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16 February
16 February
1770
James Cook sights Banks 'Island'
Cook sighted Banks Peninsula from the
Endeavour
. The following day he decided it was an island, which he named for the expedition's botanist, Joseph Banks.
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1986
Sinking of the
Mikhail Lermontov
At 5.37 p.m. on 16 February 1986, the Soviet cruise liner
Mikhail Lermontov
hit rocks off Cape Jackson in the Marlborough Sounds.
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This Week in History
22 February
1902
Kelburn cable car opens
23 February
1904
First step in creation of Fiordland National Park
24 February
1902
Battle of Langverwacht Hill
25 February
1943
49 killed in Featherston POW incident
26 February
1844
'Pistols at dawn': deadly duel in Wellington
27 February
1951
Troops deployed in waterfront dispute
28 February
1945
Kiwi soldier faces firing squad