What happened on February 16?
👉 NATIONAL HOLIDAYS:
🇺 🇸 USA – National Day of caregivers.
🇺 🇦 Ukraine – day of war correspondents.
🇺 🇬 Uganda is the day of remembrance of Archbishop Janani Luwum.
🇰 🇵 DPRK – birthday of Kim Jong-IR.
🇱 🇹 Lithuania is the day of the foundation of the state.
🇺 🇸 USA – Innovation Day.
👉 EVENTS:
– 1221-Bukhara was occupied by the Mongols.
– 1568-the Spanish Inquisition commits the death penalty to all the inhabitants of the Netherlands.
– 1571-Ivan IV Grozny received a military charter from the first in Russia.
– 1722-Peter I issued a decree on the Crown Prince.
– 1854-the fortification of Verny was built (now the city of Almaty).
– 1862-during the Civil War in the United States, the northerners achieved a great victory.
– 1904 – “RRS Discovery” is relieved after a two-year siege.
– 1918-the state of Lithuania is reorganized.
– 1923-The Howard Carter expedition opens the Tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
-1934-Civil War ends in Austria.
– 1948-American astronomer Gerard Coyper discovers Miranda, Uranus ‘ companion.
– 1963-the Syrdarya region is established.
-1968 – in Heylyville, Alabama, the first rescue service in the United States, 911, is operational.
– 1976-in the USSR, the first KAMAZ car from the conveyor of the Kama automobile plant came out.
– 1978-the first electronic bulletin board-BBS was created.
– 1992-Uzbekistan joined the Organization of International Economic Cooperation (ICRC).
– 1993-mutual diplomatic relations were established between the Kyrgyz Republics of Uzbekistan.
– 1994-in Tashkent, the girls of the national team of Uzbekistan became Asian champions in rhythmic gymnastics.
– 1999-a number of terrorist acts took place in Tashkent.
– 2001 – a terrorist attack occurred in Pristina, Kosovo-bus “Nish Express” was blown up.
– 2005-Kyoto Protocol comes into force.