On this day..... February 16

FEBRUARY 16

BIRTHDAYS:

ON THIS DAY:

IN 600, POPE GREGORY THE GREAT DECRIES THAT THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO A SNEEZE IS “GOD BLESS YOU”
IN 1741, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BEGINS PUBLISHING “GENERAL MAGAZINE”
IN 1862, GENERAL ULYSSES GRANT CAPTURES FORT DONELSON AND 12,000 CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR
IN 1883, “LADIES HOME JOURNAL” BEGINS PUBLISHING

IN 1923, HOWARD CARTER FINDS KING TUT’S TOMB
IN 1936, THE 4TH WINTER GAMES IN GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN GERMANY CLOSE
IN 1937, DUPONT PATENTS NYLON
IN 1938, HOWARD HAWKS’ “BRINGING UP BABY” OPENS STARRING KATHERINE HEPBURN AND CARY GRANT

IN 1942, JAPANESE SOLDIERS KILL 82 IN THE BANGKA ISLAND MASSACRE
IN 1948, NBC AIRS THE FIRST EVER DAILY TELEVISION NEWS BROADCAST
IN 1950, CBS PREMIERES “WHAT’S MY LINE?”
IN 1959, FIDEL CASTRO BECOMES PRIME MINISTER OF CUBA AFTER OVERTHROWING THE GOVERNMENT OF FULGENCIO BATISTA
IN 1963, THE BEATLES HIT #1 WITH “PLEASE, PLEASE ME”

IN 1968, THE FIRST 911 PHONE SYSTEM ACTIVATES IN HALEYVILLE, ALABAMA
IN 1968, ELVIS PRESLEY GOES GOLD WITH THE SINGLE “HOW GREAT THOU ART”
IN 1969, TAMMY WYNETTE MARRIES GEORGE JONES
IN 1970, JOE FRAZIER BEATS JIMMY ELLIS IN 5 ROUNDS FOR THE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
IN 1972, WILT CHAMBERLAIN PASSES 30,000 POINTS IN THE NBA
IN 1974, BOB DYLAN BEGAN A FOUR WEEK RUN AT #1 WITH “PLANET WAVES”, HIS FIRST ALBUM TO TOP THE CHARTS

IN 1974, THE MEMBERS OF EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER ARE ARRESTED WHILE ON TOUR FOR SKINNY DIPPING IN A HOTEL POOL
IN 1975, CHER DEBUTS HER SOLO TALK SHOW AFTER ENDING HER SHOW WITH EX-HUSBAND SONNY BONO
IN 1982, LEE MAJORS & FARRAH FAWCETT DIVORCE
IN 1985, LEBONESE MILITANTS FOUND HEZBOLLAH, THE “PARTY OF GOD”
IN 1989, ROGER CLEMENS SIGNS A THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE RED SOX FOR $7.5 MILLION
IN 1989, JANE FONDA DIVORCES HUSBAND TOM HAYDEN AFTER 16 YEARS
IN 1991, TONYA HARDING WINS THE US FEMALE FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIP
IN 1991, THE SIMPSONS CAST HIT #1 ON THE BRITISH SINGLES CHART WITH “DO THE BARTMAN”, WRITTEN BY MICHAEL JACKSON

IN 1999, O.J. SIMPSON SELLS HIS HEISMAN TROPHY FOR $230,000 AS PART OF HIS SETTLEMENT FOR $33.5 MILLION TO THE FAMILIES OF HIS EX-WIFE & RON GOLDMAN
IN 2005, RUSSIA RATIFIES THE KYOTO PROTOCOL, MAKING IT OFFICIAL
IN 2005, KID ROCK IS ARRESTED FOR PUNCHING A DJ AT A STRIP CLUB. HE INITIALLY LEFT THE CLUB AND GOT PULLED OVER BY AN OFFICER WHO WAS LATER FIRED FOR GETTING AN AUTOGRAPH INSTEAD OF A BREATHYLIZER
IN 2013, ANGELINA JOLIE UNDERGOES A PREVENTATIVE DOUBLE MASTECTOMY AFTER LEARNING SHE GENETICALLY HAS AN 87% CHANCE OF BREAST CANCER
IN 2015, LESLIE GORE DIES OF LUNG CANCER AT 68