Pick one!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_16
1933 – The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States.
I'll drink to that (-: ok, I gave up drinking years ago.
1962 – Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
1983 – The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
1978 – The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
Joined a bulletin board in 1979, and thought that it would never replace the telephone, since nobody I knew had a computer!