Almanac

Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Rapper/actor Ice-T turns 65 and tennis player John McEnroe turns 64, among the famous birthdays for Feb. 16.

Feb. 16 (UPI) -- On Feb. 16, 1923, archaeologists opened the treasure-laden inner tomb of Tutankhamen, "King Tut," in Egypt's Valley of the Kings.

Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Actor Alex Borstein turns 52 and singer Megan Thee Stallion turns 28, among the famous birthdays for Feb. 15.

Feb. 15 (UPI) -- On Feb. 15, 2008, Steve Fossett was declared legally dead five months after he vanished while flying in Nevada.

Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Actor Simon Pegg turns 53 and actor Alberto Rosende turns 30, among the famous birthdays for Feb. 14.

Feb. 14 (UPI) -- On Feb. 14, 2018, a 19-year-old walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., and fatally shot 17 people, including 14 students.

Feb. 13 (UPI) -- On Feb. 13, 1923, the New York Renaissance, the first all-Black professional basketball team, was established.

Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Actor Kim Novak turns 90 and actor Sophia Lillis turns 21, among the famous birthdays for Feb. 13.

Feb. 12 (UPI) -- On Feb. 12, 1912, China's last emperor, Puyi, abdicated the throne after Sun Yat-sen's revolution.

Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Actor John Michael Higgins turns 60 and actor Lochlyn Munro turns 57, among the famous birthdays for Feb. 12.

Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Actor Damian Lewis turns 52 and singer Khalid turns 25, among the famous birthdays for Feb. 11.

Feb. 11 (UPI) -- On Feb. 11, 2018, a passenger jet carrying 71 people on board crashed after takeoff from a Moscow airport, killing all on board.

Feb. 10 (UPI) -- On Feb. 10, 1971, four photojournalists died after the South Vietnamese air force helicopter they were in was shot down over Laos during the Vietnam War.

Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Actor Chloe Grace Moretz turns 26 and actor Stephanie Beatriz turns 42, among the famous birthdays for Feb. 10.

Feb. 9 (UPI) -- On Feb. 9, 1943, Japanese troops evacuated Guadalcanal, leaving it in Allied possession.

Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Actor Ciaran Hinds turns 70 and actor Joe Pesci turns 80, among the famous birthdays for Feb. 9.