About January 16

January 16, 2021 is the 16th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 349 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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Capricorn is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 27 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On January 16

  • 929 –
    Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III established the Caliphate of Cordoba.
  • 1120 –
    The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
  • 1412 –
    The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy.
  • 1492 –
    The first grammar of the Spanish language is presented to Queen Isabella I.
  • 1547 –
    Ivan IV of Russia aka Ivan the Terrible becomes Tsar of Russia.
  • 1556 –
    Philip II becomes King of Spain.
  • 1707 –
    The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.
  • 1878 –
    Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) – Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
  • 1883 –
    The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is passed.
  • 1896 –
    Defeat of Cymru Fydd at South Wales Liberal Federation AGM, Newport, Monmouthshire.
  • 1920 –
    The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris.
  • 1938 –
    The Benny Goodman Orchestra performed the first jazz concert at Carnegie Hall.
  • 1942 –
    Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
  • 1969 –
    Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, in protest against the Soviets’ crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.
  • 1970 –
    Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.
  • 1986 –
    First meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force.
  • 1991 –
    The United States goes to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War (U.S. Time).
  • 2001 –
    Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
  • 2001 –
    US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish-American War.
  • 2006 –
    Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia’s new president. She becomes Africa’s first female elected head of state.

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