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February 16: Day of the Shining Star in North Korea; Elizabeth Peratrovich Day in Alaska

Act of Independence of Lithuania

1249 – King Louis IX dispatched André de Longjumeau as the French ambassador to the Mongol Empire.
1918 – The Council of Lithuania signed the Act of Independence (pictured), proclaiming the restoration of an independent Lithuania.
1922 – A landslide in Byblos revealed a sarcophagus in an underground tomb that was later discovered to be part of a large Bronze Age necropolis.
1996 – Eleven people died in a train collision in Silver Spring, Maryland, leading to the creation of comprehensive U.S. federal rules for the design of passenger cars.

Richard of Dover (d. 1184)
Coluccio Salutati (b. 1331)
Michael Holding (b. 1954)
Elizabeth Olsen (b. 1989)

More anniversaries:

1983 Ash Wednesday bushfires in Australia killed 75. http://geog.tamu.edu/sarah/australia/bushfires.pdf

1907 Melvin Burkhart, “the Human Blockhead” (d. December 2001), American performer who could drive a five-inch nail or an ice pick into his head without flinching

Obit: http://www.smh.com.au/news/0112/19/entertainment/entertain101.html

Oy. I had put Pete Postlethwaite in the wrong spot on the page, and I had thought I had fixed it. Somehow it didn't stay fixed. :) -- Zoe

"1989 - Kate Peckham, quite possibly the coolest person alive." - Self aggrandisement or romantic tribute? I'll go out on a limb and say Hi Kate. 203.62.236.200 07:37, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"* 1989 - Noelia C, a Puerto Rican spokeswoman." Second time i removed this. --171.161.160.10 14:41, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kim Jong Il in 1942 not 1941 born!!!

Hello, I wanted to point out that major incorrect statement on this page namely Kim Jong Il in 1942 was born. Source: http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2010/201002/news22/20100222-01ee.html No problem helping here, we must correct falsehoods through work. Only be reading the truth can we inform ourselves.ProgressiveThinker (talk) 02:09, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See this reliable source for explanation of his year of birth. -- Mufka ^(u) ^(t) ^(c) 02:22, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

James Ingram listed twice

Hi folks, just a "heads up" that American R & B singer James Ingram appears twice on the February 16 birthday list -- 1952 and 1956. I'm not sure if there is ongoing debate as to his birth year or if it's just simple oversight but I figured someone who deals with the list regularly might wish to investigate and correct. Have a great Wiki kind of day! Sector001 (talk) 18:24, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Reminding The FAKE Birthday

Excuse me! Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to remind you all that; Tsunesaburō Makiguchi real birthday was on 23 July 1871, NOT 6 June, and also Nichiren real birthday was on 16 February 1222, NOT 6 April! So we hope that everybody NOT to citation the fake of dates, otherwise, you will get error confusion! Thank you and have a nice day...

不好意思! 女士及先生们, 我想要提醒你们大家的那就是; 牧口常三郎真正的生日是在1871年7月23日, 不是什么6月6日, 还有大日莲真正的生日是在1222年2月16日, 不是什么4月6日! 所以我们希望大家别引用那个假的日期, 否则, 你将会得到错误的困惑! 谢谢及祝你们日子愉快...

Liu Kang, born 1961

The link to the article about him is red. The only Liu Kang found on the list of people with the Chinese family name Liu is the character in Mortal Kombat. —⁠71.105.243.101 (talk) 09:06, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Recent Death - 2025

Hello!

I am creating this to ask if I could add Viktor Antonov (art director) to the list of recent deaths? He passed away on February 16th and was curious if he's notable enough to be added?

(Art director on video games such as Half-Life 2, Dishonored and Fallout 4).

Thanks! FreckleTheCat (talk) 18:17, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@FreckleTheCat - yes you can, but you must make sure that you have a reliable source stating his actual date of death. I note that no such date is given in his own article. Kiwipete (talk) 07:42, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]