Historical Events In January - 16

1986  Police arrested 3 IRA-terrorists in Amsterdam on January - 16.   

1987  On January - 16 hu Yaobang resigns as head of China's Communist Party, accepting blame for policy mistakes stemming from student turmoil   

1987  On this day in history earl Wilson, Bdwy columnist (Midnight Earl), dies in Yonkers at 79   

1988  On January - 16 4th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins   

1988  Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder fired from CBS for racial remarks on January - 16.   

1989  On January - 16 police arrest writer Vaclav Havel in Prague   

1989  Three days of riots begin in Miami after a police officer shoots and kills a black motorcyclist, which also claims the life of the passenger in the ensuing crash on January - 16.   

1989  USSR announces plan for 2-year manned mission to Mars on January - 16.   

1989  On January - 16 pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82   

1990  On January - 16 2 Bank of Credit & Commerce members plea guilty to money laundering   

1990  Canadian Rail Operating Rules are approved by the Minister of Transport on January - 16.   

1990  Moscow rushed 11,000 more troops to Azerbaijan and Armenia to reinforce soldiers trying to quell deadly ethnic violence on January - 16.   

1990  On this day in history the Soviet Union sends 11,000 reinforcements to the Caucasus to end the civil war between Armenians and Azerbaijanis.   

1991  On January - 16 operation 'Desert Storm' begins against Iraq, for its invasion of Kuwait   

1991  Operation Desert Storm begins - US & 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait (US times) on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history the Persian Gulf War began with the allied bombing of Baghdad. President Bush drew the largest TV audience in history with an address to the nation on the commencement of hostilities against Iraq.   

1991  The White House announces the start of Operation Desert Storm to drive Iraqi troops from Kuwait on January - 16.   

1992  Representatives of the El Salvadoran government and rebels sign a pact in Mexico City ending 12 years of civil war on January - 16.   

1992  On this day in history roselle Novelle, silent film actress, dies at 95   

1993  On January - 16 windsor Castle was reopened just two months after a fire swept through the British landmark.   

1994  On January - 16 at a joint news conference in Geneva with President Clinton, Syrian President Hafez Assad indicated a willingness to negotiate a peace treaty with Israel.   

1994  On this day in history syria declares its commitment to peace with Israel   

1995  On January - 16 former federal minister Ros Kelly, brought down over her administration of sports grants, resigns from Australian parliament.   

1996  New South Wales Premier Bob Carr announces that the state's next governor will be part-time and Government House to be turned over to public use on this day in history.   

1997  A bomb exploded at an Atlanta building housing an abortion clinic. An hour later, after investigators and others had come to the scene, a second bomb went off, injuring six people on January - 16.   

1997  On this day in history ennis Cosby, the son of entertainer Bill Cosby, was shot to death while changing a tire on a freeway exit ramp in Los Angeles.   

1998  On this day in history investigators for special counsel Kenneth Starr questioned former White House intern Monica Lewinsky about allegations that she had an affair with President Clinton.   

2000  Ricardo Lagos is elected Chile's first socialist president since Salvador Allende, whose government was toppled in a bloody 1973 military coup led by Gen Augusto Pinochet on January - 16.   

2001  On January - 16 environmental activists and local authorities in a town in El Salvador where a mountainside buried an entire neighbourhood say deforestation and greed contributed to the earthquake disaster.   

2001  On January - 16 president Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was shot to death, reportedly by one of his bodyguards, who in turn was killed by other bodyguards.   

2003  President George W. Bush called the Michigan affirmative action program unconstitutional on this day in history.   

2004  NASA announced plans to cancel further space shuttle missions to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope, an act that would condemn the Hubble to mechanical failure in the next two years on January - 16.   

2005  On this day in history adriana Iliescu gives birth at 66, the oldest woman in the world to do so.   

2005  Armed militants kill 1 person and wound 8 people in the Gush Katif settlement, Gaza Strip. Hamas claims responsibility.Confirmation needed on January - 16.   

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1245  Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296) was born on this day in history.   

1409  On this day in history birth of rené I of Naples (d. 1480)   

1477  On this day in history birth of johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)   

1501  Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559) was born on January - 16.   

1587  On this day in history birth of alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter   

1616  On this day in history birth of françois de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)   

1626  Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699) was born on January - 16.   

1634  Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.   

0308  On January - 16 marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies   

0429  Honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies [or 430] on January - 16.   

0960  Death of Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople on January - 16.   

1343  Robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies on January - 16.   

1400  Death of John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352) on this day in history.   

1545  On January - 16 death of george Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484)   

1547  Death of Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477) on January - 16.   

1554  Death of Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480) on this day in history.