WHAT HAPPENED ON 16. FEBRUARY
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World War II: Altmark Incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMS Cossack. 299 British prisoners are freed. (16. February 1940)

World War II: Red Army troops re-enter Kharkov. (16. February 1943)

World War II: Insertion of Operation Gunnerside, Norway. (16. February 1943)

World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines. (16. February 1945)

The "Toddlers' Truce", a controversial television close down between 6.00 pm and 7.00 pm is abolished in the United Kingdom. (16. February 1957)

Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1. (16. February 1959)

The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe. (16. February 1960)

Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched. (16. February 1961)

The DuSable Museum of African American History is chartered. (16. February 1961)

Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people. (16. February 1962)

In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service. (16. February 1968)

The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois). (16. February 1978)

The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75. (16. February 1983)

Hezbollah is founded. (16. February 1985)

The Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. (16. February 1986)

The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of being a Nazi guard dubbed "Ivan the Terrible" in Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem. (16. February 1987)

Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua. (16. February 1991)

China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and seven more on the ground. (16. February 1998)

In Uzbekistan, a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov. (16. February 1999)

Across Europe, Kurdish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after Turkey arrests one of their rebel leaders, Abdullah Öcalan. (16. February 1999)