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16 February 2030
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
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Historical events
History
2021 - Five thousand people gathered in the town of Kherrata, Bejaia Province to mark the second anniversary of the Hirak protest movement. Demonstrations had been suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.Place in Bejaia, Algeria
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2013 - A bomb blast at a market in Hazara Town, Quetta, Pakistan kills more than 80 people and injures 190 others.Market bombing in Balochistan, Pakistan
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2006 - The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.Decommissioned type of U.S. Army medical unit
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2005 - The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.1997 international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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2005 - The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs.North American professional ice hockey league
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2000 - Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17 crashes near Sacramento Mather Airport in Rancho Cordova, California, killing all three aboard.2000 aviation accident in California
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1998 - China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and six more on the ground.1998 aviation accident in Taiwan
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1996 - A Chicago-bound Amtrak train, the Capitol Limited, collides with a MARC commuter train bound for Washington, D.C., killing 11 people.American intercity passenger rail operator
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1991 - Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.Country in Central America
History
1986 - The Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.Country in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
Notable births
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Notable deaths
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Sky
Moon phase
Full Moon
97.8% illuminated
Lunar age: 13.4 days
Sun zodiac
Aquarius
27.86 degrees
Constellation: Capricornus
Moon zodiac
Leo
5.78 degrees
Constellation: Cancer
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.