On Feb. 16, 1923, the burial chamber of King Tutankhamen's recently unearthed tomb was unsealed in Egypt.
On Feb. 16, 1893, Katharine Cornell, the American stage actress who was called "the first lady of the American theater", was born. Following her death on June 9, 1974, her obituary appeared in The Times.
On This Date
| 1804 | Lt. Stephen Decatur led a successful raid into Tripoli harbor to burn the U.S. Navy frigate Philadelphia, which had fallen into the hands of pirates. |
|---|
| 1862 | Some 14,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered at Fort Donelson, Tenn., to Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. |
|---|
| 1868 | The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was organized in New York City. |
|---|
| 1918 | Lithuania proclaimed its independence. |
|---|
| 1923 | The burial chamber of King Tutankhamen's recently unearthed tomb was unsealed in Egypt. |
|---|
| 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 its first nightly newscast, "The Camel Newsreel Theatre," which consisted of Fox Movietone newsreels. |
|---|
| 1968 | The nation's first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated in Haleyville, Ala. |
|---|
| 2005 | The Kyoto global warming pact, which the U.S. never ratified, went into effect. |
|---|
| 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 - the issue that led to a lockout. |
|---|
| 2009 | A 200-pound chimpanzee severely mauled its owner's friend before being shot dead by police in Stamford, Conn. |
|---|
Current Birthdays
Green Bay Packers running back Ahman Green turns 34 years old today.
AP Photo/Brian Blanco
Actor-rapper Ice-T ("Law and Order: Special Victims Unit") turns 53 years old today.
AP Photo/Evan Agostini
| 1918 | Patty Andrews, Singer (The Andrews Sisters), turns 93 |
|---|
| 1952 | James Ingram, R&B singer, turns 59 |
|---|
| 1957 | LeVar Burton, Actor, turns 54 |
|---|
| 1959 | John McEnroe, Tennis Hall of Famer, turns 52 |
|---|
| 1961 | Andy Taylor, Rock musician (Duran Duran), turns 50 |
|---|
| 1972 | Jerome Bettis, Football player, turns 39 |
|---|
Historic Birthdays
| 68 | Frederick William 2/16/1620 - 5/9/1688
Elector of Brandenburg (1640-88) |
|---|
| 73 | Giambattista Bodoni 2/16/1740 - 11/29/1813
Italian printer who designed several typefaces |
|---|
| 63 | Henry Wilson 2/16/1812 - 11/22/1875
Vice President of the United States (1873-75) |
|---|
| 64 | Nikolay Semyonovich Leskov 2/16/1831 - 3/5/1895
Russian novelist and short-story writer |
|---|
| 80 | Henry Adams 2/16/1838 - 3/27/1918
American historian and author |
|---|
| 89 | Henry Martyn Leland 2/16/1843 - 3/26/1932
American engineer and manufacturer |
|---|
| 85 | Wilhelm Schmidt 2/16/1868 - 2/10/1954
German anthropologist and Roman Catholic priest |
|---|
| 67 | Robert Flaherty 2/16/1884 - 7/23/1951
American explorer and filmmaker |
|---|
| 75 | Edgar Bergen 2/16/1903 - 9/30/1978
American ventriloquist and comedian |
|---|
No hay comentarios:
Publicar un comentario