Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In January - 16
Thursday, 21 November 2024
1986 On January - 16 police arrested 3 IRA-terrorists in Amsterdam 
1987 On January - 16 hu Yaobang resigns as head of China's Communist Party, accepting blame for policy mistakes stemming from student turmoil
1987 Earl Wilson, Bdwy columnist (Midnight Earl), dies in Yonkers at 79 on January - 16.
1988 On January - 16 4th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins
1988 On January - 16 jimmy "The Greek" Snyder fired from CBS for racial remarks
1989 Police arrest writer Vaclav Havel in Prague on January - 16.
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 this day in history.
1989 USSR announces plan for 2-year manned mission to Mars on this day in history.
1989 On this day in history pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82
1990 On January - 16 2 Bank of Credit & Commerce members plea guilty to money laundering
1990 On this day in history canadian Rail Operating Rules are approved by the Minister of Transport
1990 Moscow rushed 11,000 more troops to Azerbaijan and Armenia to reinforce soldiers trying to quell deadly ethnic violence on this day in history.
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 January - 16 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 On this day in history representatives of the El Salvadoran government and rebels sign a pact in Mexico City ending 12 years of civil war.
1992 On this day in history roselle Novelle, silent film actress, dies at 95
1993 On this day in history windsor Castle was reopened just two months after a fire swept through the British landmark.
1994 At a joint news conference in Geneva with President Clinton, Syrian President Hafez Assad indicated a willingness to negotiate a peace treaty with Israel on January - 16.
1994 On January - 16 syria declares its commitment to peace with Israel
1995 On this day in history 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 January - 16.
1997 On January - 16 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.
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 Investigators for special counsel Kenneth Starr questioned former White House intern Monica Lewinsky about allegations that she had an affair with President Clinton on this day in history.
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 this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.
2003 President George W. Bush called the Michigan affirmative action program unconstitutional on January - 16.
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 this day in history.
2005 Adriana Iliescu gives birth at 66, the oldest woman in the world to do so on this day in history.
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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