February 16

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1852	Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.	Lou Reed	Wagon Wheel	Transformer
2	1859	The French Government passes a law to set the A-note above middle C to a frequency of 435 Hz, in an attempt to standardize the pitch.	The Beach Boys	Do You Wanna Dance?	Do You Wanna Dance?
3	1937	Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.	The Springfields	Silver Threads and Golden Needles	Silver Threads and Golden Needles
4	1957	The "Toddlers' Truce", a controversial television close down between 6.00pm and 7.00pm is abolished in the United Kingdom.	The Cure	Let's Go to Bed	Japanese Whispers
5	1961	The DuSable Museum of African American History is chartered.	Sam Cooke	Wonderful World	Wonderful World

(Historical facts about February 16 are from Wikipedia.)