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Historical Events
on January 16th
- Lead Story
- Prohibition takes effect,1919
- American Revolution
- British demonstrate naval supremacy in The Moonlight Battle,1780
- Automotive
- Entertainer Bill Cosby's son murdered along CA interstate,1997
- Civil War
- Crittenden Compromise is killed in Senate,1861
- Cold War
- Soviets send troops into Azerbaijan,1990
- Crime
- The Moon Maniac,1936
- Disaster
- Avalanches bury buses in Kashmir,1995
- General Interest
- Shah flees Iran,1979
- The Persian Gulf War begins,1991
- Hollywood
- Carole Lombard killed in plane crash,1942
- Literary
- Susan Sontag is born,1933
- Music
- Benny Goodman brings jazz to Carnegie Hall,1938
- Old West
- Fremont appointed Governor of California,1847
- Presidential
- Bush waits for deadline in Iraq,1991
- Sports
- Curt Flood files historic lawsuit against Major League Baseball,1970
- Vietnam War
- Johnson approves Oplan 34A,1964
- Agreement to open peace talks reached,1969
- World War I
- Montenegro capitulates to Austro-Hungarian forces,1916
- World War II
- Hitler descends into his bunker,1945
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