| 16/2/2024 | 32-year-old Maria Prevolaraki wins the bronze medal in the 55 kg category at the European Wrestling Championships in Bucharest, defeating the Russian Malyseva by fall, despite losing 11-2 |
| 16/2/2023 | Lawyer and former MP of the Nea Dimokratia, Stratis Stratigis, dies at the age of 90. He was the first chairman of the Board of the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games "Athens 2004" from January 1998 until his resignation in July 1999. |
| 16/2/2022 | Vangelis Lymperatos, president of ESKANA for many years, dies at the age of 82. He served basketball as a player, agent and responsible for the development of the sport, contributing to the establishment of both ESKA and several years later ESKANA. In both Unions he was elected and served from many positions, while he was also a member of the Board of the Hellenic Basketball Federation. |
| 16/2/2022 | Vassilis Botinos, veteran football player of the Olympiacos, dies at the age of 77. He played for Olympiacos for 8 years, from 1964 to 1972, having started his career from Olympiakos Volos. He capped 12 times with the National Team of Greece, from 1967 to 1969 and won the Armed Soccer World Cup twice (1968 and 1969). |
| 16/2/2021 | 27-year-old Aslan Karatsev of Russia, ranked 114th in the world rankings, defeats 18th seed Grigor Dimitrov 2-6 6-4 6-1 6-2 in the Australian Open, becoming the first player to reach the Grand Slam’s semi-finals in his first attempt in the professional era. |
| 16/2/2014 | 27-year-old French pole vaulter and 2012 London Olympic gold medallist Renaud Lavillenie sets a new indoor world record of 6.16 metres in Donetsk, Ukraine, beating the previous record of 6.15 by one centimetre set by legendary Ukrainian pole vaulter Sergey Bubka (21/2/1993 in Donetsk). Six-time outdoor world champion and 1998 Olympic gold medallist Bubka still holds the outdoor world record of 6.14 metres. |
| 16/2/2013 | Lionel Messi scores his 300th Barcelona goal in the away match against Granada (1-2) for the 24th matchday of La Liga |
| 16/2/1997 | 25 year-old Jeff Gordon becomes the youngest driver to win the Daytona 500 |
| 16/2/1992 | Martina Navratilova becomes the winningest female tennis player (158 titles) after beating Jana Novotna in the Virginia Slims final in Chicago |
| 16/2/1992 | The LA Lakers withdraw Magic Johnson's No32 during a game against Boston. Johnson is the 5th player (after Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul Jabbar), whose number is withdrawn |
| 16/2/1992 | England's largest international rugby victory (England - France 60-4) |
| 16/2/1991 | Romanian international Danut Lupu of Panathinaikos is arrested for burglary |
| 16/2/1985 | Andreas Papandreou inaugurates the Peace and Friendship Stadium in front of a crowd of 12.000 |
| 16/2/1973 | At the request of their fans, Olympiacos play a friendly match against Ajax (Cruijff, Scwhartz, Rep, Muhren, Haan, Keizer) at Karaiskakis stadium. Ajax win by 2-1 (Keizer, Rep, Viera) |
| 16/2/1972 | LA Laker Wilt Chamberlain becomes the first NBAer to score 30.000 points (in 940 games) |
| 16/2/1972 | Thomas Mavros makes his debut with Greece in a match against Holland (0-5) in Athens |
| 16/2/1962 | Jimmy Bostwick wins his third US Tennis Open after defeating his brother Pete |
| 16/2/1936 | ?he 4th Winter Olympics close in Garmisch Partenkirchen. The games started on February 6. About 675 men and 80 women from 28 countries took part |
| 16/2/1936 | Olympiacos crush Panathinaikos 6-1 at Karaiskakis stadium |
