ON THIS DAY
February 16
1900 Montreal Shamrocks win the Stanley cup over the Winnipeg Victorias
1937 Nylon is patented by DuPont
1959 Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba
1960 The National Gallery of Canada open in Ottawa Ontario Canada
1974 Elton John releases the song Bennie and the Jets
1993 Tupac release the album Strictly For My N.I.G.G.A.Z
1996 Happy Gilmore open in movie theaters starring Adam Sandler
1997 Bret Hart wins the WWF
Heavyweight Championship in a Fatal four way over Steve Austin, The Undertaker, & Vader.
2005 Gary Bettman cancels the 2004-2005 NHL season
Happy Birthday
1935 Sonny Bono singer, actor
1953 Lanny McDonald Hockey hall of F ammer 1992, 1 X Stanley Cup Champion
1958 ICE-T Rapper, Actor
1982 Lupe Fiasco Rapper
1990 The Weekend rapper
