February 16

[edit] Events

1804 - First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia.
1838 - Weenen Massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, Natal are killed by Zulus.
1923 - Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
1936 - Elections bring the Popular Front to power in Spain.
1959 - Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
1978 - The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).
1985 - The founding of Hezbollah.
1987 - The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of being a guard dubbed "Ivan the Terrible" at Treblinka, starts in Jerusalem.

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