On this day in History - February 16

1881 – The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa

1959 – Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.

1978 – The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).

2006 – The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.