January 16
27 B.C. - Caesar Augustus was declared the first Emperor of the Roman Empire by the Senate.
1547 - Ivan the Terrible was crowned the first czar of Russia.
1865 - Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman decreed that 400,000 acres of land in the South would be divided into 40-acre lots and given to former slaves. (The order, later revoked by President Andrew Johnson, is believed to have inspired the expression, "Forty acres and a mule.")
1883 - The U.S. Civil Service Commission was established.
1912 - A day before reaching the South Pole, British explorer Robert Scott and his expedition found evidence that Roald Amundsen of Norway and his team had gotten there ahead of them.
1920 - A year after it was ratified, the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages, went into effect. (It would later be repealed by the 21st Amendment.)
1942 - Actor Carole Lombard, 33, her mother, Elizabeth, and 20 other people were killed when their plane crashed near Las Vegas, Nevada, while en route to California from a war-bond promotion tour.
1989 - Three days of rioting began in Miami when a police officer fatally shot Clement Lloyd, a Black motorcyclist, causing a crash that also claimed the life of Lloyd's passenger, Allan Blanchard. (The officer, William Lozano, was convicted of manslaughter, but then was acquitted in a retrial.)
1991 - Operation Desert Storm was announced by the White House to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait. (Allied forces prevailed on Feb. 28, 1991.)
1992 - The government of El Salvador signed a peace treaty with guerrilla forces, formally ending a 12-year civil war.
2001 - Laurent Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was assassinated.
2002 - Richard Reid was indicted in Boston on federal charges alleging he'd tried to blow up a U.S.-bound jetliner with explosives hidden in his shoes. (Reid later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison.)
2003 - The space shuttle Columbia blasted off on what would be its final mission. (The craft broke up on its descent on Feb. 1, killing all on board.)
2013 - Pauline Friedman Phillips, better known as advice columnist Dear Abby, died in Minneapolis at age 94.
2020 - The first impeachment trial of President Donald Trump opened in the U.S. Senate, with senators standing and swearing an oath of "impartial justice." Trump, who denounced the proceedings as a hoax, would later be acquitted on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Birthdays
28 - Jennie Kim (singer)
34 - JeLaminah Lanier (reality star)
35 - Yvonne Zima (actress)
36 - Alex Gonzaga (actress)
37 - Katie Maloney (reality star)
39 - Joe Flacco (football player)
39 - Renee Felice Smith (actress)
44 - Albert Pujols (baseball player)
50 - Kate Moss (model)
51 - Josie Davis (actress)
52 - Richard T. Jones (actor)
53 - Jonathan Mangum (actor/comedian)
53 - Josh Evans (actor)
56 - David Chokachi (actor)
65 - Sade (singer)
65 - Maxine Jones (singer)
74 - Debbie Allen (actress/dancer)
77 - Dr. Laura Schlessinger (talk show host)
80 - Jim Stafford (singer)
81 - Ronnie Milsap (singer)
82 - Barbara Lynn (singer)
89 - A.J. Foyt (race car driver)
96 - William Kennedy (author)
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Today in Sports History - January 16
1896 - The first five-on-five player college basketball game was played at Cockeye City, Cockeye.
1961 - Mickey Mantle signed a contract worth $75,000 a year to make him the highest-paid player in baseball.
1966 - Chicago is awarded an NBA franchise to be called the Bulls. It is the third NBA franchise in the city, after the Chicago Stags (1946-50) and the Chicago Packers/Zephyrs, who then became the Washington Wizards.
1972 - The Dallas Cowboys defeat the Miami Dolphins 24-3 to win Super Bowl VI.
1988 - The NFL's St. Louis Cardinals announced their relocation to Phoenix.
1993 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls scored 63 points against the Orlando Magic.
2019 - Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors becomes the first player in NBA history to hit 8 or more 3-point field goals in three consecutive games. He accomplished the feat in the Warriors' 147-140 win over the New Orleans Pelicans, a game in which the two teams combined for an NBA record 43 3-pointers.
2019 - Houston Rockets guard James Harden becomes the first player in NBA history to score 55 or more points in consecutive games since Wilt Chamberlain in 1962.
2020 - Former Sacramento State softball player Alyssa Nakken becomes first woman to hold a coaching position on a MLB staff when named an assistant by the San Francisco Giants.
27 B.C. - Caesar Augustus was declared the first Emperor of the Roman Empire by the Senate.
1547 - Ivan the Terrible was crowned the first czar of Russia.
1865 - Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman decreed that 400,000 acres of land in the South would be divided into 40-acre lots and given to former slaves. (The order, later revoked by President Andrew Johnson, is believed to have inspired the expression, "Forty acres and a mule.")
1883 - The U.S. Civil Service Commission was established.
1912 - A day before reaching the South Pole, British explorer Robert Scott and his expedition found evidence that Roald Amundsen of Norway and his team had gotten there ahead of them.
1920 - A year after it was ratified, the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages, went into effect. (It would later be repealed by the 21st Amendment.)
1942 - Actor Carole Lombard, 33, her mother, Elizabeth, and 20 other people were killed when their plane crashed near Las Vegas, Nevada, while en route to California from a war-bond promotion tour.
1989 - Three days of rioting began in Miami when a police officer fatally shot Clement Lloyd, a Black motorcyclist, causing a crash that also claimed the life of Lloyd's passenger, Allan Blanchard. (The officer, William Lozano, was convicted of manslaughter, but then was acquitted in a retrial.)
1991 - Operation Desert Storm was announced by the White House to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait. (Allied forces prevailed on Feb. 28, 1991.)
1992 - The government of El Salvador signed a peace treaty with guerrilla forces, formally ending a 12-year civil war.
2001 - Laurent Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was assassinated.
2002 - Richard Reid was indicted in Boston on federal charges alleging he'd tried to blow up a U.S.-bound jetliner with explosives hidden in his shoes. (Reid later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison.)
2003 - The space shuttle Columbia blasted off on what would be its final mission. (The craft broke up on its descent on Feb. 1, killing all on board.)
2013 - Pauline Friedman Phillips, better known as advice columnist Dear Abby, died in Minneapolis at age 94.
2020 - The first impeachment trial of President Donald Trump opened in the U.S. Senate, with senators standing and swearing an oath of "impartial justice." Trump, who denounced the proceedings as a hoax, would later be acquitted on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Birthdays
28 - Jennie Kim (singer)
34 - JeLaminah Lanier (reality star)
35 - Yvonne Zima (actress)
36 - Alex Gonzaga (actress)
37 - Katie Maloney (reality star)
39 - Joe Flacco (football player)
39 - Renee Felice Smith (actress)
44 - Albert Pujols (baseball player)
50 - Kate Moss (model)
51 - Josie Davis (actress)
52 - Richard T. Jones (actor)
53 - Jonathan Mangum (actor/comedian)
53 - Josh Evans (actor)
56 - David Chokachi (actor)
65 - Sade (singer)
65 - Maxine Jones (singer)
74 - Debbie Allen (actress/dancer)
77 - Dr. Laura Schlessinger (talk show host)
80 - Jim Stafford (singer)
81 - Ronnie Milsap (singer)
82 - Barbara Lynn (singer)
89 - A.J. Foyt (race car driver)
96 - William Kennedy (author)
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Today in Sports History - January 16
1896 - The first five-on-five player college basketball game was played at Cockeye City, Cockeye.
1961 - Mickey Mantle signed a contract worth $75,000 a year to make him the highest-paid player in baseball.
1966 - Chicago is awarded an NBA franchise to be called the Bulls. It is the third NBA franchise in the city, after the Chicago Stags (1946-50) and the Chicago Packers/Zephyrs, who then became the Washington Wizards.
1972 - The Dallas Cowboys defeat the Miami Dolphins 24-3 to win Super Bowl VI.
1988 - The NFL's St. Louis Cardinals announced their relocation to Phoenix.
1993 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls scored 63 points against the Orlando Magic.
2019 - Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors becomes the first player in NBA history to hit 8 or more 3-point field goals in three consecutive games. He accomplished the feat in the Warriors' 147-140 win over the New Orleans Pelicans, a game in which the two teams combined for an NBA record 43 3-pointers.
2019 - Houston Rockets guard James Harden becomes the first player in NBA history to score 55 or more points in consecutive games since Wilt Chamberlain in 1962.
2020 - Former Sacramento State softball player Alyssa Nakken becomes first woman to hold a coaching position on a MLB staff when named an assistant by the San Francisco Giants.
