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What happend on 16. January in History
In our data base we found 365 events happened on 16. January:
• 1093: Isaac Komnenos, son of Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos [category: Births]
• 1120: The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. [category: Events]
• 1245: Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296) [category: Births]
• 1327: Nikephoros Choumnos, Byzantine scholar and statesman (b. 1250/55) [category: Deaths]
• 1362: A storm tide in the North Sea destroys the German city of Rungholt on the island of Strand. [category: Events]
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• 1387: Elizabeth of Bosnia, Hungarian queen and regent (b. 1340) [category: Deaths]
• 1400: John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (b. 1352) [category: Deaths]
• 1409: René I of Naples (d. 1480) [category: Births]
• 1412: The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy. [category: Events]
• 1477: Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547) [category: Births]
• 1492: The first grammar of the Spanish language is presented to Queen Isabella I. [category: Events]
• 1501: Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559) [category: Births]
• 1516: Bayinnaung, King of Burma (d. 1581) [category: Births]
• 1545: George Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484) [category: Deaths]
• 1547: Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477) [category: Deaths]
• 1547: Ivan IV of Russia aka Ivan the Terrible becomes Czar of Russia. [category: Events]
• 1554: Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480) [category: Deaths]
• 1556: Philip II becomes King of Spain. [category: Events]
• 1572: Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. [category: Events]
• 1581: The English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism. [category: Events]
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• 1585: Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral (b. 1512) [category: Deaths]
• 1592: John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern (b. 1543) [category: Deaths]
• 1605: The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain. [category: Events]
• 1616: François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669) [category: Births]
• 1626: Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699) [category: Births]
• 1634: Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716) [category: Births]
• 1659: Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580) [category: Deaths]
• 1675: Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (d. 1755) [category: Births]
• 1691: Peter Scheemakers, Flemish Roman Catholic sculptor (d. 1781) [category: Births]
• 1707: The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain. [category: Events]
• 1710: Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675) [category: Deaths]
• 1711: Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (b. 1651) [category: Deaths]
• 1728: Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (d. 1800) [category: Births]
• 1747: Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b. 1680) [category: Deaths]
• 1748: Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684) [category: Deaths]
• 1749: Vittorio Alfieri, Italian dramatist (d. 1803) [category: Births]
• 1750: Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal (b. 1667) [category: Deaths]
• 1752: Francis Blomefield, English topographer (b. 1705) [category: Deaths]
• 1757: Richard Goodwin Keats, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1834) [category: Births]
• 1761: The British capture Pondicherry, India from the French. [category: Events]
• 1780: American Revolution: Battle of Cape St. Vincent. [category: Events]
• 1786: Virginia enacted the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson. [category: Events]
• 1794: Edward Gibbon, English historian (b. 1737) [category: Deaths]
• 1807: Charles Henry Davis, American Civil War Admiral (d. 1877) [category: Births]
• 1809: John Moore, British general (b. 1761) [category: Deaths]
• 1809: Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of La Coruña. [category: Events]
• 1815: Henry W. Halleck, American Civil War general (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1817: Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman (b. 1759) [category: Deaths]
• 1821: John C. Breckinridge, American lawyer and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States and Confederate general (d. 1875) [category: Births]
• 1826: Lindley Murray, grammarian (b. 1745) [category: Deaths]
• 1834: Robert R. Hitt, American politician (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1834: Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (b. 1769) [category: Deaths]
• 1836: King Francis II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1838: Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1844: Ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1847: John C. Frémont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory. [category: Events]
• 1853: André Michelin, French industrialist (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1853: Gen Sir Ian Hamilton, British military commander (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1853: Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor and theatre manager (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1853: Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov, Russian philosopher (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1856: Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795) [category: Deaths]
• 1864: Anton Schindler, Austrian biographer of Beethoven (b. 1795) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828) [category: Deaths]
• 1872: Edward Gordon Craig, English actor, producer, director and scenic designer (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1872: Henri Busser, French composer (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1874: Robert W. Service, Canadian poet (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1875: Leonor Michaelis, German enzyme kinetic theorist (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1878: Harry Carey, American silent film actor (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1878: Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) – Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule. [category: Events]
• 1879: Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827) [category: Deaths]
• 1880: Samuel Jones, American athlete (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1882: Robert Lane, Canadian football player (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1883: The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is passed. [category: Events]
• 1885: Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1886: John Hamilton, American actor (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1886: Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian opera composer (b. 1834) [category: Deaths]
• 1888: Osip Brik, Russian writer (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1891: Léo Delibes, French composer (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
• 1893: Daisy Kennedy, Australian violinist (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1894: Irving Mills, American jazz music publisher (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1895: Nat Schachner, American author (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1896: Ruth Rose, American screenwriter (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1896: Defeat of Cymru Fydd at South Wales Liberal Federation AGM, Newport, Monmouthshire. [category: Events]
• 1897: Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1898: Irving Rapper, UK-US film director (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1898: Margaret Booth, American film editor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1898: Charles Pelham Villiers, British Member of Parliament (b. 1802) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: Edith Frank, Holocaust victim and mother of Anne Frank (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1900: The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands. [category: Events]
• 1901: Frank Zamboni, American inventor (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1901: Fulgencio Batista, Cuban leader (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1901: Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter (b. 1827) [category: Deaths]
• 1901: Hiram Revels, first African-American to serve in the U. S. Senate (b. 1822) [category: Deaths]
• 1901: Jules Barbier, French opera librettist (b. 1825) [category: Deaths]
• 1902: Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1903: William Grover-Williams, English-French racing driver and WWII resistance fighter (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1905: Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1906: Diana Wynyard, British actress (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1906: Marshall Field, American entrepreneur (b. 1834) [category: Deaths]
• 1907: Alexander Knox, Canadian actor (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1907: Paul Nitze, American government official (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1908: Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1908: Günther Prien, German World War II submarine captain (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1909: Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole. [category: Events]
• 1910: Dizzy Dean, American baseball player (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1911: Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean politician (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1911: Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1914: Roger Wagner, American choral musician (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1915: Leslie H. Martinson, American television and film director. [category: Births]
• 1916: Philip Lucock, Australian politician and Presbyterian minister (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1917: Carl Karcher, founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1917: George Dewey, American admiral (b. 1837) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Herbert von Petersdorff, German swimmer (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Allan Ekelund, Swedish film producer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1918: Clem Jones, Australian Lord Mayor of Brisbane (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1918: Nel Benschop, Dutch poet (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1918: Stirling Silliphant, American writer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1919: Jerome Horwitz, American scientist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1919: Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, President of Brazil (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1919: Temperance movement: The United States ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing Prohibition in the United States one year after ratification. [category: Events]
• 1920: Alberto Crespo, Argentine race car driver (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1920: Elliott Reid, American actor [category: Births]
• 1920: Reginald De Koven, American music critic and operetta composer (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France. [category: Events]
• 1921: Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1922: Ernesto Bonino, Italian singer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1923: Anthony Hecht, American poet (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1923: Gene Feist, American actor and producer [category: Births]
• 1924: Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1924: Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald, Scottish philanthropist (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: Eleftherios Venizelos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for the fourth time. [category: Events]
• 1928: Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1928: William Kennedy, American author [category: Births]
• 1930: Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1930: Norman Podhoretz, US writer, foreign policy adviser [category: Births]
• 1930: Paula Tilbrook, British actress [category: Births]
• 1931: Johannes Rau, German politician (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1931: Robert L. Park, American physicist [category: Births]
• 1932: Dian Fossey, American zoologist (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1932: Victor Ciocâltea, Romanian chess master (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1933: Susan Sontag, American writer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1934: Marilyn Horne, American opera singer [category: Births]
• 1935: A.J. Foyt, American race car driver and team owner [category: Births]
• 1935: Ma Barker, American criminal (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Albert Fish, American serial killer (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Lorraine Bayly, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1937: Luiz Bueno, Brazilian racing driver (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1938: Jô Soares, Brazilian author, musician and TV personality [category: Births]
• 1938: Michael Pataki, American actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1938: Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian Writer (b.1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: William O'Connor, American fencer (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: The Irish Republican Army (IRA) begins a bombing and sabotage campaign in England. [category: Events]
• 1942: Barbara Lynn, American singer [category: Births]
• 1942: René Angélil, Canadian music executive [category: Births]
• 1942: Carole Lombard, American actress (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Ernst Scheller, German Nazi politician (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, son of Queen Victoria (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard. [category: Events]
• 1943: Brian Ferneyhough, British composer [category: Births]
• 1943: Gavin Bryars, English composer and double bassist [category: Births]
• 1944: Gerd Klier, German footballer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1944: Jim Stafford, American singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1945: Wim Suurbier, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1945: Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker. [category: Events]
• 1946: Kabir Bedi, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Katia Ricciarelli, Italian soprano [category: Births]
• 1946: Ronnie Milsap, American singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1947: Harald Stabell, Norwegian barrister [category: Births]
• 1947: Harvey Proctor, British politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Laura Schlessinger, American radio talk show host [category: Births]
• 1947: Magdalen Nabb, British author (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1947: Sara Jane Olson, American political activist [category: Births]
• 1948: Cliff Thorburn, Canadian snooker player [category: Births]
• 1948: Dalvanius Prime, New Zealand entertainer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1948: John Carpenter, American film director [category: Births]
• 1948: Ruth Reichl, American magazine editor [category: Births]
• 1949: Andrew Refshauge, Australian politician, Deputy Premier of New South Wales [category: Births]
• 1949: Anne F. Beiler, American businesswoman, founded Auntie Anne's [category: Births]
• 1949: Caroline Munro, British actress [category: Births]
• 1949: Oliver Humperdink, American professional wrestling manager (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1950: Brian Castro, Australian author [category: Births]
• 1950: Damo Suzuki, Japanese singer (Can) [category: Births]
• 1950: Debbie Allen, American dancer and choreographer [category: Births]
• 1950: Robert Schimmel, American Comedian (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1951: Glenn Ordway, American radio talk show host [category: Births]
• 1952: King Fuad II of Egypt [category: Births]
• 1952: L. Blaine Hammond, NASA astronaut [category: Births]
• 1953: Robert Jay Mathews, American neo-Nazi (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1955: Jerry M. Linenger, NASA astronaut [category: Births]
• 1956: Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1956: Jennifer Dale, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1956: Martin Jol, Dutch football manager [category: Births]
• 1956: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine. [category: Events]
• 1957: Jurijs Andrejevs, Latvian footballer [category: Births]
• 1957: Ricardo Darin, Argentine actor [category: Births]
• 1957: 1st Earl of Athlone, British royal, brother of Queen Mary (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Anatoli Boukreev, Russian mountaineer (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1958: Lena Ek, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1959: Juanita Bynum, American televangelist [category: Births]
• 1959: Sade, Nigerian-born singer [category: Births]
• 1959: Phan Khoi, Vietnamese intellectual (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Arthur Darby, British rugby player (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Paul Raven, English musician (Killing Joke, Prong, and Ministry) (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1961: Ronnie Lee Gardner, American criminal (d.2010) [category: Births]
• 1961: Max Schöne, German swimmer (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Denis O'Hare, Irish-American actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Joel Fitzgibbon, Australian politician [category: Births]
• 1962: Paul Webb, British musician (Talk Talk, .O.rang) [category: Births]
• 1962: Tracey Moore, voice actress [category: Births]
• 1962: Frank Hurley, Australian photographer (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: James May, English television presenter [category: Births]
• 1963: Ike Quebec, American tenor-saxophone player (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Hello, Dolly! (musical) starring Carol Channing opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances. [category: Events]
• 1965: Jill Sobule, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1965: Maxine Jones, American singer (En Vogue) [category: Births]
• 1967: Robert J. Van de Graaff, American nuclear physicist (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Danni Ashe, American nude model and stripper [category: Births]
• 1968: David Chokachi, American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Bob Jones, Sr, American evangelist (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Panagiotis Poulitsas, Greek judge, head of an interim government (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Marinus Bester, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Neil Back, England rugby player [category: Births]
• 1969: Per "Dead" Ohlin, Swedish singer (Mayhem and Morbid) (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1969: Rich Ward, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Fozzy, Stuck Mojo, and Adrenaline Mob) [category: Births]
• 1969: Roy Jones, Jr., American boxer [category: Births]
• 1969: Vernon Duke, American composer and songwriter (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before. [category: Events]
• 1969: Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk. [category: Events]
• 1970: Brendan O'Hare, Scottish drummer (Teenage Fanclub and Telstar Ponies) [category: Births]
• 1970: Garth Ennis, Irish comic book author [category: Births]
• 1970: Rick Bognar, Canadian professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1970: Ron Villone, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects. [category: Events]
• 1971: Jonathan Mangum, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player [category: Births]
• 1971: Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Alen Peternac, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Ang Christou, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Dameon Clarke, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Greg Page, Australian musician and actor (The Wiggles) [category: Births]
• 1972: Joe Horn, American football player [category: Births]
• 1972: Richard T. Jones, American actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Salah Hissou, Moroccan runner [category: Births]
• 1972: Yuri Drozdov, Russian footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. (David Seville), American actor (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Teller Ammons, American politician (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Josie Davis, American actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Anna Christian Waters disappears from her backyard. She is never found. [category: Events]
• 1973: Bonanza Final episode airs on NBC. [category: Events]
• 1974: Kate Moss, English model [category: Births]
• 1974: Marlon Anderson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Gillian Iliana Waters, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Greg Strause, American visual effects creator [category: Births]
• 1975: Israel Abramofsky, Russian-born American artist (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Martina Moravcová, Slovak female swimmer [category: Births]
• 1976: Viktor Maslov, Russian racing driver [category: Births]
• 1977: Ariel Zeevi, Israeli judoka [category: Births]
• 1977: Jeff Foster, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Alfredo Amézaga, Mexican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Aaliyah, American singer and actress (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1979: Brenden Morrow, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1979: Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1979: Mark Anthony Fernandez, Filipino actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Muntadhar al-Zaidi, Iraqi journalist [category: Births]
• 1979: August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Ted Cassidy, American actor (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: The Shah of Iran flees Iran with his family and relocates to Egypt. [category: Events]
• 1980: Albert Pujols, Dominican-born baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Lin Manuel Miranda, American actor, composer, lyricist [category: Births]
• 1980: Michelle Wild, Hungarian model [category: Births]
• 1980: Seydou Keita, Malian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Bobby Zamora, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Jamie Lundmark, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1981: Nick Valensi, American guitarist (The Strokes) [category: Births]
• 1981: Bernard Lee, English actor (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Samuel Preston, British singer (The Ordinary Boys) [category: Births]
• 1982: Tuncay Şanlı, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Red Smith, American sports columnist (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Andriy Rusol, Ukrainian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Jared Slingerland, Canadian musician (Left Spine Down and Front Line Assembly) [category: Births]
• 1984: Stephan Lichtsteiner, Swiss footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Gintaras Janusevicius, Lithuanian pianist [category: Births]
• 1985: Joe Flacco, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Jonathan Richter, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Pablo Zabaleta, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Simon Richter, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Robert Fitzgerald, American poet and translator (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Irina Kuzmina, Latvian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1986: Johannes Rahn, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Mark Trumbo, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Mason Gamble, American actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Paula Pareto, Argentine judoka [category: Births]
• 1986: Reto Ziegler, Swiss footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: First meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force. [category: Events]
• 1987: Lauren McAvoy, British fashion model [category: Births]
• 1987: Bertram Wainer, Australian abortion rights campaigner (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Jorge Torres Nilo, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Ballard Berkeley, English actor (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Yvonne Zima, American actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Prem Nazir, Malayalam actor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Matt Duchene, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1991: The Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War (U.S. Time). [category: Events]
• 1992: Maja Keuc, Slovenian singer [category: Births]
• 1992: El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, Mexico ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War that claimed at least 75,000. [category: Events]
• 1993: Amandine Hesse, French tennis player [category: Births]
• 1993: Glenn Corbett, American actor (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Mikaela Turik, Canadian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1995: Eric Mottram, English poet, teacher, critic, and editor (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Marcia Davenport, American author and music critic (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Ennis Cosby, son of entertainer Bill Cosby (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Markus Hoffmann, German actor (b. 1971) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Dimitris Horn, Greek actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Jim McClelland, Australian solicitor and politician (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: John Morris Rankin, Canadian musical entertainer (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Robert R. Wilson, American physicist and a group leader on the Manhattan Project (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Will "Dub" Jones, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Auberon Waugh, British author and journalist (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Laurent-Désiré Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards. [category: Events]
• 2001: US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War. [category: Events]
• 2002: Bobo Olson, American boxer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Eddie Meduza, Swedish composer (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Robert Hanbury Brown, British astronomer and physicist (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Ron Taylor, American actor (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban. [category: Events]
• 2003: Richard Wainwright, English politician (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry. [category: Events]
• 2004: Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Marjorie Williams, American journalist (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Romanian university lecturer and novelist Adriana Iliescu gives birth at 66 to her daughter Eliza, breaking the record for the oldest birth mother in the world [category: Events]
• 2006: Stanley Biber, American surgeon (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state. [category: Events]
• 2007: Benny Parsons, American racecar driver and commentator (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Ron Carey, American actor (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Andrew Wyeth, American realist painter (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Joe Erskine, American boxer and long distance runner (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: John Mortimer, British barrister, screenwriter and author. (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Glen Bell, American businessman, founder of Taco Bell. (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Gustav Leonhardt, Dutch keyboardist, conductor and musicologist. (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: An estimated 41 international workers are taken hostage in an attack in the town of In Aménas, Algeria. [category: Events]
• 27_bc: Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. [category: Events]
• 378: Great Jaguar Paw, King of Tikal [category: Deaths]
• 378: General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spearthrower Owl of Teotihuacán. [category: Events]
• 550: Gothic War (535–554): The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison. [category: Events]
• 929: Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III established the Caliphate of Córdoba. [category: Events]
• 960: Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople [category: Deaths]
• _: Berard of Carbio [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Blessed Joseph Vaz [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Flag Day or Magen David Day (Israel) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Fursey [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Honoratus of Arles [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: January 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pope Marcellus I [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Teachers' Day (Thailand) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Titian of Oderzo [category: Holidays and observances]