Portal:United States/On this day/February 16

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• 1804 – First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate {{USS|Philadelphia|1799|6}}.
• 1852 – Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
• 1862 – American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
• 1868 – In New York City the Jolly Corks organization is renamed the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
• 1937 – Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
• 1945 – World War II: American forces land on Corregidor island in the Philippines.
• 1961 – Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
• 1961 – The DuSable Museum of African American History is chartered.
• 1968 – In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
• 1978 – The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).
• 1996 – Shaquille O'Neal, at the time playing for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association, makes his only career 3-point shot against the Milwaukee Bucks.
• 2005 – The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs, becoming the first major sports league in North America to do so over a labor dispute.
• 2006 – The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.

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