Notable Historical Events on January 16th
January 16th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
27 |
The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. |
BC AD | |
550 |
Gothic War (535-552): The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison. |
1120 |
The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. |
1219 |
Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm, 1,000s killed |
1362 |
A great storm tide in the North Sea destroys the German island of Strand and the city of Rungholt. |
1412 |
The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy. |
1492 |
The first grammar of a modern language, in the Spanish language, is presented to Queen Isabella. |
1493 |
Columbus leaves the new world and sets sail for Spain on his 1st trip |
1531 |
English Reformation parliament's 2nd sitting |
1547 |
Ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself 1st tsar of Moscow |
1556 |
Emperor Karel appoints his son Philip II, king of Spain |
1572 |
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. |
1581 |
English parliament passes laws against Catholicism |
1756 |
England & Prussia sign Treaty of Westminster |
1761 |
The British capture Pondicherry, India from the French. |
1765 |
Charles Messier catalogs M41 (galactic cluster in Canis Major) |
1776 |
Continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks |
1777 |
Vermont declares independence from NY |
1780 |
Battle at Cape St Vincent: admiral Rodney beats Spanish fleet |
1793 |
French King Louis XVI sentenced to death by the National Convention during the French Revolution |
1795 |
French army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht Neth |
1809 |
Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of Corunna |
1819 |
Godert baron van der de Capellen becomes governor of Dutch-Indies |
1832 |
Charles Darwin lands at San Tiago, Cape Verde |
1847 |
John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory. |
1863 |
-Aug 23rd) Cruise of CSS Florida |
1864 |
Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee |
1865 |
Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Ft Fisher NC, 40 die |
1865 |
Gen Wm Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for blacks) |
1865 |
SF Dramatic Chronicle started |
1868 |
Refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit |
1870 |
Virginia becomes 8th state readmitted to US after Civil War |
1871 |
Jefferson Long of Georgia sworn in as 2nd black congressman |
1877 |
Color organ (for light shows) patented, by Bainbridge Bishop |
1878 |
Captain Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule. |
1879 |
January record 13" of snow falls in NYC (broken Jan 7, 1996) |
1883 |
Pendleton Act creates basis of US Civil Service system |
1883 |
Quebec Rugby Football Union forms |
1887 |
Cliff House damaged when schooner "Parallel"'s powder cargo explodes |
1889 |
128°F (53°C), Cloncurry, Queensland (Australian record) |
1896 |
Defeat of Cymru Fydd at South Wales Liberal Federation AGM, Newport, Monmouthshire. |
1897 |
John Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed" appears in School Journal |
1900 |
The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands. |
1900 |
The US gains control over Tutuila in Samoa and several smaller Pacific islands |
1905 |
Baseball outfielder Frank Huelsman completes eighth transaction in 8 months |
1905 |
Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Dawson City (Yukon) in 2 games Ottawa Silver 7 beats Dawson City (Yukon) 23-2 for Stanley Cup, this is most lopsided playoff game, Frank McGee scores 14 goals |
1906 |
-Apr 13] Conference of Algeciras (about Morocco) |
1908 |
Pinnacles National Monument, California established |
1909 |
British explorers David, Mawson & Mackay reach south magnetic pole as part of the Nimrod Expedition |
1911 |
Pandora becomes 1st 2-man sailboat to round Cape Horn west to east |
1913 |
British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule for Ireland |
1914 |
Writer Maksim Gorki returns to Russia |
1915 |
Congress authorizes $1 & $50 Panama-Pacific Intl Expo gold coin |
1917 |
The Greek Government accepts reparations for Allied losses sustained in recent actions in Greece |
1919 |
Prohibition ratified by 3/4 of states; Nebraska is 36th |
1919 |
18th Amendment ratified in the US to bring in prohibition; repealed in 1933 |
1920 |
1st assembly of the League of Nations (Paris) |
1920 |
Georgia declares independence |
1925 |
Gen M Froense replaces Trotsky as People's Commissioner of Defense |
1925 |
Leon Trotsky dismissed as CEO of Russian Revolution Military Council |
1931 |
Bradman scores 223 Australia v WI, 297 mins, 26 fours |
1933 |
Bert Oldfield flattened by Larwood delivery in Adelaide Test |
1936 |
1st photo finish camera installed at Hialeah Race track in Hialeah Fla |
1936 |
Screen Actors Guild incorporates with King Vidor as president |
1936 |
Spanish socialists/communists/anarchists form Unidad Popular |
1938 |
1st jazz concert was held at Carnegie Hall (Benny Goodman) |
1941 |
US vice admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor |
1941 |
War Dept forms 1st Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets |
1942 |
William Knudsen becomes 1st civilian appointed a general in US army |
1943 |
-60°F (-51°C), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record) |
1943 |
1st US air raid on Ambon |
1943 |
German 2nd SS-Pantzer division evacuates Charkow |
1943 |
Red Army recaptures Pitomnik airport at Stalingrad |
1944 |
Gen Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London |
1945 |
Scottish 52nd land division/1st Commando brigade-assault at Heinsberg |
1945 |
US 1st & 3rd army meet at Houffalise |
1947 |
Vincent Aurial elected president of France |
1948 |
35 Haganah members are ambushed & killed in Gush Etzyon |
1949 |
"Rape of Lucretia" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 23 perfs |
1949 |
KNBH (now KNBC) TV channel 4 in Los Angeles, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast |
1949 |
WTOP (now WUSA) TV channel 9 in Washington, DC (CBS) 1st broadcast |
1950 |
Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands recognize Israel |
1951 |
Viet Minh offensive against Hanoi |
1951 |
World's largest gas pipeline opens (Brownsville Tx, to 134th St, NYC) |
1952 |
New Dutch bible translation finished |
1952 |
US Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary |
1953 |
27th Australian Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beat J Sampson (6-3 6-2) |
1953 |
41st Australian Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Mervyn Rose (6-0 6-3 6-4) |
1953 |
Egyptian Premier Gen Naguib disbands all political parties |
1953 |
KXLY TV channel 4 in Spokane, WA (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting |
1954 |
"South Pacific" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 1928 performances |
1955 |
Jackie Pung wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open |
1955 |
NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-19 |
1956 |
Egyptian pres Nasser pledges to reconquer Palestine |
1957 |
3 B-52s leave California for 1st non-stop round world flights |
1957 |
Cavern Club opens on Matthews Street in Liverpool, England, home of The Beatles' 1st appearance |
1958 |
William Gibson's "Two for the Seesaw," premieres in NYC |
1961 |
"Conquering Hero" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 8 performances |
1961 |
Russian espionage ring detected in Great Britain |
1962 |
Shooting begins on "Dr No" |
1962 |
Suit accuses NYC Board of Education uses "racial quotas" |
1963 |
Khrushchev claims to have a 100-megaton nuclear bomb |
1963 |
Tennessee Williams' "Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore," premieres |
1964 |
"Hello, Dolly!" opens at St James Theater NYC for 2,844 performances |
1964 |
AL owners vote 9-1 against Charlie Finley moving KC A's to Louisville |
1965 |
"Oh What a Lovely War" closes at Broadhurst NYC after 125 performances |
1965 |
"Outer Limits" last airs on ABC-TV |
1965 |
AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-14 |
1965 |
Searchers' "Love Potion #9" peaks at #3 |
1965 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1966 |
Harold R Perry becomes 2nd black Roman Catholic bishop in US |
1966 |
Metropolitan Opera House opens in Lincoln Center |
1967 |
1st black government installed in Bahamas |
1967 |
Lucius Amerson, becomes 1st southern (Ala) black sheriff in 20th cent |
1968 |
21st NHL All-Star Game: Toronto beat All-Stars 4-3 at Toronto |
1968 |
Jay Allen's "Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," premieres in NYC |
1968 |
The Youth International Party is founded. |
1969 |
Soviet Soyuz 4 & Soyuz 5 perform 1st transfer of crew in space |
1970 |
Col Kadhaffi becomes premier of Libya |
1970 |
Curt Flood files a civil lawsuit challenging baseball's reserve clause |
1970 |
NFL realigns into 3 divisions (down from 4) |
1970 |
AAU player Steve Myers makes a basketball field goal of 92'3½" from out of bounds, Tacoma-it shouldn't have counted, but was allowed |
1970 |
Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects. |
1971 |
Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (1:58.7) |
1972 |
Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes European all-round lady skating champ |
1972 |
Super Bowl VI: Dallas Cowboys-24, Miami-3 in New Orleans Super Bowl MVP: Roger Staubach, Dallas, QB |
1973 |
NBC presents 440th & final showing of "Bonanza" |
1973 |
USSR's Lunakhod 2 begins radio-controlled exploration of Moon |
1974 |
"Jaws" by Peter Benchley is published |
1974 |
L A Landslide kills 9, Canyonville, Oregon |
1976 |
"Donny & Marie" [Osmond] musical variety show premieres on ABC TV |
1976 |
Peter Frampton released platinum live album "Frampton Comes Alive" |
1977 |
Cap's H Monahan scored on 2nd penalty shot against Islanders |
1978 |
5th American Music Award: Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac & C Twitty |
1978 |
Soyuz 27 returns to Earth |
1979 |
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran for Egypt during the Iranian Revolution |
1979 |
Shah leaves Iran on vacation, never to return; Bakhtiar government established by the Shah to preside until unrest subsides |
1980 |
Paul McCartney jailed in Tokyo for 10 days on marijuana possession |
1981 |
Boxer Leon Spinks is mugged, his assailants even took his gold teeth |
1981 |
John Lennon releases "Woman" in UK |
1981 |
Protestant gunmen shoot & wound Bernadette Devlin McAliskey & husband |
1981 |
Ivan Lendl intentionally loses a match in Volvo Masters in order to avoid having to play Bjorn Borg |
1984 |
11th American Music Award: Pat Benatar & Michael Jackson win |
1984 |
Paul & Linda McCartney arrested in Barbados-possession of cannabis |
1985 |
"Playboy" announces end of stapling centerfolds |
1986 |
Police arrested 3 IRA-terrorists in Amsterdam |
1986 |
First meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force. |
1988 |
4th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins |
1988 |
Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder fired from CBS for racial remarks |
1988 |
NFL St Louis Cardinals announce move to Phoenix |
1989 |
Police arrest writer Vaclav Havel in Prague |
1989 |
USSR announces plan for 2-yr manned mission to Mars |
1989 |
5th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins |
1990 |
2 Bank of Credit & Commerce members plea guilty to money laundering |
1991 |
7th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins |
1991 |
US & 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait (US time) |
1992 |
"2 Shakespearean Actors" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 29 performances |
1994 |
Scott skates world record 1000m (1:12.54) |
1995 |
UPN (Universal-Parmount Network) begins telecasting (WWOR in NYC) |
1997 |
Anthony Stuart takes ODI hat-trick, Aus v Pakistan, MCG |
2001 |
Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards. |
2001 |
US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish-American War. |
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 |
The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry. |
2006 |
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state. |
2013 |
24 people are dead after three car bombs exploded in Idlib Governorate, Syria |
2013 |
A four day occupation of an Algerian BP facility by Amenas militants begins, killing 48 hostages |
2013 |
25 people are killed after an apartment block collapses in Alexandria, Egypt |
2016 |
12 Marines missing after helicopters collide off Hawaii |
2016 |
Burkina Faso terror: Security forces raid besieged hotel, free 63 hostages |
2016 |
Drug trial participant brain dead, 5 others hospitalized in France |
2016 |
Patriots to 5th Straight AFC Title Game, Beat Chiefs 27-20 |
2016 |
Federal Emergency Is Declared in Flint, MI Over Contaminated Water |
2016 |
Iran Complies With Nuclear Deal; Sanctions Are Lifted |
2016 |
12 Marines missing after helicopters collide off Hawaii |
2016 |
Burkina Faso terror: Security forces raid besieged hotel, free 63 hostages |
2017 |
At Least 30 Dead After Turkish Cargo Plane Crashes in Kyrgyzstan |
2017 |
South Korea Prosecutor Seeks Arrest of Samsung Group Leader in Bribery Case |
2017 |
Eight billionaires 'as rich as world's poorest half' |
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