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History on the 16th of February

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16 Feb 1741 RELIGIOUS English revivalist George Whitefield advised in a letter: 'Use the world, but let it be as though you used it not.'
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16 Feb 1801 RELIGIOUS In Baltimore, the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church officially separated from its parent, the Methodist Episcopal Church. The denomination later became part of the AME Church, reconstituted in 1816 under Richard Allen. It held its first national conference in 1821.
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16 Feb 1865 RELIGIOUS English clergyman Sabine Baring-Gould, 31, first published the hymn, "Now the Day is Over." It was based on the text of Prov 3:24: 'When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid...and thy sleep shall be sweet.'
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16 Feb 1911 RELIGIOUS William P. Merrill, 44, first published his hymn, "Rise Up, O Men of God," in the Presbyterian periodical, "The Continent."
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16 Feb 1916 RELIGIOUS Under the leadership of Henrietta Szold, 52, the Hadassah Study Circle at New York's Temple Emanuel reconstituted itself. Szold afterward made this sisterhood of U.S. Jewish women a nationwide Zionist organization. Szold herself headed the group until 1926.
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16 Feb 1918 WW2 The nation of Lithuania was established. 
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16 Feb 1932 WW2 Chuichi Nagumo was named a representative to the Second Geneva Naval Conference. 
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16 Feb 1934 WW2 In Germany the "Cinema Act" added additional restrictions to the content of allowable entertainment. 
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16 Feb 1934 WW2 The parliament of Newfoundland relinquished self-government and turned control of the dominion back to the United Kingdom. 
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16 Feb 1939 WW2 Pál Teleki became the Prime Minister of Hungary. 
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16 Feb 1940 WW2 German freighter Altmark, former supply ship for pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee, was found by Hudson aircraft of No.233 Squadron RAF in Jøssingfjord, Norway. HMS Cossack captured Altmark and rescued 299 British prisoners of war aboard. 
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16 Feb 1940 WW2 Finnish troops abandoned the Mannerheim Line overnight, falling back to the V-line by 1545 hours. On the same day, troops of the Finnish 9th Division wiped out the surrounded Soviet "Dolin" ski brigade. 
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16 Feb 1940 WW2 German submarine U-14 sank Danish ships Rhone (killing 9) and Sleipner (killing 13) shortly after midnight; 41 survivors were later picked up by Swedish trawler Standard and HMS Kipling. Later in the day, at 2125 hours, U-14 torpedoed and sank Swedish coal ship Osmed 20 miles north of Kinnaird Head in eastern Scotland, killing 13; 7 survivors were rescued by British trawler Loch Hope. At 2135 hours, U-14 struck one more time on this date, sinking Swedish coal ship Liana with one torpedoe; 10 men were killed, 2 were rescued by British trawler Loch Hope, and 8 were rescued by Swedish steamer Santos. 
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16 Feb 1940 WW2 In Egypt, the 7th Armoured Division "The Desert Rats" was created out of the Mobile Division, with Major General Michael Creagh in command. 
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16 Feb 1941 WW2 British cruiser HMS Neptune, in dock for repairs, was damaged again by German bombing at Chatham, England, United Kingdom. 
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16 Feb 1941 WW2 British minesweeping trawler HMT Ormonde was sunk by German aircraft 25 miles east of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, killing 19. 
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16 Feb 1941 WW2 British Swordfish aircraft of No. 830 Squadron from Malta sank Italian ship Juventus 5 miles off Chebba, Tunisia. 
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16 Feb 1942 WW2 Operation Neuland: German submarine U-156 sank two ships and bombarded shore facilities at Aruba, U-502 sank three small tankers in the Gulf of Venezuela, while other German and Italian submarines conducted similar attacks on Allied shipping in the region. 
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16 Feb 1942 WW2 HMS Indomitable departed Trincomalee, Ceylon for Aden, escorted by Australian destroyers Napier and Nestor. 
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16 Feb 1942 WW2 First Lieutenant Peter Roberts risked his life to dislodge an unexploded bomb from the casing of the submarine he served aboard, HMS Thrasher, while in enemy waters off Crete, Greece. He was later awarded the Victoria Cross. 
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16 Feb 1942 WW2 The keel of submarine Puffer was laid down. 
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16 Feb 1942 WW2 HMS Eagle made rendezvous with Allied convoy WS 16 toward Gibraltar. 
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16 Feb 1942 WW2 Six 1st American Volunteer Group pilots departed Kunming, Yunnan Province, China for Calcutta, India aboard a DC-3 passenger aircraft to pick up P-40E fighters being delivered to them, currently in Africa. 
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16 Feb 1942 WW2 46 Japanese aircraft based in Kendari, Celebes, Dutch East Indies attacked an Allied troop convoy (carrying Australian and American troops) intended for Timor; although the attack was driven off, the convoy was turned back in fear of further attacks. 
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16 Feb 1942 WW2 USS Astoria departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. 
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16 Feb 1942 WW2 Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Yokosuka, Japan. 
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16 Feb 1942 WW2 The Sook Ching massacre began in Singapore during which somewhere between 5,000 (Japanese estimates) and 100,000 (Singaporean estimates) ethnic Chinese civilians were killed during the following 3 weeks. 
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16 Feb 1942 WW2 USS Lexington set sail with US Navy Task Force 11 for a raid on Rabaul, New Britain. 
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16 Feb 1942 WW2 US tanker E. H. Blum struck a US naval mine and at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay just off Virginia, United States; she broke in half but all 40 aboard survived. The two pieces of the wreck would later be recovered and rejoined. 
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16 Feb 1942 WW2 Battleship Alabama was launched at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia, United States, sponsored by Henrietta McCormick Hill, the wife of US Senator J. Lister Hill. 
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16 Feb 1943 WW2 Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Kavieng, New Ireland, and departed later on the same day. 
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16 Feb 1943 WW2 Heinrich Himmler ordered the Warsaw ghetto in Poland to be liquidated. 
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16 Feb 1943 WW2 Soviet forces recaptured Kharkov, Ukraine. 
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16 Feb 1943 WW2 Dr. Mildred Harnack-Fish, a member of German resistance, was beheaded at Plotzensee Prison near Charlottenburg, Germany. 
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16 Feb 1943 WW2 Norwegian commandos parachuted into Norway, meeting up with the reconnaissance party near Telemark. 
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16 Feb 1943 WW2 Aleksandr Vasilevsky was promoted to the rank of the Marshal of the Soviet Union. 
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16 Feb 1943 WW2 USS Grayback departed Brisbane, Australia for her sixth war patrol. 
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16 Feb 1943 WW2 17 US B-17 bombers attacked Rabaul, New Britain before dawn. 
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16 Feb 1943 WW2 Repair ship Akashi completed the repair work for destroyers Nowaki and Shiratsuyu at Truk, Caroline Islands. 
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16 Feb 1943 WW2 USAAF heavy bombers attacked the German U-Boat pens at Saint-Nazaire, France. 
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16 Feb 1943 WW2 Robert von Greim was promoted to the rank of Generaloberst. 
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16 Feb 1943 WW2 Captain Masafumi was relieved as the commanding officer of Shokaku; the successor was unknown. 
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16 Feb 1943 WW2 Masafumi Arima stepped down as the commanding officer of carrier Shokaku and was named the chief aviation training officer at the Navy Ministry. 
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16 Feb 1943 WW2 USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese freighter in the Mariana Islands, hitting her with 2 of 4 torpedoes fired. 
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16 Feb 1943 WW2 The US submarine Amberjack was sunk by the Japanese torpedo boat Hiyodori off Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Islands. 
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16 Feb 1943 WW2 German forces captured Sidi Bouzid and Sbeitla, Tunisia. The British 8th Army entered Tunisia, spearheaded by the 7th Armoured Division. 
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16 Feb 1943 WW2 USS Whale completed her refitting at Midway Atoll. 
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16 Feb 1944 WW2 USS Cod sank a sampan by surface gunfire. 
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16 Feb 1944 WW2 USS Hoe attacked a Japanese convoy with 8 torpedoes, scoring 4 hits on 2 freighters. 
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16 Feb 1944 WW2 USS Wake Island departed at New York, New York, United States. 
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16 Feb 1944 WW2 USS Iowa was detached to raid Japanese shipping in the Truk, Caroline Islands area. 
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16 Feb 1944 WW2 A Japanese G4M bomber attempted to transfer six prisoners of war (including Gregory Boyington) from Rabaul in New Britain to Truk in the Caroline Islands, but the flight resulted in an emergency landing on another New Britain airfield as an Allied air raid was detected. 
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16 Feb 1944 WW2 USS Seahorse arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her third war patrol. 
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16 Feb 1944 WW2 The Germans launched Operation Fischfang, throwing 7 divisions against the Allied beachhead at Anzio, Italy. On the same day, Harold Alexander inserted Lucian Truscott and Vyvyan Evelegh under Major General John Lucas in an attempt to alleviate Lucas' poor performance at Anzio. 
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16 Feb 1944 WW2 Fighter-bombers attacked the already-destroyed historic Benedictine monastery atop Monte Cassino, Italy. 
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16 Feb 1944 WW2 USS Alabama escorted carriers while carrier aircraft attacked Truk, Caroline Islands. 
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16 Feb 1944 WW2 Bergall was launched at Groton, Connecticut, United States, sponsored by Mrs. J. A. Elkins. 
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16 Feb 1945 WW2 USS Sargent Bay set sail for Iwo Jima. 
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16 Feb 1945 WW2 On Luzon, Philippine Islands, American troops captured the Bataan Peninsula while paratroopers assaulted the island of Corregidor at the tip of the peninsula. 
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16 Feb 1945 WW2 US 83rd Infantry Division became part of the XIX Corps of the Ninth Army of US 12th Army Group. 
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16 Feb 1945 WW2 USS Wake Island arrived 49 miles southwest of Iwo Jima, Japan and provided spotter aircraft for the battleship gun crews for the next three days. 
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16 Feb 1945 WW2 USS Sennet sank Japanese minelayer Nariu south of Japan, hitting her with 2 of 3 torpedoes fired. 
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16 Feb 1945 WW2 Indian 17th Division began crossing the Irrawady River in Burma. 
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16 Feb 1945 WW2 USS Shamrock Bay departed Ulithi, Caroline Islands as a part of Task Unit 50.8.25 in support of the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan. 
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16 Feb 1945 WW2 German 39.Panzer Korps and 10.SS-Panzer Korps began their parts of Operation Sonnenwende in Pommern, Germany. 
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16 Feb 1945 WW2 Air Group 80 flew 6 strikes fighter squadron 80 flew 1 strike against Tokyo, Japan (both groups from USS Hancock); 3 men and 3 aircraft were lost. 
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16 Feb 1945 WW2 USS Wasp's aircraft conducted a fighter sweep over Japan; several fighters were lost in the ensuing engagement. 
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16 Feb 1945 WW2 German V-2 rocket hit Crownford Road in Leyton, London, England, United Kingdom at 2345 hours, killing 25 and seriously injuring 10. 
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16 Feb 1945 WW2 USS Parche received fuel at Midway Atoll. 
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16 Feb 1946 WW2 Drum was decommissioned from service. 
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16 Feb 1946 WW2 Heavy cruiser USS Oregon City (CA-122) was commissioned with Captain Burtnett Kent Culver in command. 
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16 Feb 1946 WW2 Allied repatriation ship Hikawa Maru departed Fauro Island, Soloman Islands. 
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16 Feb 1949 WW2 Shigeru Yoshida became the 49th Prime Minister of Japan. 
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