January 16
January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 349 days remaining until the end of the year (350 in leap years).
Events
Up to 1900
- 378 - Great Jaguar Paw, Mayan King of Tikal
- 654 - Gao Yifu, Chinese chancellor (b. 596)
- 960 - Patriarch Polyeuctus of Constantinople
- 1327 - Nikephoros Choumnos, Byzantine scholar and statesman (b. 1250)
- 1369 - Peter I of Cyprus (b. 1328)
- 1387 – Elizabeth of Bosnia, Queen of Hungary and regent (b. 1340)
- 1554 – Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1484)
- 1710 – Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)
- 1747 – Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b. 1680)
- 1750 - Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal (b. 1667)
- 1794 – Edward Gibbon, historian (b. 1737)
- 1806 – William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
- 1809 - John Moore, British general (b. 1761)
- 1817 - Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman (b. 1759)
- 1834 - Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (b. 1769)
- 1886 – Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian opera composer (b. 1834)
- 1891 – Léo Delibes, French composer (b. 1836)
1901 – 2000
- 1901 - Hiram Revels, United States Senator (b. 1822)
- 1907 - Helene Napoleone Bonaparte, French noblewoman, might be a daughter of Napoleon (b. 1816)
- 1912 - Georg Heym, German writer (b. 1887)
- 1917 – George Dewey, admiral (high title in the Navy) (b. 1837)
- 1919 – Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, President of Brazil (b. 1848)
- 1935 - Fred Barker, American criminal (b. 1901)
- 1935 - Ma Barker, American criminal (b. 1871)
- 1936 – Albert Fish, American serial killer (put to death by court) (b. 1870)
- 1942 – Carole Lombard, American actress (b. 1908)
- 1942 - Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, British royal (b. 1850)
- 1957 – Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor (b. 1867)
- 1957 - Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, English Governor-General of Canada (b. 1874)
- 1962 – Ivan Meštrović, carving maker (b. 1883)
- 1969 - Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter (b. 1903)
- 1971 - Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (b. 1890)
- 1972 - Teller Ammons, 28th Governor of Colorado (b. 1895)
- 1972 – Ross Bagdasarian, actor and songwriter (b. 1919)
- 1979 – Ted Cassidy, American actor (b. 1932)
- 1979 – August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (b. 1897)
- 1981 – Bernard Lee, British actor (b. 1908)
- 1982 – Red Smith, sports columnist (b. 1905)
- 1986 – Herbert W. Armstrong, evangelist (religious person), writer, and publisher (b. 1892)
- 1988 – Ballard Berkeley, British actor (b. 1904)
- 1993 – Jon Pall Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (b. 1960)
- 1993 - Glenn Corbett, American actor (b. 1930)
- 1995 – Eric Mottram, poet, teacher, critic, and editor (b. 1924)
From 2001
- 2001 – Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
- 2002 – A student shoots 6 people at the Appalachian School of Law. Three of those shot die.
- 2002 – John Ashcroft says that so-called "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh would be tried in a court in the United States.
- 2002 – Everyone in the United Nations Security Council makes an arms embargo and make Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida, and the remaining members of the Taliban not being able to use money.
- 2003 – Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which will be its final one. Columbia disintegrates 16 days later on re-entry.
- 2004 – Goatse.cx (a shock site is shut down by the Christmas Island Registry)
- 2005 – Adriana Iliescu has a baby at age 66 and becomes the oldest woman in the world, at the time, to do so.
- 2006 – Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf becomes President of Liberia. She is the first female President in Africa.
- 2007 - A bomb attack on a university in Baghdad kills 65 people.
- 2013 - An estimated 41 international workers are taken hostage in an attack on the town of In Amenas in Algeria. Many die a few days later, during an attempted Algerian-led rescue operation.
- 2016 - A terrorist attack is carried out on a hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, killing 28 people.
- 2016 - The International Atomic Energy Agency announces that Iran has properly dismantled its nuclear weapons programme, allowing the United Nations to end sanctions immediately.
- 2019 - British Prime Minister Theresa May wins a vote of confidence in her government, a day after her proposed Brexit deal was heavily defeated.
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1901 – Frank Zamboni, American inventor (d. 1988)
- 1901 – Fulgencio Batista, President of Cuba (d. 1973)
- 1902 – Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (d. 1945)
- 1907 – Paul Nitze, American government official (d. 2004)
- 1908 – Ethel Merman, American actress, singer (d. 1984)
- 1910 – Dizzy Dean, American baseball player on the Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1974)
- 1910 - Walter Schellenberg, German SS officer (d. 1952)
- 1911 – Eduardo Frei Montalva, 28th President of Chile (d. 1982)
- 1912 – Franz Tumler, Austrian story teller (d. 1998)
- 1915 - Leslie H. Martinson, American television and movie director (d. 2016)
- 1917 – Buddy Lester, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1917 – Justin Ahomadegbe-Tometin, President of Benin (d. 2002)
- 1918 – Allan Ekelund, Swedish movie producer (d. 2009)
- 1918 – Stirling Silliphant, American writer and producer (d. 1996)
- 1920 – Stephanos II Ghattas, Egyptian Coptic Church Patriarch (d. 2009)
- 1921 – Francesco Scavullo, photographer (d. 2004)
- 1922 – Ernesto Bonino, Italian singer (d. 2008)
- 1923 – Anthony Hecht, American poet (d. 2004)
- 1924 – Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (d. 2002)
- 1925 - Amelia Vargas, Cuban actress (d. 2019)
- 1927 - Jerrold Meinwald, American chemist (d. 2018)
- 1928 – William Kennedy, writer
- 1931 – Johannes Rau, President of Germany (d. 2006)
- 1932 – Dian Fossey, American zoologist (studies animals) (d. 1985)
- 1933 – Susan Sontag, American writer (d. 2004)
- 1934 – Marilyn Horne, American mezzo-soprano
- 1935 – Udo Lattek, German footballer and coach (d. 2015)
- 1935 – A.J. Foyt, automobile racer
- 1935 - Inger Christensen, Danish writer (d. 2009)
- 1936 - Peter Bares, German composer (d. 2014)
- 1936 - Michael White, Scottish theatre and film producer (d. 2016)
- 1937 - Francis George, American cardinal (d. 2015)
- 1938 - Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, Spanish aristocrat (d. 2015)
- 1940 – Franz Müntefering, German politician
- 1942 - René Angélil, Canadian singer and manager (d. 2016)
- 1942 - Barbara Lynn, American singer
- 1943 – Brian Ferneyhough, composer
- 1944 - Dieter Moebius, German musician (d. 2015)
- 1944 - Judy Baar Topinka, American politician (d. 2014)
- 1944 – Jim Stafford, singer
- 1944 – Ronnie Milsap, American country music singer
- 1945 – Birte Tove, Danish actress (d. 2016)
- 1946 – Kabir Bedi, Indian actor
- 1946 – Ronnie Milsap, singer
- 1946 – Katia Ricciarelli, Italian opera singer
- 1947 – Laura Schlessinger, psychiatrist, radio talk show host
- 1947 - Sara Jane Olson, American political activist
- 1948 – John Carpenter, American movie director
- 1948 – Dalvanius, New Zealand entertainer (d. 2002)
- 1948 - Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro, Italian bishop
- 1948 – Gregor Gysi, German politician
- 1948 – Anatoly Solovyev, Soviet cosmonaut
- 1948 – Cliff Thorburn, Canadian snooker player
- 1950 – Debbie Allen, American actress, dancer and choreographer
- 1950 – Caroline Munro, actress
- 1950 - Daniel Vischer, Swiss politician (d. 2017)
1951 – 1975
- 1952 – Fuad II of Egypt
- 1953 - L. Blaine Hammond, NASA astronaut
- 1954 - Wolfgang Schmidt, German discus thrower
- 1954 – Nancy Richards-Akers, novelist (d. 1999)
- 1954 - Vasili Zhupikov, Russian footballer (d. 2015)
- 1955 - Jerry M. Linenger, NASA astronaut
- 1956 – Martin Jol, Dutch footballer and coach
- 1957 - Jurijs Andrejevs, Latvian footballer
- 1957 - Ricardo Darin, Argentine actor, screenwriter and director
- 1957 - Paul Holmes, English politician
- 1958 - Lena Ek, Swedish politician
- 1958 – Tony Pulis, Welsh footballer and coach
- 1958 - Andris Skele, Prime Minister of Latvia
- 1958 – Anatoli Boukreev, Russian climber (d. 1997)
- 1958 - Andriy Bal, Ukrainian footballer (d. 2014)
- 1959 – Sade, Nigerian singer
- 1959 - Juanita Bynum, American televangelist
- 1961 - Paul Raven, British musician (d. 2007)
- 1963 – James May, British television presenter
- 1965 - John Carver, British footballer and manager
- 1969 – Roy Jones, Jr., American boxer
- 1969 - Neil Back, English rugby player
- 1970 - Brendan O'Hare, Scottish drummer
- 1971 - Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player
- 1971 - Jonathan Mangum, American actor and comedian
- 1972 - Greg Page, Australian musician (The Wiggles)
- 1972 - Radivoje Manic, Serbian footballer
- 1974 – Kate Moss, English supermodel
- 1974 - Mattias Jonsson, Swedish footballer
From 1976
- 1976 - Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, Bahamian athlete
- 1977 – Jeff Foster, American professional basketball player
- 1979 – Aaliyah, American singer (d. 2001)
- 1979 - Muntadhar al-Zaidi, Iraqi journalist
- 1979 - Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 – Albert Pujols, Dominican baseball player
- 1980 - Lin-Manuel Miranda, American stage actor, composer, singer and playwright
- 1980 – Seydou Keita, Malian footballer
- 1981 – Bobby Zamora, English footballer
- 1981 – Nick Valensi, American guitarist
- 1981 - Vlad Munteanu, Romanian footballer
- 1982 – Tuncay Sanli, Turkish footballer
- 1983 – Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer
- 1983 – Andriy Rusol, Ukrainian footballer
- 1983 - Derek Riordan, Scottish footballer
- 1984 - Craig Beattie, Scottish footballer
- 1984 – Stephan Lichtsteiner, Swiss footballer
- 1985 - Daisuke Sakata, Japanese footballer
- 1985 – Pablo Zabaleta, Argentine footballer
- 1985 – Craig Jones, English motorcycle racer (d. 2008)
- 1986 - Aija Andrejeva, Latvian singer
- 1986 - Mason Gamble, American actor
- 1986 - Irina Kuzmina, Latvian tennis player
- 1986 - Daiki Niwa, Japanese footballer
- 1987 - Lauren McAvoy, British fashion model
- 1987 - Park Joo-ho, South Korean footballer
- 1988 – Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
- 1988 - FKA twigs, English singer-songwriter, producer and dancer
- 1989 - Paul Sweeney, Scottish politician
- 1989 - Yvonne Zima, American actress
- 1991 - Matt Duchene, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1992 - Maja Keuc, Slovenian singer
- 1995 - Takumi Minamino, Japanese footballer
Deaths
2001 – 2015
- 2001 – Laurent-Désiré Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (assassinated; death officially confirmed on January 18)
- 2002 – Michael Bilandic, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1923)
- 2002 – Eddie Meduza, Swedish composer (b. 1948)
- 2002 – Bobo Olson, American boxer (b. 1928)
- 2002 – Ron Taylor, American actor (b. 1952)
- 2004 – Kalevi Sorsa, former Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)
- 2005 – Marjorie Williams, Washington Post columnist and contributing editor for Vanity Fair (b. 1958)
- 2007 - Rudolf August Oetker, German businessman (b. 1916)
- 2007 - Ron Carey, American actor (b. 1935)
- 2009 - John Mortimer, British lawyer and writer (b. 1923)
- 2009 – Andrew Wyeth, American painter (b. 1917)
- 2011 – Steve Prestwich, Australian musician (b. 1954)
- 2012 - Gustav Leonhardt, Dutch keyboardist, conductor and musicologist (b. 1928)
- 2013 - Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Russian cross-country skier (b. 1931)
- 2013 - Pauline Phillips, American columnist and radio host (b. 1918)
- 2014 - Russell Johnson, American actor (b. 1924)
- 2014 - Ruth Duccini, American actress (b. 1918)
- 2014 - Hiroo Onoda, Japanese soldier (b. 1922)
- 2015 - Ian Athfield, New Zealand architect (b. 1940)
- 2015 - Ted Harrison, Canadian artist (b. 1926)
- 2015 - Rimma Markova, Russian actress (b. 1925)
- 2015 - Miriam Akavia, Israeli writer and Holocaust survivor (b. 1927)
- 2015 - Yao Beina, Chinese singer b. 1981)
- 2015 - Andrew Benson, American biologist (b. 1917
- 2015 - Stuart Loory, American journalist (b. 1932)
From 2016
- 2016 - Ted Marchibroda, American football player (b. 1931)
- 2016 - Carina Jaarnek, Swedish singer (b. 1962)
- 2016 - Rudy Migay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1928)
- 2017 - Eugene Cernan, American astronaut (b. 1934)
- 2017 - Amin Nasir, Singaporean footballer (b. 1968)
- 2017 - William A. Hilliard, American journalist (b. 1927)
- 2017 - Franz Jarnach, German actor and musician (b. 1943)
- 2017 - Peter Jones, Australian politician (b. 1933)
- 2017 - Charles "Bobo" Shaw, American jazz drummer (b. 1947)
- 2017 - Steve Wright, American bass guitarist (b. 1950)
- 2018 - Bill Bain, American management consultant (b. 1937)
- 2018 - George Bandy, American politician (b. 1945)
- 2018 - Bradford Dillman, American actor (b. 1930)
- 2018 - Kingdon Gould Jr., American diplomat (b. 1924)
- 2018 - Peter Groeger, German actor (b. 1933)
- 2018 - Madalena Iglésias, Portuguese actress and singer (b. 1939)
- 2018 - Jo Jo White, American basketball player (b. 1946)
- 2018 - Anatoly Glushenkov, Russian politician (b. 1942)
- 2018 - Madalena Iglésias, Portuguese actress and singer (b. 1939)
- 2019 - John C. Bogle, American investor and writer (b. 1929)
- 2019 - Mirjam Pressler, German writer and translator (b. 1940)
- 2019 - Chris Wilson, Australian musician (b. 1956)
- 2019 - Yu Min, Chinese nuclear physicist (b. 1926)