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What happened in history on this day: February 16?
On February 16 in ...
- 1948 - NBC-TV presents the first daily newsreel telecast Camel Newsreel Theatre made up of footage from 20th Century Fox - Movietone News.
- 1958 - CBS airs the last The Seven Lively Arts TV show.
- 1991 - NBC airs the 300th episode of Saturday Night Live TV show.
- 1991 - NBC airs the last episode of the Disney TV series The Fanelli Boys.
- 2018 - Buena Vista releases the film Black Panther to theaters.
Births on February 16
- 1884 - Birth of Robert Flaherty in Michigan, USA; father of documentary film (Nanook of the North).
- 1898 - Birth of Katharine Cornell; actress (Barretts of Wimpole Street).
- 1901 - Birth of Chester Morris in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Diagnosis: Unknown).
- 1906 - Birth of Jeffrey Lynn; actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front).
- 1909 - Birth of Hugh Beaumont in Lawrence, Kansas, USA; actor (Ward Cleaver - Leave it to Beaver TV show).
- 1909 - Birth of Jeffrey Lynn in Auburn, Massachusetts, USA; actor (My Son Jeep, The Roaring Twenties).
- 1912 - Birth of Del Sharbutt in Cleburne, Texas, USA; TV announcer (Your Hit Parade).
- 1926 - Birth of John Schlesinger in London, England; film director (Midnight Cowboy, Darling).
- 1926 - Birth of Vera-Ellen [Westmeyr Rohe] in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actress/dancer (Wonder Man).
- 1930 - Birth of Peggy King in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA; singer/actress (George Gobel Show).
- 1930 - Birth of Ricou Browning in Florida, USA; director/actor (Thunderball).
- 1931 - Birth of Ken Takakura [Goichi Oda] in Kitam Japan; Japanese actor (A Story of the Antarctic).
- 1932 - Birth of Gretchen Wyler in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA; actress (Silk Stockings).
- 1935 - Birth of Brian Bedford in England; actor (Anthony - Coronet Blue).
- 1935 - Birth of Salvatore Bono AKA Sonny Bono in Detroit, Michigan, USA; singer/songwriter/entertainer ("I Got You Babe", "Baby Don't Go", "The Beat Goes On", The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour TV show), mayor of Palm Springs California, U.S. Congressman.
- 1938 - Birth of Barry Primus in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Sergeant McKenna - Cagney and Lacey, Boxcar Bertha).
- 1945 - Birth of Jeremy Bulloch; actor (Robin of Sherwood, Agony).
- 1946 - Birth of Ian Lavender; British actor (Stupid Boy in Dad's Army).
- 1950 - Birth of William Katt in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Greatest American Hero, First Love).
- 1954 - Birth of Sean McManus; CBS News President.
- 1957 - Birth of LeVar Burton in Landstuhl, Germany; actor (Roots, Star Trek: The Next Generation).
- 1958 - Birth of Tracy Marrow AKA Ice-T; rap singer/actor (New Jack City TV show, Tank Girl, Crazy Six).
- 1958 - Birth of Lisa Loring; actress (As the World Turns, Wednesday - Addams Family).
- 1962 - Birth of Alexa Kenin in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Mousie - Coed Fever).
Deaths on February 16
- 1967 - Death of Smiley Burnette at age 55 of leukemia; cowboy comic/singer ("The National Barn Dance" radio show, Ozark Jubilee TV show, Charlie - Petticoat Junction).
- 1979 - Louise Allbritton, actress (Celia - Stage Door), dies at age 58.
- 1984 - Ken Williams, TV announcer (Video Village), dies at age 69.
- 1985 - Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan - Dakotas), dies at age 69.
- 1986 - Death of Howard Da Silva at age 77 of lymphoma; actor (Ben Franklin - 1776, When The Boat Comes In TV show, For the People TV show, The American Parade TV mini-series, Masquerade TV movie, The Cafeteria TV movie).
- 1993 - Richard Salant, news president (CBS - 60 Minutes), dies at age 78.
- 1996 - Roger Bowen, American actor (MASH, Main Event, What About Bob), dies at age 62 (born 1932).
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