Today in history

February 16

1941
A pastoral letter was read in the majority of Norwegian pulpits telling the fascist regime to “end all which conflicts with God’s holy arrangements regarding truth, justice, freedom of conscience and goodness..”

1959
Fidel Castro became Prime Minister of Cuba after the overthrow of the U.S. and mafia-supported dictator Fulgencio Batista.

Fidel Castro…………………………………………Fulgencio BatistaM

1996
Seven activists were arrested for blocking the road to the ceremony commissioning the nuclear warship U.S.S. Greeneville at the Norfolk (Virginia) Naval Base.

2005
The Kyoto Protocol went into effect as an attempt to reduce greenhouse gases and global warming. 180 countries had agreed (except for the United States and Australia) to rules for implementing the Kyoto Protocol on July 29, 2001 in Bonn Germany.