February 16th in History
February 16th in History
- 1913: President Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexican civil war
- 1937: Nylon is patented
- 1956: Britain abolishes the death penalty
- 1959: Fidel Castro becomes the President of Cuba, overthrowing Fulgenico Batista
- 1960: The nuclear powered submarine 'Triton' sets off on its round the world underwater voyage
February 16th birthdays
- 1834: Ernst Haeckel, German naturalist
- 1866: Johann Strauss, Austrian composer.
- 1920: Patti Andrews, Of the 'Andrews Sisters'
- 1926: John Schlesinger, American director
