Category: This Day In History February 16

Categories: This Day In History February

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This Day in History for February 16

Historic Events:

• 1942 - Vivian Bullwinkel, AO, MBE, ARRC, ED, FNM was an Australian Army nurse in WWII She was the sole survivor of the Bangka Island Massacre, when the Japanese killed 21 nurses on Radji Beach, Bangka Island Indonesia.

Famous Birthdays:

• Edgar John (Berggren) Bergen (1903-1978), Ventriloquist, entertainer.
• Salvatore Phillip Bono (1935-1998), American singer, songwriter, producer, "Sonny & Cher", mayor of Palm Springs, California (1995-1998).
• James Edward Ingram (1952-2019), American singer, singerwriter
• Arthur Ian Lavender (1946-2024), English actor; Dad's Army, EastEnders.

Famous Deaths:

• Lesley Sue (Goldstein) Gore (1946-2015), American singer on hits It's My Party, and You Don't Own Me.

Australian Nurses of the Vyner Brooke

健雄 (吳) Wu 31 May 1912 中國江蘇省蘇州市太倉市瀏河鎮 - 16 Feb 1997

Jonas Basanavičius 23 Nov 1851 Ožkabaliai, Vilkaviskis, Lithuania - 16 Feb 1927

Edgar (Berggren) Bergen 16 Feb 1903 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 30 Sep 1978

Salvatore Bono 16 Feb 1935 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States - 05 Jan 1998

Vivian (Bullwinkel) Statham 18 Dec 1915 Kapunda, South Australia, Australia - 03 Jul 2000

LeVar Burton 1950s

Clyde Davenport 21 Oct 1921 Kentucky, United States - 16 Feb 2020

Lesley (Goldstein) Gore 02 May 1946 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States - 16 Feb 2015

James Ingram 16 Feb 1952 Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States - 29 Jan 2019

Arthur Lavender 16 Feb 1946 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom - 02 Feb 2024

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