February 16 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for February 16
In the headlines today:

1999	Testimony begins in the Jasper, Texas, murder trial of John William King, charged in the dragging death of James Byrd, Jr.
1994	Over 200 people die as a powerful earthquake rocks the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
1967	The Beatles record bass and vocal overdubs for Good Morning Good Morning, a song that will ultimately appear on their Sergeant Pepper album, at EMI Studios in London. (photo credit: Capitol Records)
1963	Please, Please Me, by The Beatles, moves to #1 on the British pop music charts, just a month after it was released.
1959	Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba after overthrowing Fulgencio Batista.
1956	The last portion of the Third Avenue Elevated Railroad is removed in New York City.
1945	American troops begin their reoccupation of the Philippines island of Corregidor during WWII.
1923	The burial vault of King Tutankhamen's tomb is opened in Egypt.
1900	American Samoa becomes a US possession.
1878	The Silver Dollar is introduced as a US coin.
1868	The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is created in New York City, following the reorganization of The Jolly Corks.
1846	The Battle of Sobraon ends India's First Sikh War.
1786	James Monroe (5th US president, 1817-25) marries Elizabeth Kortright.