What are the important events that happened on January 16? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 16: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 16 is the 16th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 349 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 3, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,949,760 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hexadecagon’ day.
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Capricorn is the zodiac 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 13 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,409 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 16 Historical Events
- 1547 –Ivan IV of Russia aka Ivan the Terrible becomes Tsar of Russia.
- 1572 –Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.
- 1707 –The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.
- 1761 –The British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.
- 1809 –Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of La Coruña.
- 1896 –Defeat of Cymru Fydd at South Wales Liberal Federation AGM, Newport, Monmouthshire.
- 1924 –Eleftherios Venizelos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for the fourth time.
- 1956 –President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine.
- 1979 –The Shah of Iran flees Iran with his family and relocates to Egypt.
- 1991 –The United States goes to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War (U.S. Time).
Who were born on January 16?
- 1914 –Roger Wagner, American choral musician (d. 1992)
- 1918 –Allan Ekelund, Swedish film producer (d. 2009)
- 1943 –Brian Ferneyhough, British composer
- 1944 –Jim Stafford, American singer and songwriter
- 1957 –Ricardo Darin, Argentine actor
- 1958 –Anatoli Boukreev, Russian climber (d. 1997)
- 1959 –Sade, Nigerian-born singer
- 1969 –Per Yngve “Dead” Ohlin, Swedish black metal vocalist (Mayhem) (d. 1991)
- 1975 –Greg Strause, American visual effects creator
- 1981 –Bobby Zamora, English footballer
Who died on January 16?
- 1752 –Francis Blomefield, English topographer (b. 1705)
- 1898 –Charles Pelham Villiers, British Member of Parliament (b. 1802)
- 1901 –Hiram Revels, first African-American to serve in the U. S. Senate (b. 1822)
- 1942 –Carole Lombard, American actress (b. 1908)
- 1968 –Bob Jones, Sr, American evangelist (b. 1883)
- 1988 –Ballard Berkeley, English actor (b. 1904)
- 1999 –Jim McClelland, Australian solicitor and politician (b. 1915)
- 2002 –Ron Taylor, American actor (b. 1952)
- 2006 –Stanley Biber, American surgeon (b. 1923)
- 2009 –Joe Erskine, American boxer and long distance runner (b. 1930)
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