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February 16
1804 - The U.S. frigate Philadelphia, captured and held by Barbary pirates at Tripoli during the Tripolitan War, was set fire to and destroyed by a small group of men led by U.S. Navy Lt. Stephen Decatur.
1862 - The Civil War Battle of Fort Donelson in Tennessee ended as some 12,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered; Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s victory earned him the moniker “Unconditional Surrender Grant.”
1868 - The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was organized in New York City.
1918 - Lithuania proclaimed its independence from Russia.
1923 - The tomb of King Tutankhamen, discovered in 1922, was opened.
1937 - Wallace H. Carothers, a research chemist for Du Pont, received a patent for nylon.
1945 - American troops landed on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines during World War II.
1948 - NBC-TV aired the first nightly newscast, "The Camel Newsreel Theatre," which consisted of Fox Movietone newsreels.
1959 - Fidel Castro became leader of Cuba after having ousted right-wing dictator Fulgencio Batista.
1960 - The nuclear-powered radar picket submarine USS Triton departed New London, Conn., on the first submerged circumnavigation by a vessel.
1968 - The country's first 911 telephone system went into service in Haleyville, Alabama.
1999 - Turkish commandos captured Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan in Kenya, sparking seizures of embassies in Europe by Kurds.
2001 - The United States and Britain staged air strikes against radar stations and air defense command centers in Iraq.
2005 - The Kyoto global warming pact, which the U.S. never ratified, went into effect.
2011 - Bookstore chain Borders filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2012 - A federal judge in Detroit ordered life in prison for Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian man who'd tried to blow up a packed Northwest jetliner with a bomb concealed in his underwear.
2016 - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s courtroom chair was draped in black to mark his death, a tradition dating to the 19th century.
2019 - The Vatican announced that former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who served as archbishop of Washington, D.C., had been found guilty by the Vatican of sex abuse and had been defrocked; McCarrick was the highest-ranking churchman and the first cardinal to face that punishment as the church dealt with clerical sex abuse.
2020 - Hundreds of Americans from a quarantined cruise ship in Japan took charter flights home, as Japan announced that another 70 coronavirus infections had been confirmed on the ship. The Chinese province of Hubei, the epicenter of the virus, announced that vehicle traffic would be banned, with some exceptions.
Birthdays
27 - Ava Max (singer)
28 - Mike Weinberg (actor)
31 - The Weeknd (singer)
32 - Elizabeth Olsen (actress)
35 - Chloe Wepper (actress)
46 - Sam Salter (singer)
50 - Amanda Holden (actress)
50 - Sarah Clarke (actress)
62 - John McEnroe (tennis player)
63 - Lisa Loring (actress)
63 - Ice-T (rapper/actor)
64 - LeVar Burton (actor)
70 - William Katt (actor)
94 - June Brown (actress)
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Today in Sports History - February 16
1970 - Joe Frazier began his reign as the undefeated heavyweight world champion when he knocked out Jimmy Ellis in five rounds. He lost the title on January 22, 1973, when he lost for the first time in his professional career to George Foreman.
1972 - Wilt Chamberlain of the Los Angeles Lakers became the first player in NBA history to eclipse 30,000 career points scored.
1989 - Roger Clemens signs a record three-year contract with the Boston Red Sox worth $7.5 million.
1992 - The Los Angeles Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32.
1992 - Michel Goulet of the Chicago Blackhawks becomes the 17th player in NHL history to score 500 career goals.
1997 - Jeff Gordon becomes the youngest winner in Daytona 500 history at age 26. (In 2011 Trevor Bayne won the Daytona 500 at age 20.)
1999 - O.J. Simpson's 1968 Heisman Trophy was sold for $230,000. A court judgment ordered the trophy to be sold to help settle a $33.5 million civil judgment against Simpson for the deaths of his ex-wife and her friend.
2004 - The Pittsburgh Penguins lost their NHL-record 12th consecutive home game.
2004 - Baseball commissioner Bud Selig approved the swap of Alex Rodriguez (Texas Rangers) and Alfonso Soriano (New York Yankees). The Rangers would also get a minor league player in the deal.
2005 - The NHL canceled what was left of its season after a round of last-gasp negotiations failed to resolve differences over a salary cap.
2005 - The NHL announced the cancellation of the 2004-2005 season due to a labor dispute. It was the first time a major sports league in North America lost an entire season to a labor dispute.
1804 - The U.S. frigate Philadelphia, captured and held by Barbary pirates at Tripoli during the Tripolitan War, was set fire to and destroyed by a small group of men led by U.S. Navy Lt. Stephen Decatur.
1862 - The Civil War Battle of Fort Donelson in Tennessee ended as some 12,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered; Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s victory earned him the moniker “Unconditional Surrender Grant.”
1868 - The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was organized in New York City.
1918 - Lithuania proclaimed its independence from Russia.
1923 - The tomb of King Tutankhamen, discovered in 1922, was opened.
1937 - Wallace H. Carothers, a research chemist for Du Pont, received a patent for nylon.
1945 - American troops landed on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines during World War II.
1948 - NBC-TV aired the first nightly newscast, "The Camel Newsreel Theatre," which consisted of Fox Movietone newsreels.
1959 - Fidel Castro became leader of Cuba after having ousted right-wing dictator Fulgencio Batista.
1960 - The nuclear-powered radar picket submarine USS Triton departed New London, Conn., on the first submerged circumnavigation by a vessel.
1968 - The country's first 911 telephone system went into service in Haleyville, Alabama.
1999 - Turkish commandos captured Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan in Kenya, sparking seizures of embassies in Europe by Kurds.
2001 - The United States and Britain staged air strikes against radar stations and air defense command centers in Iraq.
2005 - The Kyoto global warming pact, which the U.S. never ratified, went into effect.
2011 - Bookstore chain Borders filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2012 - A federal judge in Detroit ordered life in prison for Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian man who'd tried to blow up a packed Northwest jetliner with a bomb concealed in his underwear.
2016 - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s courtroom chair was draped in black to mark his death, a tradition dating to the 19th century.
2019 - The Vatican announced that former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who served as archbishop of Washington, D.C., had been found guilty by the Vatican of sex abuse and had been defrocked; McCarrick was the highest-ranking churchman and the first cardinal to face that punishment as the church dealt with clerical sex abuse.
2020 - Hundreds of Americans from a quarantined cruise ship in Japan took charter flights home, as Japan announced that another 70 coronavirus infections had been confirmed on the ship. The Chinese province of Hubei, the epicenter of the virus, announced that vehicle traffic would be banned, with some exceptions.
Birthdays
27 - Ava Max (singer)
28 - Mike Weinberg (actor)
31 - The Weeknd (singer)
32 - Elizabeth Olsen (actress)
35 - Chloe Wepper (actress)
46 - Sam Salter (singer)
50 - Amanda Holden (actress)
50 - Sarah Clarke (actress)
62 - John McEnroe (tennis player)
63 - Lisa Loring (actress)
63 - Ice-T (rapper/actor)
64 - LeVar Burton (actor)
70 - William Katt (actor)
94 - June Brown (actress)
=====================================================
Today in Sports History - February 16
1970 - Joe Frazier began his reign as the undefeated heavyweight world champion when he knocked out Jimmy Ellis in five rounds. He lost the title on January 22, 1973, when he lost for the first time in his professional career to George Foreman.
1972 - Wilt Chamberlain of the Los Angeles Lakers became the first player in NBA history to eclipse 30,000 career points scored.
1989 - Roger Clemens signs a record three-year contract with the Boston Red Sox worth $7.5 million.
1992 - The Los Angeles Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32.
1992 - Michel Goulet of the Chicago Blackhawks becomes the 17th player in NHL history to score 500 career goals.
1997 - Jeff Gordon becomes the youngest winner in Daytona 500 history at age 26. (In 2011 Trevor Bayne won the Daytona 500 at age 20.)
1999 - O.J. Simpson's 1968 Heisman Trophy was sold for $230,000. A court judgment ordered the trophy to be sold to help settle a $33.5 million civil judgment against Simpson for the deaths of his ex-wife and her friend.
2004 - The Pittsburgh Penguins lost their NHL-record 12th consecutive home game.
2004 - Baseball commissioner Bud Selig approved the swap of Alex Rodriguez (Texas Rangers) and Alfonso Soriano (New York Yankees). The Rangers would also get a minor league player in the deal.
2005 - The NHL canceled what was left of its season after a round of last-gasp negotiations failed to resolve differences over a salary cap.
2005 - The NHL announced the cancellation of the 2004-2005 season due to a labor dispute. It was the first time a major sports league in North America lost an entire season to a labor dispute.
