February 16
People born on this day are Aquarius.
- 1984
Iran launches Operation Dawn 5, a major offensive during the Iran–Iraq War targeting the Basra–Baghdad highway, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides.
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Hezbollah is founded.
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The Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
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China Airlines Flight 2265 crashes into the Pacific Ocean near Penghu Airport in Taiwan, killing all 13 aboard.
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Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.
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A Chicago-bound Amtrak train, the Capitol Limited, collides with a MARC commuter train bound for Washington, D.C., killing 11 people.
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China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and six more on the ground.
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Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17 crashes near Sacramento Mather Airport in Rancho Cordova, California, killing all three aboard.
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The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
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The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs.
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The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
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Five thousand people gathered in the town of Kherrata, Bejaia Province to mark the second anniversary of the Hirak protest movement. Demonstrations had been suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.
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2001Yuki Naito, Japanese tennis player
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2000Koffee, Jamaican singer, songwriter and rapper
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2000Coby White, American basketball player
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2000Carlos Yulo, Filipino artistic gymnast
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1999Ignatius Ganago, Cameroonian footballer
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1999Marie Ulven Ringheim, Norwegian singer, songwriter and music producer
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1998An Hyejin, South Korean volleyball player
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1998Kim Suji, South Korean diver
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1997Jordan Greenway, American ice hockey player
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1995Denzel Curry, American rapper
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1995Katy Dunne, English tennis player
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1995Carina Witthöft, German tennis player
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