February 16 Events

2011 Under pressure from conservationists and diplomats, Japan's whaling fleet leaves the Antarctic
2011 Lance Armstrong announces his official retirement from professional cycling
2010 The Queen Mary 2 makes her first port call in China at the Port of Shanghai, since her maiden voyage in 2004
1998 Tellabs Inc. acquires Coherent Communications Systems for $670 million
1997 At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history
1997 GTE Suncoast Senior Golf Classic
1997 Paul Stankowski wins Hawaiian Golf Open
1997 Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Los Angeles Women's Championship
1996 Gary Kirsten scores 188* for South Africa vs. UAE at Rawalpindi
1994 6.5 earthquake strikes SE Sumatra, kills 200
1994 Johann Olav Koss skates world record 1500m (1:51.29)
1994 Premier Alfonso Bustamente ends government in Peru
1993 Sandra V"lker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.33 sec)
1992 Former silver Goodyear blimps are now painted yellow and blue
1992 Los Angeles Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32 uniform
1991 Dutch PPR, Political Party Radicals, disbands
1991 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding
1989 Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and North Yemen form common market
1989 Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage
1989 Orel Hershiser, Dodger pitcher signs $7.9M-3 year contract
1989 Roger Clemens, Red Sox pitcher signs $7.5M-3 year contract
1989 William Hayden becomes governor-general of Australia
1988 1st documented combat action by U.S. military advisors in El Salvador
1987 John Demjanjuk, accused of being "Ivan the Terrible" trial begins
1986 "Uptown... It's Hot!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 24 performances
1986 French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad
1986 Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater
1986 Karlstad skates world record 10 km (14:12.14)
1986 Mario Soares (Socialist) elected Portugal's 1st civilian president
1985 Largest NBA crowd to date, 43,816, sees Philadelphia at Detroit
1985 Livingston Bramble defeats Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini to win WBA champ
1985 New Jersey Devils score their fastest hat trick in 42 seconds
1984 Bill Johnson becomes 1st American to win Olympic downhill skiing gold