Edward Glyn Davies is a former Welsh Conservative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Montgomeryshire from 2010 to 2019. Davies previously served as a Member of the Welsh Assembly (AM) for the Mid and West Wales region from 1999 to 2007.

1944Richard Ford, American novelist and short story writer^[†]

Richard Ford is an American novelist and short story author and writer of a series of novels featuring the character Frank Bascombe.

1944António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cape Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde (died 2016)^[†]

António Manuel Mascarenhas Gomes Monteiro was the first democratically elected President of Cape Verde from 22 March 1991 to 22 March 2001.

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1944Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1870)^[†]

Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke, was an Indian producer-director-screenwriter, known as "the Father of Indian cinema".

Headlines from February 16, 1944

200 GERMANS FLEE; 226 Bombers Alternate Attacks With Artillery to Rout Enemy

U.S., New Zealand Men Take Green Isles, Ring Solomons; ANOTHER ALLIED STEP IN THE FLANKING OF RABAUL

Gripsholm Quits U. S. On Exchange Mission

TWO SOVIET DRIVES GAIN TOWARD PSKOV; Rail and Road Points Taken -- 1,800 More Trapped Nazis Killed in Ukraine

SECRECY ENVELOPS RUSSO-FINNISH TALK; Paasikivi's Praise of Soviet and Lull in Moscow Nerve War Held Significant

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