Today is Friday, Feb. 16, the 47th day of 2007. There are 318 days left in the year. On this date in 1862, during the Civil War, some 14,000 Confederate soldiers surrender at Fort Donelson, Tenn.

Today is Friday, Feb. 16, the 47th day of 2007. There are 318 days left in the year. On this date in 1862, during the Civil War, some 14,000 Confederate soldiers surrender at Fort Donelson, Tenn. (Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's victory earns him the nickname "Unconditional Surrender Grant.")
In 1804, Lt. Stephen Decatur leads a successful raid into Tripoli Harbor to burn the U.S. Navy frigate Philadelphia, which had fallen into the hands of pirates. In 1868, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized in New York City. In 1918, Lithuania proclaims its independence, which lasts until World War II (it again declares independence in 1990). In 1923, the burial chamber of King Tutankhamen's recently unearthed tomb is unsealed in Egypt by English archaeologist Howard Carter. In 1945, American troops land on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines during World War II. In 1959, Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista. In 1968, the nation's first 911 emergency telephone system is inaugurated, in Haleyville, Ala.
February 16, 1982: General Motors Corp.'s van line will begin operating on two shifts in April, putting about 1,000 laid-off employees back to work.
The Youngstown Municipal Airport is socked in by fog, canceling flights. Passengers on Allegheny Commuter flights to Pittsburgh are transported by bus.
February 16, 1967: Youngstown Mayor Anthony B. Flask proposes the transfer of the city's housing inspectors from the board of Health to the division of Public Works.
Winds of 60 to 85 mph sweep through the Youngstown area, lifting the roofs off several buildings, toppling a church steeple and knocking down utility lines. Six schools are closed.
February 16, 1957: Two Youngstown firemen and a woman visiting a South Side apartment are injured when fire causes 2,500 damage to a three-story brick apartment building at 1706 Market St. Capt. Joseph E. Dripps and Engineer John Williams of No. 8 station are released after treatment.
Twenty-one members of the Austintown Kiwanis Key Club, all science students at Austintown Fitch High School, are among the students who visit General Electric Co.'s Lighting Institute at Nela Park in Cleveland to mark the 110th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Alva Edison.
February 16, 1932: Youngstown Mayor Mark Moore fails to get the support needed in city council to pass as emergency legislation his proposals to hire 10 new police and firemen and abolish the parks department.
The Olympic Games end at Lake Placid, N.Y., with gate receipts totaling 96,000, only 4,000 less than anticipated, despite bad whether that forced rescheduling some events. The total cost of putting on the games was 1.4 million, most of which was covered by state and local government grants. The games will show a deficit of about 50,000.
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