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Birthday January 16, 1853 Andre Michelin, French industrialist and tire manufacturer |
Birthday January 16, 1874 Robert Service, Canadian poet (Cremation of Sam McGee) |
Birthday January 16, 1894 Guy Chamberlin, early NFL end and coach |
Birthday January 16, 1909 Ethel Merman, everythings coming up roses |
Birthday January 16, 1911 Dizzy Dean, baseball player (St Louis Cardinals) |
Birthday January 16, 1924 Katy Jurado, in Mexico |
Birthday January 16, 1929 Allard Lowenstein, Students for Democratic Action |
Birthday January 16, 1930 Norman Podhoretz, author |
Birthday January 16, 1933 Oleg G Makarov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12 & 18-1 & 27 & T-3) |
Birthday January 16, 1934 Marilyn Horne, in Pennsylvania |
Birthday January 16, 1935 A.J. Foyt, auto race driver |
History January 16, 1777 Vermont declares independence from NY |
History January 16, 1780 British demonstrate naval supremacy in The Moonlight Battle |
History January 16, 1847 Fremont appointed Governor of California |
History January 16, 1861 Crittenden Compromise is killed in Senate |
History January 16, 1865 SF Dramatic Chronicle started |
History January 16, 1870 Virginia readmitted to US after Civil War |
History January 16, 1883 Pendleton Act creates basis of federal civil service system |
History January 16, 1887 Cliff House damaged when schooner "Parallel"'s powder cargo explodes |
History January 16, 1909 David Mawson & Mackay reach south magnetic pole |
History January 16, 1916 Montenegro capitulates to Austro-Hungarian forces |
History January 16, 1920 18th Amendment prohibition went into effect; repealed in 1933 |
History January 16, 1936 The Moon Maniac |
History January 16, 1938 William Pickering pioneer American stellar spectroscopist dies |
History January 16, 1938 Benny Goodman brings jazz to Carnegie Hall |
History January 16, 1942 Carole Lombard killed in plane crash |
History January 16, 1945 Hitler descends into his bunker |
History January 16, 1956 Egyptian President Nassar pledges to reconquer Palestine |
History January 16, 1964 Johnson approves Oplan 34A |
History January 16, 1969 Agreement to open peace talks reached |
History January 16, 1969 Soviet Soyuz 4 & Soyuz 5 perform 1st transfer of crew in space |
History January 16, 1970 Curt Flood files historic lawsuit against Major League Baseball |
History January 16, 1973 USSR's Lunakhod begins radio-controlled exploration of moon |
History January 16, 1977 Cap's H Monahan scored on 2nd penalty shot against Islanders |
History January 16, 1978 Soyuz 27 returns to Earth |
History January 16, 1979 Shah flees Iran |
History January 16, 1979 Iranian revolution overthrows shah |
History January 16, 1990 Soviets send troops into Azerbaijan |
History January 16, 1991 The Persian Gulf War begins |
History January 16, 1991 Bush waits for deadline in Iraq |
History January 16, 1995 Avalanches bury buses in Kashmir |
History January 16, 1997 Entertainer Bill Cosby's son murdered along CA interstate |
History January 16, 2013 Pauline Phillips, the original Dear Abby, dies at 94 |