Historical Events In January - 16
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
1939 On January - 16 comic strip "Superman" debuts
1939 On this day in history albert Fish, mass murderer, executed
1941 US vice admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor on January - 16.
1941 On January - 16 war Department forms first Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets
1942 Actress Carole Lombard, and twenty other people, die in a plane crash near Las Vegas on this day in history.
1942 On this day in history screen star Carole Lombard, her mother and 20 other people were killed in a commercial airliner crash near Las Vegas, Nev. Lombard was the wife of actor Clark Gable.
1942 On this day in history william Knudsen becomes first civilian appointed a General in US army
1942 William Knudsen becomes 1st civilian appointed a general in US army on January - 16.
1942 On this day in history barbara Lynn, [Ozen], US singer (You'll Lose a Good Thing), dies
1943 -60ºF (-51ºC), Island Park Dam ID (state record) on January - 16.
1943 On January - 16 german 2nd SS-Pantzer division evacuates Charkow
1943 Red Army recaptures Pitomnik airport at Stalingrad on January - 16.
1943 On this day in history the first US air raid on Ambon
1943 -60°F (-51°C), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record) on January - 16.
1943 Franz Courtens, Flemish painter (Sunny Lane), dies at 88 on January - 16.
1944 On January - 16 gen. Dwight Eisenhower arrived in London to assume command of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe.
1944 On this day in history general Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London
1944 On this day in history in London, General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes commander of the Allied Invasion Force, during WWII.
1944 Lieutenant (jg) S. R. Graham, USCG, while en route from New York to Liverpool in the British freighter Daghestan made a 30 minute flight in an R-4B (HNS-1) from the ship's 60 by 80 foot flight deck on January - 16.
1944 Gen Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London on January - 16.
1945 On this day in history scottish 52nd land division/1st Commando brigade-assault at Heinsberg
1945 U.S. first and 3rd army units close the bulge, but do not succeed in entrapping enemy forces on January - 16.
1945 On January - 16 uS first & 3rd army meet at Houffalise
1945 On this day in history dennis Donnini, Brit rifleman (Victoria Cross), dies in battle at 19
1946 On this day in history johanna HC Albregt, actress/wife of Henri Dons (Paradise), dies at 71
1947 Vincent Aurial elected President of France on this day in history.
1948 35 Haganah members are ambushed & killed in Gush Etzyon on January - 16.
1949 On this day in history "Rape of Lucretia" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 23 perfs
1950 On January - 16 belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands recognize Israel
1951 Viet Minh offensive against Hanoi on this day in history.
1951 World's largest gas pipeline opens (Brownsville TX, to 134th St, New York City NY) on January - 16.
1952 On this day in history new Dutch bible translation finished
1952 On this day in history uS Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary
1953 On January - 16 egyptian Premier General Naguib disbands all political parties
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