February 16 - Happy Birthday!

Famous people with your birthday
* Francis Galton, English explorer and biologist
* Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist
* Ice-T, American rapper, songwriter, and actor
* Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter
* LeVar Burton, American actor
* Nichiren Daishonin, Japanese founder of Nichiren Buddhism
* Sonny Bono, American entertainer & U.S. Congressman
* Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, American philosopher

This day in history
* 1857 - The National Deaf Mute College (later renamed Gallaudet University) is established in Washington, DC, becoming the first school for the advanced education of the deaf.
* 1937 - Wallace H. Carothers receives a patent for nylon.
* 1968 - In Haleyville, Alabama the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
* 2005 - The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
* 2006 - The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
Holidays and interesting facts
* Lithuania - Independence Day (1918)
* Kyoto Protocol Day (2005)

Make the day meaningful (Brought to you by So what can I do?)
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