It happened on a… February 16

2016

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is placed under investigation for campaign funds.

2005

The NHL announced the cancellation of the 2004-2005 season due to a labor dispute. It was the first time a major sports league in North America lost an entire season to a labor dispute.

The Kyoto global warming pact went into effect in 140 nations.

1985

Hezbollah is founded.

1972

Wilt Chamberlain of the Los Angeles Lakers becomes first player in NBA history to reach the career 30,000 point mark.

1968

Beatles George Harrison, John Lennon and their wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

1959

Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba after the overthrow of President Fulgencio Batista.

1948

Miranda, famous moon of Uranus, photographed for 1st time.

1937

DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace Carothers.

1923

English archaeologist Howard Carter (left) opens the inner burial chamber of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb and finds the sarcophagus