Historical Events In January - 16

1986  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1988  4th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins on this day in history.  

1988  On January - 16 jimmy "The Greek" Snyder fired from CBS for racial remarks  

1989  On this day in history police arrest writer Vaclav Havel in Prague  

1989  On this day in history 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.  

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  On January - 16 moscow rushed 11,000 more troops to Azerbaijan and Armenia to reinforce soldiers trying to quell deadly ethnic violence.  

1990  The Soviet Union sends 11,000 reinforcements to the Caucasus to end the civil war between Armenians and Azerbaijanis on this day in history.  

1991  Operation 'Desert Storm' begins against Iraq, for its invasion of Kuwait on January - 16.  

1991  Operation Desert Storm begins - US & 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait (US times) on January - 16.  

1991  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 on January - 16.  

1991  On this day in history the White House announces the start of Operation Desert Storm to drive Iraqi troops from Kuwait.  

1992  Representatives of the El Salvadoran government and rebels sign a pact in Mexico City ending 12 years of civil war on this day in history.  

1992  On January - 16 roselle Novelle, silent film actress, dies at 95  

1993  Windsor Castle was reopened just two months after a fire swept through the British landmark on January - 16.  

1994  On this day in history at a joint news conference in Geneva with President Clinton, Syrian President Hafez Assad indicated a willingness to negotiate a peace treaty with Israel.  

1994  Syria declares its commitment to peace with Israel on this day in history.  

1995  Former federal minister Ros Kelly, brought down over her administration of sports grants, resigns from Australian parliament on this day in history.  

1996  On this day in history 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.  

1997  On this day in history 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 January - 16 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 January - 16.  

2000  On this day in history 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.  

2001  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 on January - 16.  

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  On January - 16 president George W. Bush called the Michigan affirmative action program unconstitutional.  

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 January - 16.  

2005  On this day in history armed militants kill 1 person and wound 8 people in the Gush Katif settlement, Gaza Strip. Hamas claims responsibility.Confirmation needed  

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1245  On January - 16 birth of edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)  

1409  On this day in history birth of rené I of Naples (d. 1480)  

1477  Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547) was born on this day in history.  

1501  On this day in history birth of anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559)  

1587  Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter was born on January - 16.  

1616  On this day in history birth of françois de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)  

1626  On January - 16 birth of lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)  

1634  Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716) was born on January - 16.  

0308  Marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies on this day in history.  

0429  On January - 16 honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies [or 430]  

0960  On January - 16 death of polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople  

1343  On January - 16 robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies  

1400  Death of John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352) on this day in history.  

1545  Death of George Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484) on this day in history.  

1547  Death of Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477) on this day in history.  

1554  Death of Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480) on this day in history.