Elisabeth Eybers, South African poet (d. 2007)
• 1915 – Jim O'Hora, American football player and coach (d. 2005)
• 1915 – Michael Relph, English director and producer (d. 2004)
• 1916 – Bill Doggett, American pianist (d. 1996)
• 1918 – Patty Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters) (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Torkom Manoogian, Iraqi-Armenian archbishop (d. 2012)
• 1919 – Georges Ulmer, Danish-French actor and composer (d. 1989)
• 1920 – Anna Mae Hays, American general
• 1921 – Jean Behra, French race car driver (d. 1959)
• 1921 – Vera-Ellen, American actress and dancer (d. 1981)
• 1921 – John Galbraith Graham, English priest and academic (d. 2013)
• 1922 – Lilli Promet, Estonian author (d. 2007)
• 1922 – Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, German soldier and pilot (d. 1950)
• 1925 – Carlos Paredes, Portuguese guitarist and composer (d. 2004)
• 1926 – Margot Frank, German-Dutch holocaust victim (d. 1945)
• 1926 – John Schlesinger, English actor and director (d. 2003)
• 1927 – June Brown, English actress
• 1927 – David Brion Davis, American historian and academic
• 1929 – Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer (d. 1980)
• 1929 – Peter Porter, Australian poet (d. 2010)
• 1931 – Otis Blackwell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2002)
• 1931 – Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (d. 1964)
• 1931 – George E. Sangmeister, American politician (d. 2007)
• 1931 – Ken Takakura, Japanese actor and singer (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Sierra Leonean economist, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of Sierra Leone (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Gretchen Wyler, American actress and dancer (d. 2007)
• 1934 – August Coppola, American academic and author (d. 2009)
• 1934 – Marlene Hagge, American golfer
• 1934 – Harold 'Hal' Kalin, American singer (Kalin Twins) (d. 2005)
• 1934 – Herbert 'Herbie' Kalin, American singer (Kalin Twins) (d. 2006)
• 1935 – Sonny Bono, American actor, singer, and politician (Sonny & Cher) (d. 1998)
• 1935 – Stephen Gaskin, American activist, co-founded The Farm (d. 2014)
• 1936 – Jill Kinmont Boothe, American skier (d. 2012)
• 1936 – Eliahu Inbal, Israeli conductor
• 1937 – Paul Bailey, English author and critic
• 1937 – Peter Hobday, English journalist
• 1937 – Yuri I. Manin, Russian-German mathematician
• 1938 – John Corigliano, American composer
• 1938 – Barry Primus, American actor
• 1939 – Adolfo Azcuna, Filipino jurist
• 1939 – David Griffiths, Welsh painter
• 1939 – Czesław Niemen, Polish singer-songwriter (Niebiesko-Czarni) (d. 2004)
• 1939 – David Simpson, Irish politician
• 1940 – Hannelore Schmatz, German mountaineer (d. 1979)
• 1940 – Michael J. Shapiro, American academic
• 1941 – Anne Lonsdale, English sinologist and academic
• 1941 – Kim Jong-il, North Korean politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 2011)
• 1942 – Richard Williams, American tennis coach
• 1943 – Anthony Dowell, English ballet dancer and choreographer
• 1943 – Brig Owens, American football player
• 1943 – Howard Riley, English pianist and composer
• 1944 – Glyn Davies, Welsh politician
• 1944 – Richard Ford, American author
• 1944 – António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cape Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde
• 1945 – Jeremy Bulloch, English actor
• 1946 – Ian Lavender, English actor
• 1948 – Troy Evans, American actor
• 1948 – Kaiketsu Masateru, Japanese sumo wrestler and coach (d. 2014)
• 1948 – Andy Van Hellemond, Canadian ice hockey player and referee
• 1949 – Bob Didier, American baseball player
• 1949 – Lyn Paul, English singer and actress (The New Seekers)
• 1950 – Peter Hain, Kenyan-Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Wales
• 1950 – Roman Tam, Hong Kong singer (Roman and the Four Steps) (d. 2002)
• 1950 – Kazuki Tomokawa, Japanese singer
• 1951 – William Katt, American actor
• 1952 – Barry Foote, American baseball player
• 1952 – Terence Kealey, English biochemist and academic
• 1952 – James Ingram, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1953 – George Martin, English footballer
• 1953 – Lanny McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1953 – Roberta Williams, American video game designer, co-founded Sierra Entertainment
• 1954 – Iain Banks, Scottish author (d. 2013)
• 1954 – Viggo Hagstrøm, Norwegian scholar (d. 2013)
• 1954 – Margaux Hemingway, American actress and model (d. 1996)
• 1954 – John McAslan, Scottish architect
• 1954 – Michael Holding, Jamaican cricketer
• 1955 – Hunt Block, American actor
• 1956 – Vincent Ward, New Zealand director and screenwriter
• 1957 – LeVar Burton, American actor, director, and producer
• 1958 – Ice-T, American rapper and actor (Body Count)
• 1958 – Natalie Angier, American journalist and author
• 1958 – Michael W. Burns, American politician
• 1958 – Lisa Loring, American actress
• 1958 – Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball player
• 1958 – Herb Williams, American basketball player and coach
• 1959 – Daniel Ribacoff, American polygraph examiner
• 1959 – John McEnroe, American tennis
• 1959 – Kelly Tripucka, American basketball player
• 1960 – Cherie Chung, Hong Kong actress
• 1960 – Bill Pecota, American baseball player
• 1960 – Pete Willis, English guitarist (Def Leppard, Atomic Mass, Gogmagog, and Roadhouse)
• 1961 – LaGaylia Frazier, American-Swedish singer
• 1961 – Liu Kang, Chinese footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 1961 – Eric Red, American screenwriter and director
• 1961 – Andy Taylor, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Duran Duran and The Power Station)
• 1962 – John Balance, English singer-songwriter (Coil) (d. 2004)
• 1962 – Doug Chiang, American film designer and artist
• 1963 – Dano Halsall, Swiss swimmer
• 1964 – Bebeto, Brazilian footballer
• 1964 – Christopher Eccleston, English actor
• 1965 – Dave Lombardo, Cuban-American drummer (Slayer, Grip Inc., Fantômas, Voodoocult, and Testament)
• 1966 – Martin Perscheid, German cartoonist
• 1967 – Keith Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 – Warren Ellis, English author
• 1969 – Gangrel, American wrestler
• 1970 – Serdar Ortaç, Turkish singer-songwriter
• 1970 – Angelo Peruzzi, Italian footballer
• 1971 – Amanda Holden, English actress
• 1972 – Jerome Bettis, American football player
• 1972 – Grit Breuer, German sprinter
• 1972 – Sarah Clarke, American actress
• 1973 – Christian Bassedas, Argentinian footballer
• 1973 – Cathy Freeman, Australian sprinter
• 1973 – Maureen Johnson, American author
• 1973 – Nikos Kostakis, Greek footballer
• 1973 – Rebecca Lord, French-American porn actress
• 1974 – Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, American actor
• 1974 – Luis Figueroa, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1974 – Fanis Katergiannakis, Greek footballer
• 1975 – Nanase Aikawa, Japanese singer
• 1975 – Vanina Ickx, Belgian race car driver
• 1975 – Don Jeffcoat, American actor
• 1976 – Kyo, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (Dir en grey)
• 1976 – Eric Byrnes, American baseball player
• 1976 – Joe Odagiri, Japanese actor and singer
• 1977 – Paul Brittain, American actor
• 1977 – Ian Clarke, Irish-American computer scientist, founded Freenet
• 1977 – Ahman Green, American football player
• 1978 – Alexandre Beaudoin, Canadian forensic scientist
• 1978 – Tia Hellebaut, Belgian high jumper
• 1978 – Wasim Jaffer, Indian cricketer
• 1978 – John Tartaglia, American actor, singer, and puppeteer
• 1979 – Eric Mun, American-South Korean singer and actor (Shinhwa)
• 1979 – Valentino Rossi, Italian motorcycle racer
• 1980 – Agim Kaba, American actor and producer
• 1980 – Ashley Lelie, American football player
• 1980 – Longineu W. Parsons III, French-American drummer (Yellowcard)
• 1981 – Jay Howard, English race car driver
• 1981 – Jerry Owens, American baseball player
• 1981 – Qyntel Woods, American basketball player
• 1982 – Aleksandr Dmitrijev, Estonian footballer
• 1982 – Lupe Fiasco, American rapper and producer (Child Rebel Soldier and Japanese Cartoon)
• 1982 – Paulo Jorge Sousa Vieira, Portuguese footballer
• 1983 – Agyness Deyn, English model, actress, and singer
• 1984 – Sofia Arvidsson, Swedish tennis player
• 1984 – Ous Mellouli, Tunisian swimmer
• 1985 – Simon Francis, English footballer
• 1985 – Ron Vlaar, Dutch footballer
• 1986 – Zoi Dimoschaki, Greek swimmer
• 1986 – Josje Huisman, Dutch singer, actress, dancer (K3)
• 1987 – Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
• 1987 – Theresa Goh, Singaporean swimmer
• 1987 – Mauricio Hénao, Colombian-American actor
• 1987 – Hasheem Thabeet, Tanzanian basketball player
• 1988 – Diego Capel, Spanish footballer
• 1988 – Zhang Jike, Chinese table tennis player
• 1988 – Denílson Pereira Neves, Brazilian footballer
• 1988 – Andrea Ranocchia, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Kim Soo-hyun, South Korean actor and singer
• 1989 – Elizabeth Olsen, American actress
• 1990 – The Weeknd, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1991 – Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg
• 1991 – Sergio Canales, Spanish footballer
• 1992 – Nicolai Boilesen, Danish footballer
• 1992 – Zsófia Susányi, Hungarian tennis player
• 1994 – Annika Beck, German tennis player
• 1994 – Matthew Knight, Canadian actor
• 1995 – Katy Dunne, British tennis player
• 1995 – Carina Witthöft, German tennis player

Deaths

• 549 – Zhu Yi, Chinese general (b. 483)
• 1247 – Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204)
• 1270 – Otto von Lutterberg, German knight
• 1279 – Afonso III of Portugal (b. 1210)
• 1391 – John V Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1332)
• 1531 – Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)
• 1560 – Jean du Bellay, French cardinal and diplomat (b. 1493)
• 1645 – Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general and politician, 24th Governor of the Duchy of Milan (b. 1585)
• 1710 – Esprit Fléchier, French bishop and author (b. 1632)
• 1721 – James Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686)
• 1754 – Richard Mead, English physician (b. 1673)
• 1820 – Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (b. 1758)
• 1826 – Lindley Murray, American-English lawyer (b. 1745)
• 1844 – Joseph Crosfield, English businessman (b. 1792)
• 1898 – Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843)
• 1899 – Félix Faure, French politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 – Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 – Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese priest, monk, and saint (b. 1836)
• 1916 – Georg von Oettingen, Estonian-Russian physician and ophthalmologist (b. 1824)
• 1917 – Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1919 – Vera Kholodnaya, Russian actress (b. 1893)
• 1924 – John William Kendrick, American engineer and businessman (b. 1853)
• 1928 – Eddie Foy, Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 – Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 1932 – Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
• 1944 – Henri Nathansen, Danish author, playwright, and director (b. 1868)
• 1944 – Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870)
• 1957 – Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1876)
• 1961 – Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1967 – Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1911)
• 1974 – John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand Rifle(b. 1888)
• 1975 – Morgan Taylor, American hurdler (b. 1903)
• 1975 – Norman Treigle, American opera singer (b. 1927)
• 1977 – Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet (b. 1897)
• 1978 – E. Roland Harriman, American financier (b. 1895)
• 1979 – Nematollah Nassiri, Iranian general (b. 1911)
• 1980 – Erich Hückel, German physicist (b. 1895)
• 1984 – M. A. G. Osmani, Bangladeshi general (b. 1918)
• 1988 – Jean Carignan, Canadian fiddler (b. 1916)
• 1990 – Keith Haring, American painter (b. 1958)
• 1991 – Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan lieutenant and engineer (b. 1932)
• 1992 – Angela Carter, English author and journalist (b. 1940)
• 1992 – Jânio Quadros, Brazilian politician, 22nd President of Brazil (b. 1917)
• 1992 – Herman Wold, Norwegian-Swedish statistician (b. 1908)
• 1996 – Roberto Aizenberg, Argentinian painter and sculptor (b. 1922)
• 1996 – Roger Bowen, American actor and author (b. 1932)
• 1996 – Pat Brown, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of California (b. 1905)
• 1996 – Nicolae Carandino, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1905)
• 1996 – Brownie McGhee, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1915)
• 1997 – Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American physicist (b. 1912)
• 1999 – Michael Larson, American game show contestant on Press Your Luck (b. 1949)
• 2000 – Marceline Day, American actress (b. 1908)
• 2000 – Lila Kedrova, Russian-French actress (b. 1918)
• 2000 – Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-American businessman, founded PING (b. 1911)
• 2001 – Bob Buhl, American baseball player (b. 1928)
• 2001 – Howard W. Koch, American director and producer (b. 1916)
• 2001 – William Masters, American gynecologist and sexologist (b. 1915)
• 2002 – Walter Winterbottom, England footballer and manager (b. 1913)
• 2003 – Eleanor "Sis" Daley, American wife of Richard J. Daley (b. 1907)
• 2003 – Rusty Magee, American actor and composer (b. 1955)
• 2004 – Doris Troy, American singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
• 2005 – Nicole DeHuff, American actress (b. 1975)
• 2005 – Narriman Sadek, Egyptian wife of Farouk I of Egypt (b. 1933)
• 2006 – Johnny Grunge, American wrestler (b. 1966)
• 2006 – Ernie Stautner, German-American football player and coach (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Lilli Promet, Estonian author (b. 1922)
• 2009 – Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, South Korean cardinal (b. 1921)
• 2010 – Wan Chi Keung, Hong Kong footballer and actor (b. 1956)
• 2011 – Len Lesser, American actor (b. 1922)
• 2011 – Justinas Marcinkevičius, Lithuanian poet and playwright (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Chikage Awashima, Japanese actress (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Gary Carter, American baseball player and coach (b. 1954)
• 2012 – Donald Henry Colless, Australian entomologist (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Elyse Knox, American model, actress, and fashion designer (b. 1917)
• 2012 – John Macionis, American swimmer (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Kathryn McGee, American activist (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Anthony Shadid, American journalist (b. 1968)
• 2012 – Dick Anthony Williams, American actor (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Ken Clark, American football player (b. 1966)
• 2013 – Colin Edwards, Guyanese footballer (b. 1991)
• 2013 – Eric Ericson, Swedish conductor (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Ennio Girolami, Italian actor (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Grigory Pomerants, Russian philosopher and author (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Tony Sheridan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Ernie Vossler, American golfer (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Robert J. Conley, American author (b. 1940)
• 2014 – Ken Farragut, American football player (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Raymond Louis Kennedy, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (b. 1946)
• 2014 – Charlie Kraak, American basketball player (b. 1932)
• 2014 – Gert Krawinkel, German guitarist (Trio) (b. 1947)
• 2014 – Jimmy Murakami, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Michael Shea, American author (b. 1946)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Abda of Edessa
  • Elias and companions
  • Juliana of Nicomedia (Catholic Church)
  • Onesimus
  • Charles Todd Quintard (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • February 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Kim Jong-il's Birthday (North Korea)
• Restoration of Lithuania's Statehood Day, celebrate the independence of Lithuania from Russia and Germany in 1918 (Lithuania)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On this day in Canada