In 2001, the United States and Britain executed a series of targeted air strikes against Iraq, focusing on key military installations, including radar stations and air defense command centers.

On February 16, 1984, Bill Johnson becomes the first American man to win an Olympic gold medal in downhill skiing, a sport long dominated by European athletes.

U.S. officials report that, in addition to the 800,000 people listed as refugees prior to January 30, the fighting during the Tet Offensive has created 350,000 new refugees.

February 16, 1968 sees the first official “911” call placed in the United States.

On March 25, 1961, the United States marked a significant milestone in its space exploration efforts with the successful launch of the Explorer 9 satellite.

In a remarkable feat of naval engineering and exploration, the USS Triton, a nuclear-powered radar picket submarine, set sail from New London, Connecticut, on February 16, 1960, embarking on the first-ever submerged circumnavigation of the globe.

On February 16, 1959, Fidel Castro is sworn in as prime minister of Cuba after leading a guerrilla campaign that forced right-wing dictator Fulgencio Batista into exile.

In a statement focusing on the situation in Korea, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin charges that the United Nations has become “a weapon of aggressive war.

In 1923, a monumental event in the realm of archaeology unfolded as English archaeologist Howard Carter unsealed the burial chamber of the ancient Pharaoh Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt.

It was one of the most spectacular archaeological finds – but was the disturbed Tutankhamun a sleeping tiger?