At present is Monday, Feb. 16, the forty seventh day of 2026. There are 318 days left within the yr.
At present in historical past:
On Feb. 16, 1923, the burial chamber of King Tutankhamen’s lately unearthed tomb was unsealed in Egypt by English archaeologist Howard Carter.
Additionally on this date:
In 1862, the Civil Battle Battle of Fort Donelson in Tennessee ended with the give up of some 12,000 Accomplice troopers; Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s victory earned him the moniker “Unconditional Give up Grant.”
In 1959, Fidel Castro was sworn in as premier of Cuba, six weeks after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown and fled the nation into exile. Castro’s rise to energy marked the beginning of Cuba’s transformation right into a communist nation.
In 1960, the nuclear submarine USS Triton departed New London, Connecticut, on the primary submerged circumnavigation of the globe by a vessel.
In 1996, 11 folks have been killed in a fiery collision between an Amtrak passenger practice and a Maryland commuter practice in Silver Spring, Maryland.
In 2018, particular counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russians and three Russian corporations on fees of staging an elaborate plot to disrupt the 2016 U.S. presidential election by way of a social media trolling marketing campaign, aimed partially at serving to Donald Trump win the presidency.
In 2024, Russia’s jail company introduced that Alexei Navalny, activist and Russian opposition chief, had died within the Arctic penal colony the place he was serving a 19-year sentence on fees of extremism; Navalny’s demise introduced outrage and criticism from world leaders towards Russian President Vladimir Putin.
At present’s birthdays:
- Businessman Carl Icahn is 90.
- Writer Eckhart Tolle is 78.
- Actor William Katt is 75.
- Actor LeVar Burton is 69.
- Actor-rapper Ice-T is 68.
- Tennis Corridor of Famer John McEnroe is 67.
- Soccer Corridor of Famer Jerome Bettis is 54.
- Olympic observe and discipline gold medalist Cathy Freeman is 53.
- Actor Mahershala Ali is 52.
- Rapper Lupe Fiasco is 44.
- Democratic Sen. John Ossoff of Georgia is 39.
- Actor Elizabeth Olsen is 37.
- Singer-actor The Weeknd is 36.
- Actor Chloe East is 25.