16 January In History - What Happened On This Day

According to Gregory calendar, January 16 is the day number 16 in a given year. January 16 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1556	Spain's Emperor Carrell chose his son Philip II as his successor.
1681	The grand coronation of Sambhaji, son of Kshatrapati Shivaji, took place at Raigad Fort in Maharashtra.
1769	The first planned horse racing was organized in Accra, Calcutta (now Kolkata).
1780	American Revolutionary War-The British Royal Navy gained their first major naval victory over their European enemies in the war when they defeated a Spanish squadron in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
1796	The first Dutch and general) elections were held for the National Assembly of the Batvian Republic, the next Dutch general election held in 1888).
1809	Peninsular War: French forces under Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult attacked the amphibious evacuation of the British under Sir John Moore in Corunna, Galicia, Spain.
1862	The beam of a pumping engine broke at the Hartley Colliery Northumberland, England, and fell down the shaft trapping the men below,resulting in the deaths of 204 men.
1868	The refrigerator car was patented by William Davis, a fish trader in Detroit.
1889	Eminent Egyptian writer and litterateur Taha Hussain was born.
1919	The Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified by thirty-six of the forty-eight states, establishing the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States.
1920	The manufacture and sale of alcohol was banned in the United States, with which the ban period began in this country.
1920	The League of Nations, the first intergovernmental organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace, held its first council meeting in Paris.
1938	Eminent Bengali litterateur Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay died.
1938	Benny Goodman performed a concert at New York City's Carnegie Hall, which has been considered instrumental in establishing jazz as a form of music.
1942	TWA Flight 3 crashes into Potosi Mountain in Nevada, killing actress Carole Lombard and all of the other 21 people on board.
1943	The first air strike of the US Air Force occurred on the island of Ambon, Indonesia.
1943	Iraq entered World War II, Germany, Italy and Japan declared war.
1945	World War II-Adolf Hitler and his staff moved into the Führerbunker, where he would eventually commit suicide.
1947	Vincent Aurel was elected President of France.
1964	The musical Hello, Dolly! opened at the St. James Theatre on Broadway, and would go on to win ten Tony Awards, a record that stood for 35 years.
1969	Members exchanged in space between Soviet spacecraft for the first time.
1969	Student Jan Palach set himself on fire in Wenceslas Square Prague as a protest against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia the previous year.
1986	The Internet Engineering Task Force, a standards organization that develops and promotes Internet standards, held its first meeting, consisting of twenty-one United States-government-funded researchers.
1989	Prem Nazir, one of the biggest stars of Malayalam cinema, died under the original name Abdul Khadir. He holds the world record for playing the lead in 725 films to his name.
1991	US and its 27 allied countries have attacked for occupying Kuwait.
1992	“2 Shakespearean Actors” opens at Cort Theater in New York City. It made 29 performances.
1995	Universal – Paramount Network (UPN) begins telecasting from WORK in New York City.
1997	Anthony Stuart, the Australian cricketer took ODI hat-trick against Pakistan at MCG .
2002	The Security Council of the United Nations unanimously passed a resolution banning al-Qaida.
2005	George W. Bush became the president of USA for the second time.
2006	Socialist leader Michael Bashlet was elected the first female President of Chile.
2008	Five days after proposing lyrics for the wordless Marcha Real, the Spanish national anthem, the Spanish Olympic Committee withdrew the proposal due to widespread criticism.
2011	Libya's Muammar al-Gaddafi is less than 24 months away from being world's longest-serving leader. He has already remained in power for 41 years.
2011	The New York Jets defeat the New England Patriots. It is one of the biggest upsets in NFL history.
2012	The US Congress has proposed anti-piracy legislation to shutting down the English Wikipedia website. The English Wikipedia and has protested against it.
2013	Canada Cirque du Soleil cuts 400 jobs due to strong loonie and surging costs.
2013	The US Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar has announced that he will quit his post at the end of March.
2013	24 people died in the bomb blasts in Idlib, Syria.
27	Gaius Octavianus was given the title Augustus by the Roman Senate when he became the first Roman emperor.

Birth Year	Name/Category/Country
1900	Sukumar Sen / Indian civil servant / India
1920	Nanabhoy Palkhivala / Economist / India
1946	Kabir Bedi / Actor / India
1950	V. S. Sampath / Civil Servant / India

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