On This Day in History
February 16
Historical Events
1659 First known cheque written (£400), now on display at Westminster Abbey
1840 American Charles Wilkes discovers the Shackleton Ice Shelf in Antarctica
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1923 Howard Carter opens the inner burial chamber of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb and finds the sarcophagus
1959 Fidel Castro becomes the 16th Prime Minister of Cuba after overthrowing Fulgencio Batista
2005 Kyoto Protocol comes into force following its ratification by Russia, committing industrialized nations to limit and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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Famous Birthdays
Also Charles Taze Russell and Sonny Bono
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Famous Deaths
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A Deadly Bite, Or King Tut's Revenge?
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It was one of the most spectacular archaeological finds – but was the disturbed Tutankhamun a sleeping tiger?
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