361 Historic Events for January 16
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| 1910 |
Birth |
David McCampbell, US pilot/capt (WW II-Pacific-downed 34 Jap planes)
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar
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| 1911 |
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Pandora becomes 1st 2-man sailboat to round Cape Horn west to east
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, HOF baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Franz Tumler, Austria, author/novelist (Cloak, Aufruf)
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| 1912 |
Death |
Georg Heym, writer, dies at 24
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| 1913 |
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British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule for Ireland
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| 1914 |
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Writer Maksim Gorki returns to Russia
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Roger Aubert, Belgium, church historian (Le Pontificat de Pie IX)
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| 1915 |
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Congress authorizes $1 and $50 Panama-Pacific Intl Expo gold coin
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Frederick Stewart, British geologist
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| 1916 |
Death |
Arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Buddy Lester, Chicago Ill, actor (Nick-Phil Silvers Show)
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Stirling Silliphant, screenwriter
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| 1919 |
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Prohibition ratified by 3/4 of states; Nebraska is 36th
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Bob Boucher, Kent Ohio, orch leader (Music on Ice)
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| 1919 |
Death |
Jaroslav Jeremias, composer, dies at 19
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Elliot Reid, NYC, actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
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| 1920 |
Event |
18th Amendment, prohibition, goes into effect; repealed in 1933
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| 1920 |
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Georgia declares independence
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| 1920 |
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1st assembly of League of Nations (Paris)
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| 1920 |
Death |
Reginald De Koven, composer, dies at 60
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Martin Stokken, Norway, nordic relay (Olympic-silver-1952)
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Roy Lanham, rocker (Sons of the Pioneers)
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Willem Aantjes, Dutch politicial leader (CDA)
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