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01/16/1868
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Cyril Metodej Hrazdira, composer
Type: Birth
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01/16/1868
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Refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit
Type: Event
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01/16/1870
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Wilhelm Normann, German chemist (hardening of oils)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1870
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Virginia becomes 8th state readmitted to US after Civil War
Type: Event
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01/16/1871
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Jefferson Long of Georgia sworn in as 2nd black congressman
Type: Event
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01/16/1872
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Henri-Paul Busser, composer
Type: Birth
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01/16/1872
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Edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1873
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Boyd Alexander, English explorer
Type: Birth
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01/16/1874
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Robert Service, England, Canadian poet (Cremation of Sam McGee)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1877
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Color organ (for light shows) patented, by Bainbridge Bishop
Type: Event
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01/16/1878
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Robert Garbe, German poet (Grniek)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1878
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Henry Dewitt "Harry" Carey II, US actor (Informer)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1878
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Harry Carey Sr, Bronx NY, actor (Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1879
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January record 13" of snow falls in NYC (broken Jan 7, 1996)
Type: Event
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01/16/1883
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Quebec Rugby Football Union forms
Type: Event
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01/16/1883
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Pendleton Act creates basis of US Civil Service system
Type: Event
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01/16/1885
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Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, president of Poland (1939-40)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1886
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Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51
Type: Death
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01/16/1887
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John Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1887
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Cliff House damaged when schooner "Parallel"'s powder cargo explodes
Type: Event
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01/16/1889
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128øF (53øC), Cloncurry, Queensland (Australian record)
Type: Event
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01/16/1890
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Karl Freund, Czech/Austrian cameraman/director
Type: Birth
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01/16/1890
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Lloyd Bacon, San Jose CA, actor (Charlie Chaplin)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1891
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Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54
Type: Death
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01/16/1891
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Leo Delibes, French ballet composer (Lakm), dies at 54
Type: Death
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01/16/1892
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Imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies
Type: Death
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01/16/1893
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Henry C Rmke, Dutch psychiatrist (Periods in Man's Life)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1893
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Johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74
Type: Death
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01/16/1894
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Guy Chamberlin, early NFL end/coach (Canton, Frankford, Cards)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1897
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John Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed" appears in School Journal
Type: Event
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01/16/1901
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Arnold Bcklin, Swiss painter, dies at 73
Type: Death
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01/16/1901
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Hiram Revels, dies at 73
Type: Death
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01/16/1901
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Fulgencio Batista, president/dictator of Cuba (1933-44, 1952-59)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1902
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Eric Liddell, China, English 400m runner (Olympic-gold-1924)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1902
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Evelyn Levine, composer
Type: Birth
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01/16/1904
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Max Vredenburg, composer
Type: Birth
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01/16/1905
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Baseball outfielder Frank Huelsman traded for 6th time in 8 months
Type: Event
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01/16/1905
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Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Dawson City (Yukon) in 2 games Ottawa Silver 7 beats Dawson City (Yukon) 23-2 for Stanley Cup, this is most lopsided playoff game, Frank McGee scores 14 goals
Type: Event
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01/16/1905
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Ernesto Halffter, composer
Type: Birth
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01/16/1906
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-13] Conference of Algeciras (about Morocco)
Type: Event
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01/16/1906
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-Apr 13] Conference of Algeciras (about Morocco)
Type: Event
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01/16/1906
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Diana Winyard, London, actress (Cavalcade)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1906
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Clement Greenberg, art critic
Type: Birth
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01/16/1907
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Phillip Humphrey Vellacott, classicist
Type: Birth
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01/16/1907
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Alexander Knox, Canada, actor (Gorky Park, 2 of a Kind)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1907
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Alfred Shaw, cricketer (seven Tests for England 1877-82), dies
Type: Death
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01/16/1908
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Pinnacles National Monument, Calif established
Type: Event
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01/16/1908
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Ethel Merman, stage and screen actress (Anything Goes, Call Me Madam)
Type: Birth
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01/16/1909
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British explorer Ernest Shackleton finds magnetic south pole
Type: Event
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01/16/1909
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David, Mawson and Mackay reach south magnetic pole
Type: Event
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