Feb 16, Quinton Hogg, English philanthropist, was born. 1852 Feb 16, Charles Taze Russell, founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses, was born. Nathan Bedford Forrest escaped. 1865 Feb 16, Columbia, S.C., surrendered to Federal troops. Feb 16, The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was organized in New York City.
Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears.
It seems to absolve us. Feb 16, Edgar Bergen, radio ventriloquist and comedian, was born. 1904 Feb 16, George Keenan, U.S. diplomat, was born. 1909 Feb 16, The SF Citizens Health Committee declared SF free of bubonic plague. Feb 16, Lithuania proclaimed its independence.