February 16

1957 - Actor LeVar Burton (Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge) is born.

1961 - Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.

1968 - In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.

2006 - The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital ("MASH" unit) is decommissioned.