CoM Moderators Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 1646 - Battle of Great Torrington, Devon - the last major battle of the first English Civil War 1804 - US Navy Lt Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor and burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after it is seized by pirates 1824 - Athenaeum club founded in London 1892 - Opera "Werther" by Jules Massenet premieres in Vienna 1951 - San Francisco City Hall dome fire 1966 - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker, Algeria 1975 - 17th Daytona 500: Benny Parsons wins after Cale Yarborough sends race leader David Pearson spinning on the backstretch; Parsons avoids the accident and takes the victory 1984 - 3-time men's figure skating world champion Scott Hamilton of the US wins the gold medal at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics from Brian Orser of Canada and Jozef Sabovčík of Czechoslovakia 1992 - Ethiopia finds the remains of former Emperor Haile Selassie on the grounds of the Imperial Palace, under the private lavatory of dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam, who overthrew the Emperor 2016 - China announces it will relocate 9,000 people in Guizhou province, before completion of world's largest telescope (FAST), designed to look for extraterrestrial life More Historical Events » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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