This Day In History

February 16

St Onesimus - -Martyr

1862  Aproximately 14,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, earning General Ulyssess S. Grant his nickname of "Unconditional Surrender" Grant.
1857   Now known as Gallaudet University, the National Deaf Mute College was incorporated in Washington, DC. This was the first school in the world for advanced education of the deaf.
1868  The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks founded in New York.
1937  Researcher Dr. Wallace H. Carothers received a patent for nylon for Du Pont.
1945  Over 2,000 US troops landed on the Island of Corregidor in the Phillipines.
1959  Fidel Castro became the president of Cuba.

1903  Actor, ventriloquist and father of Candace Bergen, Edgar Bergen
1909  Actor Hugh Beaumont
1940  Actor, Singer and Politician Sonny (Salvatore) Bono born, in 1998 he dies tradgically in a skiing accident.
1957  LeVar Burton (actor: Alex Haley's Roots, Star Trek: Next Generation)
1959  Tennis star & hot head John McEnroe

1957

• Too Much - Elvis Presley

• Young Love - Tab Hunter

• Love is Strange - Mickey & Sylvia

• Young Love - Sonny James

1960

• Teen Angel - Mark Dinning

• Down by the Station - The Four Preps

• Why - Frankie Avalon

• He'll Have to Go - Jim Reeves

1979

• Da Ya Think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart

• Fire - Pointer Sisters

• I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

• Every Which Way but Loose - Eddie Rabbitt

1988

• Seasons Change - Expose

• Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen

• Could've Been - Tiffany

• Tennessee Flat Top Box - Johnny Cash

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