February 16: Washington's Birthday/Presidents' Day in the United States (2009); Family Day in various regions of Canada (2009); Statehood Day in Lithuania * 1804 – United States Navy Lieutenant Stephen Decatur led a raid to destroy the captured USS Philadelphia in Tripoli, denying her use to the Barbary States in the First Barbary War. * 1899 – French President Félix Faure suddenly died from apoplexy while having sexual activities with Marguerite Steinheil in his office. * 1918 – The Council of Lithuania signed the Act of Independence of Lithuania, proclaiming the restoration of an independent Lithuania governed by democratic principles, despite the presence of German troops in the country during World War I. * 1934 – The Austrian Civil War ended with the military of the Firs