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January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 349 days remaining (350 in Leap Year s).
Events
- 27 BC - Octavian Caesar given the title Augustus by the Roman Senate .
- 929 - Emir Abd-ar-rahman III of Cordoba declares himself Caliph , thereby establishing the Caliphate Of Cordoba .
- 1362 - A great Storm Tide in the North Sea destroys the German island of Strand and the city of Rungholt .
- 1412 - The Medici family are made official bankers of the Papacy .
- 1456 - Painter Filippo Lippi elopes with Lucrezia Buti , a young nun from the convent of Saint Margherita .
- 1492 - The first Grammar of a modern language, in Spanish , is presented to Queen Isabella .
- 1547 - Ivan The Terrible becomes Tsar of Russia .
- 1556 - Philip II becomes King of Spain .
- 1572 - The Duke Of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi Plot to restore Catholicism in England .
- 1581 - English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism .
- 1605 - The first edition of '' El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote De La Mancha '' (Book One of ''Don Quixote'') by Miguel De Cervantes was published in Madrid .
- 1761 - British capture Pondicherry , India from the French .
- 1777 - Vermont declares its independence from New York .
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- 1795 - French occupy Utrecht , Netherlands .
- defeat the French at the Battle Of La Coruña .
- 1847 - John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
- 1883 - The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act , establishing the United States Civil Service , is passed.
- 1900 - The United States Senate accepts the Anglo - German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan Islands .
- 1909 - Ernest Shackleton 's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole .
- 1917 - German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann sends the Zimmermann Telegram to Mexico , proposing a German-Mexican alliance against the United States .
- , authorizing Prohibition , is passed by the Congress Of The United States , going into effect one year later.
- 1945 - Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker .
- 1956 - President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine .
- 1968 - Youth International Party ( Yippies ) is founded.
- 1969 - Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by Self-immolation in Prague , in protest against the Soviet s' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.
- 1970 - Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute Of Architects .
- 1979 - The Shah Of Iran flees Iran with his family and relocates to Egypt .
- 1986 - First meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force .
- Iraq .
- 1992 - El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City that ends a 12-year Civil War that claimed at least 75,000.
- 2001 - Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
- 2002 - The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama Bin Laden , Al-Qaida , and the remaining members of the Taliban .
- 2003 - Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' takes off for mission STS-107 which will be its final one. ''Columbia'' disintegrates 16 days later on re-entry.
- 2005 - Adriana Iliescu gives birth at age 66 and becomes the oldest woman in the world to do so.
- 2006 - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia 's new President . She becomes Africa 's first female elected head of state.
- 2006 - Liu Xinjuan is committed by the Chinese Government to a psychiatric hospital, allegedly for political activism.
Births
- 1245 - Edmund Crouchback , son of Henry III Of England (d. 1296 )
- 1409 - King René I Of Naples (d. 1480 )
- 1477 - Johannes Schöner , German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547 )
- 1501 - Anthony Denny , confidant of King Henry VIII Of England (d. 1559 )
- 1616 - François De Vendôme, Duc De Beaufort , French soldier (d. 1669 )
- 1626 - Lucas Achtschellinck , Flemish painter (d. 1699 )
- 1634 - Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter , Norwegian poet (d. 1716 )
- 1675 - Louis De Rouvroy, Duc De Saint-Simon , French writer (d. 1755 )
- 1728 - Niccola Piccinni , Italian composer (d. 1800 )
- 1821 - John C. Breckenridge , U.S. Senator from Kentucky and Confederate general (d. 1875 )
- 1838 - Franz Brentano , German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917 )
- 1853 - Andre Michelin , French industrialist (d. 1931 )
- 1874 - Robert W. Service , Canadian poet (d. 1958 )
- 1886 - John Hamilton , American actor (d. 1958 )
- 1888 - Osip Brik , Russian writer (d. 1945 )
- 1897 - Carlos Pellicer , Mexican poet (d. 1977 )
- 1898 - Margaret Booth , American film editor (d. 2002 )
- 1901 - Fulgencio Batista , Cuban leader (d. 1973 )
- 1901 - Frank Zamboni , American inventor (d. 1988 )
- 1902 - Eric Liddell , Scottish runner (d. 1945 )
- 1906 - Diana Wynyard , British actress (d. 1964 .
- 1907 - Paul Nitze , American government official (d. 2004 )
- 1908 - Ethel Merman , American actress, singer (d. 1984 )
- 1910 - Dizzy Dean , baseball player (d. 1974 )
- 1918 - Nel Benschop , Dutch poetess (d. 2005 )
- 1918 - Stirling Silliphant , American writer and producer (d. 1996 )
- 1921 - Francesco Scavullo , American fashion photographer (d. 2004 )
- 1922 - Ernesto Bonino , Italian singer
- 1923 - Anthony Hecht , American poet (d. 2004 )
- 1924 - Katy Jurado , Mexican actress (d. 2002 )
- 1928 - William Kennedy , American author
- 1931 - Johannes Rau , President Of Germany (d. 2006 )
- 1932 - Dian Fossey , American zoologist (d. 1985 )
- 1933 - Susan Sontag , American writer and activist (d. 2004 )
- 1934 - Marilyn Horne , American mezzo-soprano
- 1935 - A.J. Foyt , American race car driver
- 1943 - Brian Ferneyhough , British composer
- 1943 - Ronnie Milsap , American singer/songwriter, musician
- 1946 - Kabir Bedi , Indian actor
- 1946 - Katia Ricciarelli , Italian soprano
- 1947 - Laura Schlessinger , American radio talk show host
- 1948 - John Carpenter , American film director
- 1948 - Dalvanius , New Zealand entertainer (d. 2002 )
- 1948 - Cliff Thorburn , Canadian snooker player
- 1950 - Debbie Allen , American actress, dancer, and choreographer
- 1956 - Martin Jol , Dutch football manager
- 1958 - Anatoli Boukreev , Russian climber (d. 1997 )
- 1959 - Sade , Nigerian-born singer
- 1962 - Paul Webb , British musician ( Talk Talk )
- 1963 - James May , Top Gear presenter and journalist ( Top Gear )
- 1966 - Maxine Jones , American singer ( En Vogue )
- 1969 - Roy Jones Jr. , American boxer
- 1970 - Garth Ennis , Irish comic book author
- 1974 - Kate Moss , English model
- 1977 - Jeff Foster , American basketball player
- 1979 - Aaliyah , American singer (d. 2001 )
- 1979 - Brenden Morrow , Canadian hockey player
- 1980 - Albert Pujols , baseball player
- 1980 - Michelle Wild , Hungarian model
- 1981 - Nick Valensi , American guitarist ( The Strokes )
- 1982 - Samuel Preston , lead singer of British rock band ''The Ordinary Boys''
- 1983 - Emanuel Pogatetz , Austrian footballer
Deaths
- 1400 - John Holland, 1st Duke Of Exeter , English politician (executed)
- 1545 - George Spalatin , German reformer (b. 1484 )
- 1547 - Johannes Schöner , German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477 )
- 1554 - Christiern Pedersen , Danish humanist
- 1585 - Edward Clinton, 1st Earl Of Lincoln , English admiral (b. 1512 )
- 1659 - Charles Annibal Fabrot , French lawyer (b. 1580 )
- 1710 - Emperor Higashiyama Of Japan (b. 1675 )
- 1711 - Joseph Vaz , Catholic Apostle of Ceylon (b. 1651 )
- 1747 - Barthold Heinrich Brockes , German poet (b. 1680 )
- 1748 - Arnold Drakenborch , Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684 )
- 1750 - Ivan Trubetskoy , Russian field marshall (b. 1667 )
- 1752 - Francis Blomefield , English topographer (b. 1705 )
- 1794 - Edward Gibbon , English historian (b. 1737 )
- 1806 - William Pitt The Younger , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom (b. 1759 )
- 1809 - John Moore , British general (killed in battle) (b. 1761 )
- 1815 - Emma, Lady Hamilton , English mistress of Horatio Nelson (b. 1765 )
- 1817 - Alexander J. Dallas , American statesman and financier (b. 1759 )
- 1856 - Thaddeus William Harris , American naturalist (b. 1795 )
- 1891 - Léo Delibes , French composer (b. 1836 )
- 1917 - George Dewey , U.S. admiral (b. 1837 )
- 1919 - Francisco De Paula Rodrigues Alves , President Of Brazil (b. 1848 )
- 1936 - Albert Fish , American serial killer (executed) (b. 1870 )
- 1942 - Carole Lombard , American actress (b. 1908 )
- 1957 - Arturo Toscanini , Italian conductor (b. 1867 )
- 1962 - Ivan Meštrović , Croatian sculptor (b. 1883 )
- 1967 - Robert J. Van De Graaff , American nuclear physicist (b. 1901 )
- 1969 - Jan Palach , Czech Freedom Fighter (b. 1948 )
- 1972 - Ross Bagdasarian , American actor and songwriter (b. 1919 )
- 1979 - Ted Cassidy , American actor (b. 1932 )
- 1981 - Bernard Lee , English actor (b. 1908 )
- 1982 - Red Smith , American sports columnist (b. 1905 )
- 1986 - Herbert W. Armstrong , American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892 )
- 1988 - Ballard Berkeley , English actor (b. 1904 )
- 1995 - Eric Mottram , English poet, teacher, critic, and editor (b. 1924 )
- 1997 - Ennis Cosby , son of entertainer Bill Cosby (murdered)
- 2000 - John Rankin , musical entertainer (b. 1959 )
- 2001 - Laurent-Désiré Kabila , President Of The Democratic Republic Of The Congo (b. 1939 )
- 2002 - Michael Bilandic , Mayor of Chicago (b. 1923 )
- 2002 - Eddie Meduza , Swedish composer (b. 1948 )
- 2002 - Bobo Olson , American boxer (b. 1928 )
- 2002 - Ron Taylor , American actor (b. 1952 )
- 2004 - Kalevi Sorsa , Prime Minister Of Finland (b. 1930 )
- 2005 - Marjorie Williams , American journalist (b. 1958 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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