On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device
The death of Justice Antonin Scalia on Saturday immediately set off a partisan battle over a vacancy that could reshape the Supreme Court for years to come, as Senate Republicans called on President Obama to let his successor fill the seat.
Former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida blasted Donald J. Trump for insulting the Bush family and ridiculed the idea that Mr. Trump could be commander in chief.
Abu al-Majd, who fought with government forces, also struck up a relationship with Times correspondents. Then he was sent to Palmyra, and disappeared.
This AMC drama further explores the title character’s former life as a small-time con artist.
The N.C.A.A. has lifted a ban — inspired by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — on dunks less than 20 minutes before tipoff, so players are soaring whenever they want, much to fans’ delight.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 10, 2016, covering February 14, 2016.
Adele
Justin Bieber
Megadeth
Twenty One Pilots
Panic! At The Disco
2016Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (born 1928)[†]
Eric Reginald Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, was an English politician and human rights campaigner. He served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Orpington from 1962 to 1970. He then served in the House of Lords, having inherited the title of Baron Avebury in 1971, until his death. In 1999, when most hereditary peers were removed from the House of Lords, he was elected by his fellow Liberal Democrats to remain. When he died, he was the longest serving Liberal Democrat peer.
2016Steven Stucky, American composer and academic (born 1949)[†]
Steven Edward Stucky was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer.
In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[†]