On this day …
February 16, 2018
- In 1918, Lithuania declared its independence.
- In 1923, archaeologist Howard Carter unsealed the burial chamber of King Tutankhamun.
- In 1933, the Blaine Act ended Prohibition in the United States.
- In 1937, Wallace Carothers received a patent for nylon.
- In 1968, the nation’s first 911 service went into service in Alabama.
- In 2005, the NHL canceled the 2004-2005 season and playoffs because of a labor dispute.
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