Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 16
This is a list of selected January 16 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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| Blurb | Reason |
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| National Religious Freedom Day in the United States | refimprove, stub |
| ; Teachers' Day in Thailand | refimprove |
| 929 – Emir Abd al-Rahman III of Cordoba declared himself caliph, thereby establishing the Caliphate of Córdoba. | both: refimprove section |
| 1120 – The Council of Nablus was held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. | refimprove section |
| 1547 – Ivan the Terrible was crowned the first Tsar of Russia at the age of 16. | refimprove section |
| 1605 – Book One of Don Quixote, El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes, was first published in Madrid, Spain. | refimprove section |
| 1917 – World War I: The German Empire sent the Zimmermann Telegram, a diplomatic proposal to Mexico to make war against the United States, which led in part to the US entering the war. | refimprove section |
| 1919 – The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified by thirty-six of the forty-eight states, establishing the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States. | refimprove section |
| 1938 – Benny Goodman performed a concert at New York City's Carnegie Hall which has been considered instrumental in establishing jazz as a legitimate form of music. | unreferenced section |
| 1969 – Student Jan Palach set himself on fire in Wenceslas Square in Prague as a protest against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia the previous year. | refimprove section |
| 1986 – The Internet Engineering Task Force, a standards organization that develops and promotes Internet Standards, held its first meeting, consisting of 21 researchers funded by the U.S. government. | date not in the source provided, and lots of citations needed |
| 1991 – The Gulf War began as a United Nations-led coalition began an assault on Iraqi forces to free Kuwait. | refimprove section, more globalization |
| 1992 – The Chapultepec Peace Accords were signed, ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War between the military-led government of El Salvador and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front. | refimprove section |
| 2008 – Five days after proposing lyrics for the wordless Marcha Real, the Spanish national anthem, the Spanish Olympic Committee withdrew the proposal due to widespread criticism. | refimprove section |
| Richard Goodwin Keats |b|1757 | too many cites needed (14) |
Eligible
- 27 BC – Gaius Octavianus was given the titles Augustus and Princeps by the Roman Senate when he became the first Roman emperor.
- 1809 – Peninsular War: French forces under Jean-de-Dieu Soult attacked the British's amphibious evacuation under Sir John Moore at Corunna in Galicia, Spain.
- 1862 – A pumping engine at a colliery in New Hartley, England, broke and fell down the shaft, trapping miners below and resulting in 204 deaths.* 1920 – The League of Nations, the first worldwide intergovernmental organization with a focus on peace and security, held its first council meeting in Paris.
- 1942 – World War II: During the Battle of Bataan, U.S. Army sergeant Jose Calugas organized a squad of volunteers to man an artillery position under heavy fire, which later earned him the Medal of Honor.
- 1942 – TWA Flight 3 crashed into Potosi Mountain in Nevada, killing actress Carole Lombard and all of the other 21 people on board.
- 1945 – World War II: Adolf Hitler and his staff moved into the Führerbunker in Berlin, where he would eventually commit suicide.
- 1964 – The musical Hello, Dolly! opened at the St. James Theatre on Broadway, and went on to win ten Tony Awards, a record that stood for 37 years.
- 2018 – In Mrauk U, Myanmar, police fired into a crowd protesting the ban of an event to mark the anniversary of the end of the Kingdom of Mrauk U, resulting in seven deaths and twelve injuries.
- Born/died: | Isaac Komnenos |b|1093| Nikephoros Choumnos |d|1327| Guru Har Rai |b|1630| Edward Gibbon |d|1794| William Hall-Jones |b|1851| Anton Schindler |d|1864| Miguel Ángel Mancera |b|1966| Susie Bootja Bootja Napaltjarri |d|2003| Marjorie Williams |d|2005| Pauline Phillips |d|2013
Notes
- Second Battle of the Corunna Road appears on January 15, so Battle of Corunna should not appear in the same year to avoid confusion
January 16: Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States (2023)
Frank McGee
- 1537 – Sir Francis Bigod began an armed rebellion against King Henry VIII and the English Parliament.
- 1780 – American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy gained their first major naval victory over their European enemies in the war when they defeated a Spanish squadron in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
- 1883 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
- 1905 – Despite being blind in one eye, ice hockey player Frank McGee (pictured) set the record for most goals in a Stanley Cup game when he scored 14 against the Dawson City Nuggets.
- 2016 – After gunmen took hostages the previous night at a restaurant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, government commandos stormed the premises to bring the situation to an end.
- John C. Breckinridge (b. 1821)
- Osip Brik (b. 1888)
- Lorna Kesterson (d. 2012)
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