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What happened in history on this day: January 16?
On January 16 in ...
- 308 - Saint Marcellus I dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 429 - Honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies.
- 1219 - Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm, 1,000s killed.
- 1325 - Laure de Noves, beloved of Petrarch, marries Hugues de Sade.
- 1343 - Robert of Anjou king (Naples), dies.
- 1493 - Columbus returns to Spain on his first trip.
- 1531 - English Reformation parliament's second sitting.
- 1547 - Ivan IV the Terrible (age 17) crowns himself first tsar of Russia.
- 1556 - Emperor Karel appoints his son Philip II, king of Spain.
- 1581 - English parliament passes laws against Catholicism.
- 1587 - Birth of Alexander Adriaenssen Flemish painter.
- 1595 - Murad III sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies.
- 1605 - First publication of book Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes.
- 1672 - Birth of Francesco Mancini composer.
- 1697 - Birth of Richard Savage poet.
- 1697 - Richard Savage poet, dies.
- 1728 - Birth of Niccolò Piccinni Italian composer (Buona Figliuola).
- 1749 - Birth of Vittoria A Alfieri Italian count/poet (Maria Stuarda).
- 1756 - Neutrality Convention of Prussia with England signed at Westminster.
- 1757 - Birth of Samuel McIntire woodcarver/architect (architect of Salem).
- 1759 - British Museum opens in London.
- 1765 - Charles Messier catalogs M41 (galactic cluster in Canis Major).
- 1776 - Continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks.
- 1777 - Vermont declares independence from New York.
- 1780 - Battle at Cape Saint Vincent: English Admiral George Rodney beats Spanish fleet.
- 1794 - Death of Edward Gibbon at age 56 in London, England; historian (Decline and Fall).
- 1795 - French army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht, Netherlands.
- 1807 - Birth of Charles Henry Davis; Rear Admiral (Union Navy) (dies 1877).
- 1815 - Birth of Henry Wagner "Old Brains" Halleck; US Major-General (Union Army).
- 1819 - Godert baron van der de Capellen becomes Governor of Dutch-Indies.
- 1820 - Birth of Johannes Rebmann in Gerlingen, Germany; missionary and explorer in Africa.
- 1825 - A meteorite falls in Oriang, India, killing one man and injuring one woman.
- 1834 - Birth of Albert Lindley Lee; US Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (dies 1907).
- 1837 - Birth of James Phillip Simms; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1887).
- 1838 - Birth of Franz Brentano in Marienberg, Germany; professor of philosophy and theology; priest of the Roman Catholic Church.
- 1847 - Birth of Kálmán Mikszáth in Hungary; writer (Wonderparaplu).
- 1853 - Birth of André Michelin in France; industrialist/tire manufacturer (Michelin).
- 1853 - Birth of Johnston Forbes-Robertson; English actor/theater director (Kathleen).
- 1864 - Anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at age 68.
- 1864 - Birth of Frank Bacon; actor/author (Lightnin).
- 1865 - Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Fort Fisher, North Carolina, 40 die.
- 1865 - USA Army General William Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for blacks).
- 1868 - Refrigerator rail car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
- 1870 - Birth of Wilhelm Normann; German chemist (hardening of oils).
- 1872 - Birth of Edward G Craig; actor/director (On the art of theatre).
- 1874 - Birth of Robert Service in England; Canadian poet (Cremation of Sam McGee).
- 1877 - Color organ (for light shows) is patented, by Bainbridge Bishop.
- 1878 - Birth of Harry [Henry Dewitt] Carey in Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Informer, Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force).
- 1878 - Birth of Robert Garbe; German poet (Görniek).
- 1883 - Pendleton Act creates basis of US Civil Service system.
- 1883 - Québec Rugby Football Union forms.
- 1885 - Birth of Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz; president of Poland (1939-40).
- 1887 - Birth of John Hamilton in Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Perry White - Superman).
- 1887 - Cliff House, San Francisco, damaged when schooner Parallel's powder cargo explodes.
- 1889 - In Cloncurry, Queensland, an Australian record hot temperature of 128 degrees F (53 degrees C) is recorded.
- 1890 - Birth of Lloyd Bacon in San Jose, California, USA; actor (Charlie Chaplin).
- 1891 - Leo Delibes, French ballet composer (Lakmé), dies at age 54.
- 1892 - Imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies.
- 1893 - Birth of Henry C Rümke; Dutch psychiatrist (Periods in Man's Life).
- 1894 - Birth of Guy Chamberlin; early NFL end/coach (Canton Bulldogs, Frankford Yellow Jackets, Chicago Cardinals).
- 1901 - Birth of Fulgencio Batista; President/dictator of Cuba (1933-44, 1952-59).
- 1902 - Birth of Eric Liddell in China; English 400m runner (Olympics-gold-1924).
- 1906 - Birth of Diana Winyard in London, England; actress (Cavalcade).
- 1906 - Conference of Algeciras (about Morocco).
- 1907 - Alfred Shaw, cricket player (seven Tests for England 1877-82), dies.
- 1907 - Birth of Alexander Knox in London, Ontario, Canada; actor (US President Woodrow Wilson - Wilson film (1944), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy TV series, Gorky Park, Two of a Kind).
- 1908 - Birth of Ethel Merman; stage and screen actress (Anything Goes, Call Me Madam).
- 1908 - Pinnacles National Monument is established in California.
- 1909 - British explorer Ernest Shackleton finds magnetic south pole.
- 1909 - David, Mawson and Mackay reach south magnetic pole.
- 1909 - Birth of Ethel Merman AKA Ethel Zimmerman in Astoria, New York, USA; Tony-winning singer/actress (Hollywood Palace TV show, Toast of the Town TV show, Shower of Stars TV show, Batman, Tarzan, and The Love Boat) (dies 1984).
- 1910 - Birth of David McCampbell; US pilot/captain (WWII-Pacific-downed 34 Japanese planes).
- 1911 - Birth of Eduardo Frei; President of Chile (Christian Democrat, 1964-70).
- 1911 - Birth of Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean; Hall of Fame baseball pitcher (Saint Louis Cardinals).
- 1911 - Pandora becomes first two-man sailboat to round Cape Horn west to east.
- 1912 - Birth of Franz Tumler in Austria; author/novelist (Cloak, Aufruf).
- 1913 - British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule for Ireland.
- 1914 - Birth of Roger Aubert in Belgium; church historian (Le Pontificat de Pie IX).
- 1916 - Arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at age 57.
- 1917 - Birth of Buddy Lester in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Nick - The Phil Silvers Show).
- 1917 - The German minister, Arthur Zimmermann, sends a telegram through the German ambassador in Washington to the German ambassador in Mexico offering Mexico an alliance against the United States. He proposes that Mexico will be assisted in retaking Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. The telegram is intercepted and decoded by British intelligence and given to President Woodrow Wilson.
- 1919 - Birth of Bob Boucher in Kent, Ohio, USA; orchestra leader (Music on Ice).
- 1919 - The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting the "manufacture, sale, or transportation" of alcohol, is ratified by required three-quarters of the states.
- 1920 - US 18th Amendment, prohibition, becomes the law of the land - one year after ratification; it is repealed in 1933.
- 1920 - First assembly of League of Nations (Paris, France).
- 1920 - Birth of Elliot Reid in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, New Dick Van Dyke Show, Disneyland, radio's Suspense).
- 1920 - Georgia declares independence.
- 1923 - Birth of Martin Stokken in Norway; nordic relay (Olympics-silver-1952).
- 1923 - Birth of Roy Lanham; rocker (Sons of the Pioneers).
- 1923 - Birth of Willem Aantjes; Dutch political leader (CDA).
- 1924 - Birth of Katy Jurado in México; actress (High Noon, Trapeze, Barabbas, AKA Pablo).
- 1925 - Leon Trotsky dismissed as CEO of Russian Revolution Military Council.
- 1925 - General M Froense replaces Leon Trotsky as People's Commissioner of Defense.
- 1929 - Birth of Allard Lowenstein; radical (Students for Democratic Action).
- 1929 - Birth of Francesco Scavullo in Staten Island, New York, USA; celebrity photographer.
- 1930 - Birth of Norman Podhoretz in Brooklyn, New York, USA; author/editor (New York Post).
- 1931 - Birth of Johannes Rau; President of Germany (dies 2006).
- 1931 - Donald Bradman scores 223 Australia versus West Indies, 297 minutes, 26 fours.
- 1932 - Birth of Dian Fossey; zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist).
- 1932 - Birth of Jim Berry; cartoonist (Berry's World).
- 1933 - Bert Oldfield flattened by Larwood delivery in Adelaide cricket Test.
- 1933 - Birth of Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov in USSR; cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, 18A, 27, T-3).
- 1934 - Birth of Bill Alexander; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Arkansas, 1969-).
- 1935 - Birth of A J Foyt in Houston, Texas, USA; auto race driver (Indy 500 1961, 1964, 1967, 1977).
- 1936 - First photo-finish camera installed at Hialeah Race track in Hialeah, Florida, USA.
- 1936 - Birth of Michael White; theater/film producer (From Russia With Love).
- 1936 - Screen Actors Guild incorporates with King Vidor as president.
- 1936 - Spanish socialists/communists/anarchists form Unidad Popular.
- 1937 - Birth of Bob Bogle in Portland, Oregon, USA; rock bassist/guitarist (The Ventures - Batman theme).
- 1937 - Birth of Conny Vandenbos; Dutch singer ("My rose, my little rose").
- 1937 - German cardinals and bishops meet with the ailing Pope, Pius XI seeking help in withstanding the aggression of the Nazi party. Pius XI agrees to issue an encyclical on the plight of the Church in Germany.
- 1938 - Birth of Michael Pataki in Youngstown, Ohio, USA; actor (Get Christie Love).
- 1939 - Albert Fish, mass murderer, executed.
- 1939 - Comic strip Superman debuts in the USA.
- 1941 - Birth of Richard Bohringer in Paris, France; actor (Diva, I Married a Shadow).
- 1941 - Birth of Tÿmen G J "Tim" Beekman; actor (Nosferatu).
- 1941 - US vice admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor.
- 1941 - War Department forms first Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets.
- 1942 - Barbara Lynn [Ozen], US singer ("You'll Lose a Good Thing"), dies.
- 1942 - Birth of Bill Francis in Mobile, Alabama, USA; rocker (Dr Hook).
- 1942 - Birth of Tony P Hall; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Ohio, 1979-).
- 1942 - Carole Lombard, actress (Bolero), is killed in a plane crash (along with her mother and 20 others) at age 33.
- 1942 - William Knudsen becomes first civilian appointed a General in US army.
- 1943 - -60 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record).
- 1943 - First US air raid on Ambon.
- 1943 - Franz Courtens, Flemish painter (Sunny Lane), dies at age 88.
- 1943 - German 2nd SS-Panzer division evacuates Charkow.
- 1943 - Soviet Red Army recaptures Pitomnik airport at Stalingrad.
- 1944 - Birth of Jim Stafford in Eloise, Florida, USA; singer ("Spiders and Snakes", "My Girl Bill").
- 1944 - Birth of Ronnie Milsap in Robbinsville, North Carolina, USA; country singer ("Any Day Now", "Legend in My Time").
- 1945 - Birth of Kabir Bedi; actor (Thief of Baghdad, Terminal Entry).
- 1945 - Dennis Donnini, British rifleman (Victoria Cross), dies in battle at age 19.
- 1945 - Carl Karcher opens his first restaurant, Carl's Drive-In Barbeque in Los Angeles, California.
- 1945 - Scottish 52nd land division/1st Commando brigade-assault at Heinsberg.
- 1945 - US 1st and 3rd army meet at Houffalise.
- 1945 - End of the "Battle of the Bulge". The Battle of the Bulge was a last desperate attempt by German forces to break the Allied front in the west and turn the tide of World War II.
- 1946 - Birth of Michael L Coats in Sacramento, California, USA; Captain US Navy/astronaut (STS 41-D, 29, 39).
- 1946 - Johanna HC Albregt, actress/wife of Henri Dons (Paradise), dies at age 71.
- 1947 - Birth of Dr. Laura Schlessinger in Brooklyn, New York, USA; TV/radio host/author (Go take on the day).
- 1947 - Birth of Georgette Mosbacher; CEO (La Prairie cosmetics).
- 1947 - Birth of Juliet Berto in Grenoble, France; actress (Le Sex Shop).
- 1947 - Vincent Aurial elected President of France.
- 1948 - 35 Haganah members are ambushed and killed in Gush Etzyon.
- 1948 - Birth of Anatoli Yakovlevich Solovyov in Riga, Latvia; cosmonaut (TM-5,9,15,26, STS 71).
- 1948 - Birth of Christopher Moran; English financier/multi-millionaire.
- 1948 - Birth of Cliff Thorburn in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; champion snooker player.
- 1948 - Birth of John Carpenter in Carthage, New York, USA; director (Halloween, The Thing).
- 1950 - Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands recognize Israel.
- 1950 - Birth of Caroline Munro in Windsor, England; actress (The Spy Who Loved Me).
- 1950 - Birth of Debbie Allen in Houston, Texas, USA; dancer/actress (3 Girls 3, Lydia - Fame).
- 1950 - Death of Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach near Salzburg, Austria; married the heiress of the Krupp family (steel and arms), Bertha Krupp, and gained control of Krupp Industries.
- 1951 - Birth of Richard Thompson; rocker (BT Express - "Here Comes the Express").
- 1951 - Viet Minh offensive against Hanoi, Vietnam.
- 1951 - World's largest gas pipeline opens (Brownsville, Texas, to 134th Street, New York City, New York).
- 1952 - Birth of Lloyd Blaine Hammond Junior in Savannah, Georgia, USA; Major US Air Force/astronaut (STS 39, 64).
- 1952 - Birth of Roberta Baskin in New York, USA; correspondent (48 Hours).
- 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 General Naguib disbands all political parties.
- 1954 - South Pacific closes at Majestic Theater in New York City, New York after 1928 performances.
- 1954 - Michail M Prishvin, Russian writer, dies.
- 1955 - Birth of Jerry M Linenger in Mount Clemens, Michigan, USA; PhD/Commander US Navy/astronaut (STS 81/84).
- 1955 - Jackie Pung wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open.
- 1955 - Jonkheer Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch minister (1908-13), dies at age 94.
- 1955 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-19.
- 1956 - Birth of Wayne Daniel; cricket player (West Indies fast bowler 1976-84).
- 1956 - Egyptian President Nassar pledges to reconquer Palestine.
- 1957 - Alexander Cambridge, Governor-General (South Africa 1923-31 / Canada 1940-45), dies at age 82.
- 1957 - Death of Arturo Toscanini of natural causes at age 89 in New York City, New York, USA; classical conductor (NBC Symphony Orchestra on radio and TV from 1937 to 1954).
- 1959 - Birth of Sadé [Helen Folsade Ady] in Ibadan, Nigeria; rocker ("Smooth Operator", "Sweetest Taboo"; Grammy 1986-Best new singer).
- 1961 - Russian espionage ring detected in Great Britain.
- 1962 - Birth of Jan Koster; Dutch drummer (Sleeze Beez - "Powertool").
- 1962 - Birth of Kevin Ross; NFL safety (Atlanta Falcons, Kansas City Chiefs).
- 1962 - Birth of Paul Webb; bassist (Talk Talk).
- 1962 - Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at age 77.
- 1963 - Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev claims to have a 100-megaton nuclear bomb.
- 1964 - Hello, Dolly! starring Carol Channing, opens at Saint James Theater in New York City, New York for 2,844 performances.
- 1964 - American League owners vote 9-1 against Charlie Finley moving Kansas City Athletics to Louisville, Kentucky.
- 1964 - Birth of Gail Graham in Vanderhoof, British Columbia, Canada; LPGA golfer (1995 Fieldcrest Cannon).
- 1964 - Birth of Mark Collins; NFL cornerback/safety (New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers).
- 1964 - Birth of Trevor Barsby; cricket player (Queensland opening batsman since 1984-85).
- 1965 - ABC-TV airs the sci-fi series Outer Limits for the last time.
- 1965 - AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-14.
- 1965 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk.
- 1966 - Birth of Maxine Jones; singer (En Vogue).
- 1966 - Birth of Anthony Washington in Glasgow, Montana, USA; discus thrower (Olympics-4th-1996).
- 1966 - Birth of Jack McDowell in Van Nuys, California, USA; pitcher (New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians).
- 1967 - Birth of Jeff Branson in Waynesboro, Michigan, USA; infielder (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1967 - Birth of Maxine Waters Jones; rocker (En Vogue).
- 1967 - Dirk Vansina, Flemish playwright (Sage of Kai-Roi), dies at age 72.
- 1967 - Robert J Van De Graaff, US nuclear physicist, dies at age 65.
- 1968 - 21st NHL All-Star Game: Toronto Maple Leafs beat All-Stars 4-3 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- 1968 - Birth of David Chokachi; actor (Baywatch).
- 1968 - Zambia changes its currency from pound-shilling-pence to kwacha-ngwee, exchanged at 2 for 1 ratio. new coins are 1 and 2 ngwee in bronze, and 5, 10, 20 ngwee in copper-nickel.
- 1968 - Robert R "Bob" Jones, founder (Bob Jones University), dies at age 84.
- 1969 - Birth of Chelan Kozak in Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada; equestrian (Olympics-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Roy Jones in Pensacola, Florida, USA; light-middleweight boxer (Olympics-silver-1988).
- 1969 - Jan Palach, protesting Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, self immolates at age 20.
- 1969 - US President signs executive order establishing the Meritorious Service Medal.
- 1970 - Amateur Athletic Union player Steve Myers makes a basketball field goal of 92 feet 3.5 inches from out of bounds, in Tacoma, Washington - it shouldn't have counted, but was allowed.
- 1970 - Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Djinak-djinak merpati), dies at age 61.
- 1970 - Birth of Don MacLean; NBA forward (New Jersey Nets, Denver Nuggets).
- 1970 - Birth of Ron Villone in Englewood, New Jersey, USA; pitcher (San Diego Padres).
- 1970 - Colonel Kadhaffi becomes premier of Libya.
- 1970 - Curt Flood files a civil lawsuit challenging baseball's reserve clause.
- 1970 - NFL re-aligns into three divisions (down from four).
- 1971 - Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (1:58.7).
- 1971 - Birth of Josh Evans, actor (Ricochet, The Doors).
- 1971 - Birth of Jukka-Pekka Nummi; WLAF cornerback (Scottish Claymores).
- 1971 - Birth of Junior Bryant; NFL defensive end (San Francisco 49ers).
- 1971 - Birth of Michel Kreek; Dutch soccer player (Ajax).
- 1971 - Birth of Scott Williams in Orange, California, USA; field hockey defender (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Ulrich van Gobbel; Suriname/Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord).
- 1971 - Kermit Maynard, cowboy actor (Saturday Roundup), dies at age 68.
- 1972 - Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes European all-round lady skating champ.
- 1972 - Birth of Desiree Leipham in Spokane, Washington, USA; WPVA volleyball player (Nationals-17th-1995).
- 1972 - Birth of Joe Horn; wide receiver (Kansas City Chiefs).
- 1972 - Birth of Lee McIntyre in Peak Hill, Australia; golfer (T3 1995 New South Wales Trainee Champ).
- 1972 - Death of David Seville AKA Ross Bagdasarian at age 52 of a heart attack in Beverly Hills, California, USA; voice actor (Alvin and the Chipmunks), songwriter ("The Chipmunk Song", "Come on-a My House", "Witch Doctor" (1958)).
- 1972 - Super Bowl VI: Dallas Cowboys-24, Miami-3 in New Orleans; Most Valuable Player: Roger Staubach, Quarterback.
- 1973 - Birth of Josie Davis in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Sarah - Charles in Charge).
- 1973 - Birth of Mario Bates; NFL-running back (New Orleans Saints).
- 1973 - Birth of Willie Whitehead; Canadian Football League defensive end (Hamilton Tiger Cats).
- 1973 - NBC airs the last Bonanza western TV show. A total of 440 episodes aired since 1959.
- 1973 - Ray Barrett, sportscaster (Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at age 65.
- 1973 - USSR's Lunakhod 2 begins radio-controlled exploration of the Moon.
- 1973 - Death of Clara Ward at age 48 after a series of strokes in Los Angeles, California, USA; composer, arranger, lyricist, singer (Ward Singers, Ward Trio, The Famous Ward Singers, Consecrated Family Gospel Singers, "How I Got Over" song, "Packin' Up" song).
- 1974 - Jaws novel by Peter Benchley is published.
- 1974 - Birth of Kate Moss in Addiscomb, Surrey, England; model (Calvin Klein).
- 1974 - New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1975 - The NBC TV network airs the last Ironside TV show in the USA. 120 episodes aired over eight years.
- 1976 - ABC-TV premieres the one-hour music variety show Donny and Marie, hosted by brother and sister team, Donny and Marie Osmond.
- 1976 - Birth of Trisha Stillwell; Miss Oklahoma-USA (1997, top 10).
- 1976 - Peter Frampton releases live album "Frampton Comes Alive".
- 1977 - Washington Capitals' H Monahan scores on second penalty shot against New York Islanders.
- 1978 - 5th American Music Awards: Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac and Conway Twitty.
- 1978 - Soyuz 27 returns to Earth.
- 1979 - In Iran, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurs.
- 1979 - Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran flees Iran with his family, relocating to Egypt after a year of turmoil.
- 1979 - Ted Cassidy of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor (Lurch - Addams Family), dies at age 46 (born 1932).
- 1980 - Birth of Michelle Wild; Hungarian actress.
- 1980 - Birth of Albert Pujols; Dominican Major League Baseball player.
- 1980 - Anna van Wageningen-Salomons, Dutch author (Unspoilt Dream), dies at age 94.
- 1981 - Birth of Nick Valensi; guitarist (The Strokes).
- 1981 - Boxer Leon Spinks is mugged, his assailants even take his gold teeth.
- 1981 - Ivan Lendl intentionally loses a match in the Volvo Masters in order to avoid having to play Björn Borg.
- 1981 - Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette Devlin McAliskey and her husband.
- 1981 - Bernard Lee, actor ("M" in James Bond movies), dies at age 73.
- 1983 - Birth of Emanuel Pogatetz; Austrian football player.
- 1984 - 11th annual American Music Awards. Some winners:
- Favorite Pop Male Vocalist: Michael Jackson;
- Favorite Soul Male Vocalist: Michael Jackson;
- Best Pop Album: Michael Jackson for "Thriller";
- Best Soul Album: Michael Jackson for "Thriller";
- Best Pop Video: Michael Jackson for "Beat It";
- Best Soul Video: Michael Jackson for "Beat It";
- Best Pop Song: Michael Jackson for "Billie Jean".
- 1986 - Birth of Mason Gamble; actor (Dennis the Menace).
- 1986 - Police arrest three Irish Republican Army-terrorists in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- 1987 - Leon Cordero, president of Ecuador, is kidnapped by followers of imprisoned General Frank Vargas Pazzos, who successfully demand his release. The Presdident is released after 12 hours capticity when the Vice President orders the release of Pazzos.
- 1987 - Earl Wilson, Broadway columnist (Midnight Earl), dies in Yonkers at age 79.
- 1987 - Joyce Jameson, comedienne (Spike Jones Show), dies at age 54.
- 1988 - 4th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins.
- 1988 - Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder fired from CBS-TV for racial remarks.
- 1988 - NFL Saint Louis Cardinals announce move to Phoenix, Arizona.
- 1989 - Pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at age 82.
- 1989 - Police arrest writer Vaclav Havel in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
- 1989 - Romo Vincent, actor (Naked Jungle), dies.
- 1989 - Trey Wilson, actor (Bull Durham, Twins, Raising Arizona), dies.
- 1989 - USSR announces plan for two-year manned mission to Mars.
- 1989 - (to January 18) Race riots occur in Overtown, Miami, Florida.
- 1990 - Two Bank of Credit and Commerce members plea guilty to money laundering.
- 1991 - 7th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins.
- 1991 - U.S. serial killer Aileen Wuornos confesses to the murders of six men.
- 1992 - El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign a pact in Mexico City ending a 12-year civil war that claimed at least 75,000 lives.
- 1993 - Florence Desmond [Dawson], actress (Sally in Our Alley), dies at age 87.
- 1993 - Glenn Corbett, US actor (Shenandoah, Chisum, Midway), dies at age 63.
- 1993 - Sathasivam Krishnakumar, Sri Lanka commander, commits suicide.
- 1994 - Martin Kosleck, German/US actor (Hitler Gang), dies at age 86.
- 1994 - Noël Foré, Belgian cyclist (Paris-Roubaix 1959), dies at age 61.
- 1994 - Scott skates world record 1000m (1:12.54).
- 1994 - Stephen Kritsick, veterinarian (Good Morning America), dies at age 42.
- 1994 - In Pennsylvania, a magnitude 4.6 earthquake occurs. Felt throughout southeastern Pennsylvania and as far as Baltimore, Maryland and New York City. Also felt at Toronto, Canada.
- 1995 - UPN (Universal-Parmount Network) begins telecasting.
- 1995 - An avalanche hits the village Súðavík in Iceland, killing 14 people.
- 1996 - Wayne Newton performs his 25,000th show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- 1997 - Anthony Stuart takes ODI hat-trick, Australia versus Pakistan, Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1997 - Ennis Cosby, the 29-year-old only son of actor Bill Cosby, is killed by a gunman while changing a flat tire in Los Angeles, California.
- 1997 - Jim Kensil, NFL president (New York Jets), dies of heart failure at age 66.
- 1997 - Microsoft ships Microsoft Office 97 application suite for Windows. It includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook. Standard version price is US$499; upgrade price is US$209. Professional version price is US$599; upgrade price is US$309.
- 1998 - 400-foot bulk carrier Flare breaks in two off Newfoundland in heavy seas; 21 crew die.
- 1998 - NASA announces that John Glenn, age 76, will return to space when the Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off in October.
- 2000 - In Sacramento, California, a commercial truck carrying evaporated milk is driven into the State Capitol building, killing the driver.
- 2001 - US President Bill Clinton awards former US President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service during the Spanish-American War. Eleven of Roosevelt's descendants accept the honor on his behalf.
- 2001 - Death of Laurent-Désiré Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (born 1939).
- 2002 - A student shoots six people at the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Virginia, killing three.
- 2002 - U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft announces that American Taliban member John Walker Lindh will be tried in the United States.
- 2002 - The United Nations Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and freezes the assets of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida, and the Taliban.
- 2002 - Death of Michael Bilandic, Mayor of Chicago (born 1923).
- 2003 - Sony announces it has shipped over 50 million PlayStation 2 systems worldwide to date.
- 2004 - The Estonian government decides to join the European exchange rate mechanism on May 1.
- 2005 - Adriana Iliescu gives birth at age 66, the oldest woman in the world to do so.
- 2005 - Armed militants kill one person and wound eight people in the Gush Katif settlement, Gaza Strip.
- 2006 - NASA launches the New Horizons spacecraft from Florida, on a mission to rendezvous Pluto and its Moon Charon.
- 2007 - In Scottsdale, Arizona, the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction is held, over six days. A 1967 silver Corvette coupe, the last Sting Ray built, sells for US$600,000.
- 2008 - In Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Oracle Corp announces it will acquire BEA Systems for US$8.5 billion in cash.
- 2008 - Death of Nikola Kljusev, Macedonian Prime Minister (born 1927).
- 2009 - Longtime CBC Vancouver announcer Dan McAfee ("Dr. Bundolo") dies at age 73.
- 2009 - Bank of America is rescued by the U.S. government with a US$20 billion bailout and a guarantee for almost $100 billion of potential losses on toxic assets.
- 2009 - The Slovak koruna currency ceases to be legal tender.
- 2013 - (to January 20) Thirty-nine international workers and one security guard die in a hostage crisis at a natural gas facility near In Aménas, Algeria.
- 2016 - The International Atomic Energy Agency announces that Iran has adequately dismantled its nuclear weapons program, allowing the United Nations to lift sanctions immediately.
- 2016 - The Republic of China (Taiwan) presidential election is won by Tsai Ing-wen of Democratic Progressive Party, with 56 percent of votes, winning 68 of 113 seats in parliament.
- 2016 - Sanctions against Iran are lifted.
- 2020 - In the People's Republic of China, transport into and out of Wuhan city is cut off.
- 2020 - The first impeachment trial of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, begins in the U.S. Senate.
- 2022 - Death of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta at age 76; President of Mali (2013-2022), Prime Minister of Mali (1994-2000).
- 2023 - Death of Gina Lollobrigida at age 95; model, actor (Queen of Sheba - Solomon and Sheba movie, Esmeralda - The Hunchback of Notre Dame movie, Bread, Love and Dreams movie, The Wayward Wife movie, Woman of Rome movie, Trapeze movie (1956), Beat the Devil movie (1953)).
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Bookmark this URL: http://kpolsson.com/thisday/ and revisit each day.
(this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events)
Or, visit my Timelines of History page.
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