This day in History - January 16

361 Historic Events for January 16
1943 Event -60øF (-51øC), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record)
1943 Birth Gavin Bryars, composer
1943 Death Franz Courtens, Flemish painter (Sunny Lane), dies at 88
1943 Birth Brian Ferneyhough, composer
1944 Birth Jim Stafford, Eloise Fla, singer (Spiders and Snakes, My Girl Bill)
1944 Birth Ronnie Milsap, Robbinsville NC, country singer (Legend in My Time)
1944 Birth Chris de Marigny, painter/designer
1944 Event Gen Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London
1945 Event US 1st and 3rd army meet at Houffalise
1945 Birth Kabir Bedi, actor (Thief of Baghdad, Terminal Entry)
1945 Event Scottish 52nd land division/1st Commando brigade-assault at Heinsberg
1945 Death Dennis Donnini, Brit rifleman (Victoria Cross), dies in battle at 19
1946 Death Johanna HC Albregt, actress/wife of Henri Dons (Paradise), dies at 71
1946 Birth Michael L Coats, Sacramento Ca, Capt USN/astr (STS 41-D, 29, 39)
1947 Event Vincent Aurial elected president of France
1947 Birth Georgette Mosbacher, CEO (La Prairie cosmetics)
1947 Birth Juliet Berto, Grenoble France, actress (Le Sex Shop)
1948 Birth Anatoli Yakovlevich Solovyov, Riga, cosmonaut (TM-5,9,15,26, STS 71)
1948 Birth Christopher Moran, English financier/multi-millionaire
1948 Birth Cliff Thorburn, Victoria, BC, champion snooker player
1948 Birth John Carpenter, Carthage NY, director (Halloween, The Thing)
1948 Event 35 Haganah members are ambushed and killed in Gush Etzyon
1949 Event KNBH (now KNBC) TV channel 4 in Los Angeles, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast
1949 Event "Rape of Lucretia" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 23 perfs
1949 Event WTOP (now WUSA) TV channel 9 in Washington, DC (CBS) 1st broadcast