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February 16: Statehood Day in Lithuania (1918) Image:King Tut Ankh Amun Golden Mask 01.jpg 1804 – Lt. Stephen Decatur led a raid to destroy the captured USS Philadelphia in Tripoli, denying her use to the Barbary States in the First Barbary War. 1918 – The Council of Lithuania signed the Act of Independence of Lithuania, proclaiming the restoration of an independent Lithuania governed by democratic principles, despite the presence of German troops in the country during World War I. 1923 – English archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter unsealed the burial chamber of Tutankhamun (mummy mask pictured), an Egyptian Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty. 1985 – "The Hizballah Program", the manifesto of Hezbollah, was released, describing the ideology of the Shia Islamic political and paramilitary organization. 2005 – The Kyoto Protocol, an amendment to the international treaty on climate change, entered into force. More events: February 15 – February 16 – February 17 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 15:18, June 10, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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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)

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