Birthdates Which Occur on January 16:
1587 Alexander Adriaenssen Flemish painter
1672 Francesco Mancini composer
1697 Richard Savage poet
1728 Niccol• Piccinni Italian composer (Buona Figliuola)
1749 Vittoria A Alfieri Italian earl/poet (Maria Stuarda)
1757 Samuel McIntire woodcarver/architect (architect of Salem)
1804 Karl August Krebs composer
1807 Charles Henry Davis Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1877
1815 Adolph Trube composer
and Henry Wagner "Old Brains" Halleck Maj-General (Union Army)
1834 Albert Lindley Lee Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1907
1837 James Phillip Simms Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887
1847 K lm n Miksz th Hungary, writer (Wonderparaplu)
1853 Andr‚ Michelin France, industrialist/tire manufacturer (Michelin)
and Johnston Forbes-Robertson English actor/theater director (Kathleen)
1864 Frank Bacon actor/author (Lightnin)
1868 Cyril Metodej Hrazdira composer
1870 Wilhelm Normann German chemist (hardening of oils)
1872 Edward G Craig actor/director (On the art of theatre)
and Henri-Paul Busser composer
1873 Boyd Alexander English explorer
1874 Robert Service England, Canadian poet (Cremation of Sam McGee)
1878 Harry Carey Sr Bronx NY, actor (Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force)
and Henry Dewitt "Harry" Carey II US actor (Informer)
1885 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz president of Poland (1939-40)
1887 John Hamilton Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman)
1890 Lloyd Bacon San Jose CA, actor (Charlie Chaplin)
1893 Henry C Rmke Dutch psychiatrist (Periods in Man's Life)
1894 Guy Chamberlin early NFL end/coach (Canton, Frankford, Cards)
19-- Anders Hove actor (Cesar Faison-General Hospital)
and Kathy Evison NV, actress (Lonnie Ellen Henderson-seaQuest DSV)
1901 Fulgencio Batista president/dictator of Cuba (1933-44, 1952-59)
1902 Eric Liddell China, English 400m runner (Olympic-gold-1924)
1904 Max Vredenburg composer
1905 Ernesto Halffter composer
1906 Diana Winyard London, actress (Cavalcade)
1907 Alexander Knox Canada, actor (Gorky Park, 2 of a Kind)
1908 Ethel Merman stage & screen actress (Anything Goes, Call Me Madam)
1910 David McCampbell US pilot/capt (WW II-Pacific-downed 34 Jap planes)
1911 Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean HOF baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1912 Franz Tumler Austria, author/novelist (Cloak, Aufruf)
1917 Buddy Lester Chicago Ill, actor (Nick-Phil Silvers Show)
1919 Bob Boucher Kent Ohio, orch leader (Music on Ice)
1920 Elliot Reid NYC, actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
1923 Martin Stokken Norway, nordic relay (Olympic-silver-1952)
and Willem Aantjes Dutch politicial leader (CDA)
1924 Katy Jurado M‚xico, actress (High Noon, Trapeze, Barabbas, AKA Pablo)
1928 Ezra Sims composer
and William Kennedy US writer
1929 Allard Lowenstein radical (Students for Democratic Action)
and Tage Nielsen composer
1930 Norman Podhoretz author/editor (NY Post)
1933 Oleg G Makarov USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, 18A, 27, T-3)
1934 Bill Alexander (Rep-D-AR, 1969- )
and Marilyn Horne Penn, mezzo-soprano
and Richard Wernick Boston Mass, composer
1935 A J Foyt Houston, auto race driver (Indy 500 1961, 64, 67, 77)
1936 Michael White theater/film producer
1937 Bob Bogle Portland, rock bassist/guitarist (Ventures-Batman Theme)
and Conny Vandenbos Dutch singer (My rose, my little rose)
1938 Michael Pataki Youngstown Ohio, actor (Get Christie Love)
1941 Christine Janes tennis player
and Richard Bohringer Paris France, actor (Diva, I Married a Shadow)
and T˜men G J "Tim" Beekman actor (Nosferatu)
1942 Barbara Lynn rocker
and Bill Francis Mobile Al rocker (Dr Hook)
and Tony P Hall (Rep-D-OH, 1979- )
and William Francis rocker
1943 Brian Ferneyhough composer
and Gavin Bryars composer
1944 Jim Stafford Eloise Fla, singer (Spiders & Snakes, My Girl Bill)
and Ronnie Milsap Robbinsville NC, country singer (Legend in My Time)
1945 Kabir Bedi actor (Thief of Baghdad, Terminal Entry)
1946 Michael L Coats Sacramento Ca, Capt USN/astr (STS 41-D, 29, 39)
1947 Georgette Mosbacher CEO (La Prairie cosmetics)
and Juliet Berto Grenoble France, actress (Le Sex Shop)
1948 Anatoli Yakovlevich Soloviyov col/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-5, TM-9 TM-15)
and Christopher Moran English financier/multi-millionaire
and Cliff Thorburn Victoria, BC, champion snooker player
and John Carpenter Carthage NY, director (Halloween, The Thing)
1950 Caroline Munro Windsor England, actress (Spy Who Loves Me) [or 12/16]
and Debbie Allen Houston Tx, dancer/actress (3 Girls 3, Lydia-Fame)
and Jesse Dizon Oceanside CA
1951 Richard Thompson rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express)
1952 Lloyd Blaine Hammond Jr Savannah Ga, Major USAF/astr (STS 39, 64)
1955 Jerry M Linenger Mt Clemens Mich, USN Commander/astronaut
1960 Sad‚ [Helen Ady] Nigeria, rocker (Taboo; Grammy 1986-Best new singer)
1962 Jan Koster Dutch drummer (Sleeze Beez)
1967 Maxine Waters rocker (En Vogue)
1969 Roy Jones Pensacola Fla, Light-MW boxer (Olympic-silver-1988)
1971 Josh Evans actor (Ricochett, The Doors)
and Michel Kreek soccer player (Ajax)
and Segi Brugueri Spain, tennis star
and Ulrich van Gobbel Suriname/Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord)
1973 Josie Davis LA Calif, actress (Sarah-Charles in Charge) [or Jun 19]
1974 Kate Moss Addiscomb Surrey England, model (Calvin Klein)
1986 Mason Gamble actor (Dennis the Menace)
Deaths Which Occured January 16:
308 Marcellus I [Marcellinus?], bishop of Rome, dies
429 Honoratius van Arles bishop/saint, dies
1343 Robert van Anjou king (Naples), dies
1595 Murad III sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies
1697 Richard Savage poet, dies
1703 Matteo Coferati composer, dies at 64
1794 Edward Gibbon historian (Decline & Fall), dies in London
1817 Antonin Josef Alois Volanek composer, dies at 55
1838 Aleksandr I Polezjajev Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS]
1842 Thomas Freanby Norwegian landscape painter, dies
1886 Amilcare Ponchielli Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies
1891 L‚o Delibes French ballet composer (Lakm‚), dies at 54
1892 Imakita Kosen Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies
1901 Arnold B”cklin Swiss painter, dies
Hiram Revels dies at 73
1916 Arnold Aletrino physician-criminologist (Out the Dead), dies at 57
1919 Jaroslav Jeremias composer, dies at 19
1920 Reginald De Koven composer, dies at 60
1934 Annie Patterson composer, dies at 65
1935 Richard Wetz composer, dies at 59
1938 William Pickering pioneer US stellar spectroscopist, dies
1939 Albert Fish mass murderer, executed
1942 Barbara Lynn [Ozen], US singer (You'll Lose a Good Thing)
Carole Lombard actress, (Bolero), & mom killed in plane crash at 32
1943 Franz Courtens Flemish painter (Zonnige floated), dies at 88
1945 Dennis Donnini British fuselier/Victoria Cross, dies in battle at 19
1946 Johanna HC Albregt actress/wife of Henri Dons (Paradise), dies at 71
1954 Michail M Prishvin Russian writer, dies
1955 Jonkheer Reneke de Marees van Swinderen Dutch min (1908-13), dies
1957 Arturo Toscanini Italian US conductor (NBC), dies at 89 in NYC
1961 Janos Viski composer, dies at 55
1962 Emanuel Stickelberger Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77
1963 Gilardo Gilardi composer, dies at 73
1967 Dirk Vansina Flemish playwright (Sage of Kai-Roi), dies at 72
Robert J van de Graaff nuclear physicist, dies at 65
1968 Robert R "Bob" Jones founder (Bob Jones University), dies at 84
1969 John Palach Czechoslovakia student, self incinerates
Vernon Duke composer, dies at 65
1970 Arm˜n Pane Indonesian writer (Djinak-djinak merpati), dies
1971 Kermit Maynard cowboy actor (Saturday Roundup), dies at 68
1972 David Seville singer (Alvin & Chipmunks), dies at 52
1973 Ray Barrett sportscaster (Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at 65
1979 Fred Elizalde composer, dies at 71
Ted Cassidy actor (Lurch-Addams Family), dies at 46
1980 Anna van Wageningen-Salomons author (Ongerepte Dream), dies at 94
1981 Bernard Lee actor (Fallen Idol, Dr No), dies at 73
1987 Earl Wilson Bdwy columnist (Midnight Earl), dies in Yonkers at 79
Joyce Jameson comedienne (Spike Jones Show), dies at 54
1989 Pierre Boileau screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82
Romo Vincent actor (Naked Jungle), dies
Trey Wilson actor (Bull Durham, Twins, Raising Arizona), dies
1992 Roselle Novelle silent film actress, dies at 95
1993 Florence Desmond [Dawson], actress (Sally in our alley), dies at 87
Glenn Corbett US actor (Shenandoah, Chisum, Midway), dies at 63
Sathasivam Krishnakumar Sri Lanka commander, commits suicide
1994 Martin Kosleck German/US actor (Hitler Passage), dies at 86
No‰l For‚ Belgian cyclist (Paris-Roubaix 1959), dies at 61
Holidays Which Occur January 16:
Religious Observances on January 16:
RC Feast of St Henry
RC Hilaria, daughter of emperor Zeno
RC Honoratus, bishop of Arles
309 RC Commemoration of St Marcellus I, 30th pope [308-09], martyr
Things to Remember for January 16:
Flowers-carnation & snowdrop Gem-garnet
National Soup-National Egg Month-National Hobby Month
4 Days Astrological sign: Capricorn
4 Days Delta Cancrid meteor shower, radiant in Cancer, west of Praesepe
6 Days Coma-Berenicid meteor shower, radiant in Coma Berenices
National Nothing Day, National Hat Day
[Ancient Rome] a d xvij Kal Feb
Highlights in History Which Occur January 16:
308 St Marcellus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1219 Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm, 1,000s killed
1325 Laure de Noves, beloved of Petrarch, marries Hugues de Sade
1493 Columbus returns to Spain on his 1st trip
1531 English Reformation parliament's 2nd sitting
1547 Ivan IV the Terrible crowned 1st tsar of Russia
1556 Emperor Karel appoints his son Philip II, king of Spain
1581 English parliament passes laws against Catholicism
1756 England & Prussia signs Treaty of Westminster
1759 British Museum opens in London
1765 Charles Messier catalogs M41 (galactic cluster in Canis Major)
1776 Continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks
1777 Vermont declares independence from NY
1780 Battle at Cape St Vincent: admiral Rodney beats Spanish fleet
1795 French army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht Neth
1819 Godert baron van der de Capellen becomes governor of Dutch-Indies
1832 Charles Darwin lands at San Tiago, Cape Verde
1863 -Aug 23rd) Cruise of CSS Florida
1864 Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee
1865 Aftermath of Ft Fisher, Ft Caswell is abandoned & blown up
and Confederate brig-gen John Pegram marries Hetty Cary
and Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Ft Fisher NC, 40 die
and Gen Wm Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for blacks)
and SF Dramatic Chronicle started
1870 Virginia becomes 8th state readmitted to US after Civil War
1871 Jefferson Long of Georgia sworn in as 2nd black congressman
1877 Color organ (for light shows) patented, by Bainbridge Bishop
1879 January record 13" of snow falls in NYC (broken Jan 7, 1996)
1883 Pendleton Act creates basis of US Civil Service system
and Quebec Rugby Football Union forms
1887 Cliff House damaged when schooner "Parallel"'s powder cargo explodes
1889 128øF (53øC), Cloncurry, Queensland (Australian record)
1893 M Wolf discovers asteroid #353 Ruperto-Carola
1896 A Charlois discovers asteroid #414 Liriope
1897 John Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed" appears in School Journal
19-- Lucius D Amerson sworn in as 1st Black sheriff of South in 20th
century (Macon County, Ala)
1903 M Wolf discovers asteroid #500 Selinur
1905 Baseball outfielder Frank Huelsman traded for 6th time in 8 months
and Ottawa Silver 7 beats Dawson City (Yukon) 23-2 for Stanley Cup,
this is most lopsided playoff game, Frank McGee scores 14 goals
1906 -13] Conference of Algeciras (about Morocco)
1908 Pinnacles National Monument, Calif established
1909 British explorer Ernest Shackleton finds magnetic south pole
and David, Mawson & Mackay reach south magnetic pole
and P Melotte discovers asteroid #676 Melitta
1911 Pandora becomes 1st 2-man sailboat to round Cape Horn west to east
1912 H E Wood discovers asteroid #790 Pretoria
1913 British House of Commons rejects Home-Rule for Ireland
1914 Writer Maksim Gorki returns to Russia
1915 Congress authorizes $1 & $50 Panama-Pacific Intl Expo gold coin
1919 Prohibition ratified by 3/4 of states; Nebraska is 36th
1920 18th Amendment, prohibition, goes into effect; repealed in 1933
and 1st assembly of League of Nations (Paris)
and Georgia declares independence
1925 Gen M Froense replaces Trotsky as People's Commissioner of Defense
1936 Spanish socialists/communists/anarchists form United Popular
1941 US vice-admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor
and War Dept forms 1st Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets
1942 William Knudsen becomes 1st civilian appointed a general in US army
1943 -60øF (-51øC), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record)
and 1st US air raid on Ambon
and German 2nd SS-Pantzer division evacuates Charkow
and Red Army recaptures Pitomnik airport at Stalingrad
1944 Gen Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London
1945 Scottish 52nd land division/1st Commando brigade-assault at Heinsberg
and US 1st & 3rd army meet at Houffalise
1947 Vincent Aurial elected president of France
1948 35 Haganah members are ambushed & killed in Gush Etzyon
1949 KNBH (now KNBC) TV channel 4 in Los Angeles, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast
and WTOP (now WUSA) TV channel 9 in Washington, DC (CBS) 1st broadcast
1950 Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands recognize Israel
1951 Viet Minh offensive at Hanoi
and World's largest gas pipeline opens (Brownsville Tx, to 134th St, NYC)
1952 New Dutch bible translation finished
1953 Egyptian Premier Gen Naguib disbands all political parties
and KXLY TV channel 4 in Spokane, WA (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 Egyptian Pres Nassar pledges to reconquer Palestine
1957 3 B-52s leave Calif for 1st non-stop round world flights
and Cavern Club (Beatle's) opens on Matthews Street in England
1958 William Gibson's "Two for the Seesaw," premieres in NYC
1961 Russian espionage work detected in Great Britain
1962 Shooting begins on "Dr No"
and Suit accuses NYC Board of Education uses "racial quotas"
1963 Khrushchev claims to have a 100-megaton nuclear bomb
and Tennessee Williams' "Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore," premieres
1964 "Hello, Dolly!" starring Carol Channing, opens on Broadway
1965 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1966 Harold R Perry becomes 2nd black Roman Catholic bishop in US
and Metropolitan Opera House opens in Lincoln Center
1967 1st black government installed in Bahamas
and Lucius Amerson, becomes 1st southern (Ala) black sheriff in 20th cent
1968 Jay Allen's "Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," premieres in NYC
1969 Jan Palach immolates himself to protest Soviet invasion of Czech
and Soviet Soyuz 4 & Soyuz 5 perform 1st transfer of crew in space
1970 Col Kadhaffi becomes premier of Libya
and NFL realigns into 3 divisions (down from 4)
AAU player Steve Myers makes a basketball field goal of 92'3«" from
and out of bounds, Tacoma-it shouldn't have counted, but was allowed
1971 Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (1:58.7)
1972 Atje Cologne-Deelstra becomes European all-round lady skating champ
and Super Bowl VI: Dallas Cowboys-24, Miami-3 in New Orleans
1973 NBC presents 440th & final showing of Bonanza
and USSR's Lunakhod 2 begins radio-controlled exploration of Moon
1974 L A Landslide kills 9, Canyonville, Oregon
1976 "Donny & Marie" [Osmond] musical variety show premieres on ABC TV
1977 Cap's H Monahan scored on 2nd penalty shot against Islanders
1978 Soyuz 27 returns to Earth
1979 Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran flees Iran for Egypt
1980 Paul McCartney jailed in Tokyo for 10 days on marijuana possession
1981 John Lennon releases "Woman" in UK
and Leon Spinks is mugged, his assailants even take his gold teeth
and Protestant gunmen shoot & wound Bernadette Devlin McAliskey & husband
Ivan Lendl intentionally loses a match in Volvo Masters in
and order to avoid having to play Bjorn Borg
1983 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3464 Owensby & #3766
1984 Paul & Linda McCartney arrested in Barbados-possession of cannabis
1986 Police arrested 3 IRA-terrorists in Amsterdam
1988 Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder fired from CBS for racial remarks
and NFL St Louis Cardinals announce move to Phoenix
1989 Police arrest writer Vaclav Havel in Prague
and USSR announces plan for 2-yr manned mission to Mars
1990 2 Bank of Credit & Commerce members plea guilty to money laundering
1991 US & 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait (US times)
1994 Scott skates world record 1000m (1:12.54)
1995 UPN (Universal-Parmount Network) begins telecasting (WWOR in NYC)
1974 Mud slide destroys concrete telephone relay station killing 9 men
inside, filling entire canyon with mud. (Canyonville, Oregon)
Your Special Reminders for January 16:
16th day of year with 349 remaining (Numerology = 8)
and 1893 1øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1953 57øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
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