January 16: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

January 16th marks the 16th day of the Gregorian calendar year. There are 349 days remaining until the end of the year (or 350 days in case of leap years). People born on this day are under the sign of Capricorn. Famous birthdays on this day include Kate Moss (1974), Aaliyah (1979) and Sade Adu (1959).
But much more happened on January 16 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

National Religious Freedom Day in the United States, to commemorate the adoption of Thomas Jefferson's landmark Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in 1786
Teacher's Day in Thailand

Events

2019 Manbij bombing: A suicide attack by ISIL in Manbij, Syria causes at least 19 deaths. Two U.S. soldiers, one Pentagon Civilian and a civilian contractor were among the casualties. Three other Service members were also reported to have been wounded.
2018 Aftermath of the Caracas helicopter accident: Yesterday's firefight between the Venezuelan Army and the Venezuelan Government resulted in Oscar Perez being killed. Perez's family killed two police officers, seven members of his group, and six other members.
2017 Syrian Civil War: Deir ez-Zor Offensive (January-February 2017: ISIL's third attack on the Syrian government's forces within the city of Deir ez-Zor reportedly divides the government-held area in half. According to the government, the attack involves approximately 14,000 ISIL fighters.
2016 2016 Ouagadougou Attacks: Burkina Faso security force storms the Hotel Splendid, which was under attack by Al Qaeda militants in the Islamic Maghreb. More than 126 people were freed, and at least 29 have been killed. (AP via Daily Mail), (BBC),(CNN), (AFP via Daily Star). At least 10 bodies were also found in Cappucino cafe, which was also attacked and occupied by militants.
2015 Syrian Civil War: The United States Department of Defense announced that 400 troops will be sent to Syria to train moderate rebels in the spring 2015.
2014 Gaza-Israel conflict,: Five people were injured in an Israel Air Force raid on Gaza Strip after militants fired a rocket at Ashkelon.
2013 Syrian civil war: Three car bombs explode in front of military checkpoints in Idlib Governorate (Syria), killing 24 people. Government forces defused two other bombs.
2012 Romanian protests continue for fifth consecutive day: Protests continue against President Traian Basescu and Emil Boc in over 60 cities throughout the country.
2011 Tunisian protests 2010-2011:
2010 At 108 years old, Florence Green is thought to be Britain's oldest surviving First World War veteran. She also happens to be the last female First World War veteran. Green served in 1918 with the Women's RAF.
2009 The U.S. government rescues Bank of America with a US$20billion bailout and a guarantee of almost $100 billion in potential losses on toxic assets.
2008 Oracle Corp announced that it would acquire BEA Systems in Boston, Massachusetts, USA for US$8.5 Billion in cash.
2007 The Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction takes place in Scottsdale, Arizona. It lasts six days. A 1967 Corvette coupe in silver, which was the last built by Sting Ray, is up for sale at US$600,000.
2006 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia's next president, is sworn into office. She is Africa's first elected female head of state.
2005 Adriana Iliescu, 66, becomes the oldest woman in the world to have a baby.
2004 Chen Shui-bian gives a televised speech in which he reiterates the Four Noes pledge and One Without promise and announces the two questions that will be asked for a referendum to coincide the 2004 ROC presidential election on March 20.
2003 Space Shuttle Columbia launches for its last mission, STS-107. Columbia was destroyed 16 days later upon re-entry.
2002 John Ashcroft, the U.S. Attorney General, announces that John Walker Lindh, an American Taliban member will be tried in the United States.
2001 Former US President Theodore Roosevelt receives a Medal of Honor posthumously from President Bill Clinton for his service in the Spanish-American War. Eleven Roosevelt's descendants accepted the honor on his behalf.
2000 A truck transporting evaporated milk from Sacramento, California is driven into the State Capitol Building, killing its driver.
1998 NASA announces that John Glenn, age 76, will return to space when the Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off in October.
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.
1996 President of Sierra Leone Valentine Strasser is deposed by the chief of defence, Julius Maada Bio. Bio promises to restore power following elections scheduled for February.
1995 UPN (Universal-Parmount Network) begins telecasting (WWOR in NYC)
1994 Scott skates world record 1000m (1:12.54).
1992 2 Shakespearean Actors opens at Cort Theater NYC for 29 performances
1991 7th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins
1989 (to January 18) Race riots occur in Overtown, Miami, Florida.
1988 4th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins
1987 León Febres Cordero, president of Ecuador, is kidnapped by followers of imprisoned general Frank Vargas, who successfully demand the latter's release.
1986 Police arrest three Irish Republican Army-terrorists in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1985 Playboy announces end of stapling centerfolds
1984 Paul and Linda McCartney arrested in Barbados-possession of cannabis
1981 John Lennon releases Woman in the UK
1980 Paul McCartney jailed in Tokyo for 10 days on marijuana possession
1979 Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran flees Iran for Egypt
1978 Soyuz 27 returns to Earth.
1976 Donny & Marie Osmond musical variety show premieres on ABC TV
1974 Jaws by Peter Benchley is published
1973 NBC presents 440th and final showing of Bonanza
1972 Super Bowl VI: Dallas Cowboys-24, Miami-3 in New Orleans; Most Valuable Player: Roger Staubach, Quarterback.
1971 Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (1:58.7).
1970 Colonel Kadhaffi becomes premier of Libya.
1969 Soviet Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform 1st transfer of crew in space
1968 21st NHL All-Star Game: Toronto Maple Leafs beat All-Stars 4-3 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1967 1st black government installed in Bahamas
1966 Harold R Perry becomes 2nd black Roman Catholic Bishop in US
1965 Oh What a Lovely War closes at Broadhurst NYC after 125 performances
1964 Hello, Dolly! starring Carol Channing, opens at Saint James Theater in New York City, New York for 2,844 performances.
1962 Shooting begins on Dr No
1961 Conquering Hero opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 8 performances
1957 3 B-52s leave California for 1st non-stop round world flights
1956 Egyptian President Nassar pledges to reconquer Palestine.
1955 Jackie Pung wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open.
1954 South Pacific closes at Majestic Theater in New York City, New York after 1928 performances.
1953 KXLY TV channel 4 in Spokane, WA (ABC / CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 New Dutch bible translation finished.
1951 Viet Minh offensive against Hanoi, Vietnam.
1950 Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands recognize Israel.
1949 Rape of Lucretia closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 23 performances
1948 35 Haganah members are ambushed and killed in Gush Etzyon.
1947 Vincent Aurial elected President of France.
1946 Charles de Gaulle resigns as a head of a French provisional government.
1945 Scottish 52nd land division / 1st Commando brigade-assault at Heinsberg
1944 Gen Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London
1943 First US air raid on Ambon.
1942 William Knudsen becomes first civilian appointed a General in US army.
1941 War Department forms first Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets.
1939 Comic strip Superman debuts in the USA.
1938 Benny Goodman refuses to play Carnegie Hall when black members of his band were barred from performing
1936 Spanish socialists / communists / anarchists form Unidad Popular
1935 The FBI kills the Barker Gang, including Ma Barker, in a shootout.
1933 Bert Oldfield flattened by Larwood delivery in Adelaide cricket Test.
1926 A ''BBC'' radio play about a worker's revolution causes a panic in London.
1925 Leon Trotsky dismissed as CEO of Russian Revolution Military Council.
1924 Eleftherios Venizelos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for the fourth time.
1920 18th Amendment, prohibition, becomes the law of the land - one year after ratification; it is repealed in 1933.
1919 Prohibition ratified by 3 / 4 of states; Nebraska is 36th
1914 Writer Maksim Gorki returns to Russia.
1913 British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule for Ireland.
1911 Pandora becomes first two-man sailboat to round Cape Horn west to east.
1909 British explorer Ernest Shackleton finds magnetic south pole.
1908 Pinnacles National Monument, California established.
1906 April 7 ampndash Algeciras Conference to resolve the First Moroccan Crisis between France and Germany.
1905 Baseball outfielder Frank Huelsman traded for 6th time in 8 months.
1904 The first large-scale bodybuilding competition in America takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1900 The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
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