Today in History - History - February 16th

1832HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches St-Pauls (1°N, 29°W)

1952Hall of Famer Honus Wagner, 77, retires; Pirates retire his #33

1953Ted Williams safely crash-lands his damaged Panther jet, later awarded the Air medal

2005The UK version of "The Apprentice" with British business magnate Alan Sugar premieres on the BBC

1923Howard Carter opens the inner burial chamber of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen's tomb and finds the sarcophagus

1970Joe Frazier TKOs Jimmy Ellis in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

1641English king Charles I accepts Triennial Act

2013Lionel Messi scores his 14th consecutive goal in La Liga and his 300th goal in 365 appearances for Barcelona

1741Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine (2nd US Mag) begins publishing

1943British premier Winston Churchill gets pneumonia

1959John McEnroe, Wiesbaden, Germany, American tennis great (US Open 1979-81, 84 Wimb 1981, 83, 84)

1921Vera-Ellen [Westmeier Rohe], Norwood, Ohio, American actress/dancer (Wonder Man)

1867Prime Minister of Canada John A. Macdonald (52) weds Agnes Bernard (30) at St George's Church in Hanover Square, London

1955Playwright Brendan Behan (32) weds Beatrice Salkeld at Donnybrook Church in Dublin, Ireland

1967Hairdresser and businessman Vidal Sassoon (39) weds actress Beverly Adams (21)

1948Baseball player and manager Leo Durocher (41) weds actress Laraine Day (27) in Santa Monica, California

1734Jurist William Allen (29) weds Margaret Hamilton

1969Country singer Tammy Wynette (26) weds musician George Jones (37)

1974MLB player Mike Schmidt (24) weds Donna Wightman

1784American Revolutionary War patriot Ethan Allen (46) weds second wife Frances Montresor Brush Buchanan

1982Lee Majors & Farrah Fawcett Majors divorce

1989Jane Fonda & Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage

1990Keith Haring, American graffiti artist (brilliant baby), dies of AIDS at 31

2013Tony Sheridan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist, dies at 72