January 16
27 B.C. - Caesar Augustus was declared the first emperor of the Roman Empire by the Senate.
1547 - Ivan IV, also known as Ivan the Terrible, was crowned 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 (It was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.)
1942 - Actress Carole Lombard, the wife of actor Clark Gable, died in a plane crash.
1944 - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower took command of the Allied invasion force in London.
1969 - Two manned Soviet Soyuz spaceships became the first vehicles to dock in space and transfer personnel.
1989 - Three days of rioting erupted in Miami when a police officer fatally shot a black motorcyclist, causing a crash that also claimed the life of a passenger. (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 in an effort to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.
1992 - The El Salvador government signed a peace treaty with guerrilla forces, formally ending 12 years of 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 February 1, killing all on board.)
2004 - Pop star Michael Jackson pleaded innocent to child molestation charges in Santa Maria, California. (Charges were later re-filed and Jackson was acquitted.)
2006 - Africa's first elected female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, was sworn in as Liberia's president.
2007 - Illinois Sen. Barack Obama launched his bid for the presidency.
2020 - The first impeachment trial of President Donald Trump began in the U.S. Senate, with senators standing and swearing an oath of "impartial justice." Trump denounced the proceedings as a "hoax", while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said new evidence reinforced the need to call additional witnesses. (Trump would be acquitted on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.)
Birthdays
31 - JeLaminah Lanier (reality star)
33 - Yvonne Zima (actress)
33 - Alex Gonzaga (actress)
34 - Katie Maloney (reality star)
37 - Joe Flacco (football player)
37 - Renee Felice Smith (actress)
41 - Albert Pujols (baseball player)
48 - Kate Moss (model)
49 - Josie Davis (actress)
50 - Richard T. Jones (actor)
51 - Jonathan Mangum (actor/comedian)
51 - Josh Evans (actor)
54 - David Chokachi (actor)
63 - Sade (singer)
63 - Maxine Jones (singer)
72 - Debbie Allen (actress/dancer)
75 - Laura Schlessinger (talk show host/advice columnist)
78 - Jim Stafford (singer)
78 - Katherine Anderson Schaffner (singer)
79 - Ronnie Milsap (singer)
80 - Barbara Lynn (singer)
87 - A.J. Foyt (race car driver)
94 - William Kennedy (author)
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Today in Sports History - January 16
1896 - The first five-on-five college basketball game was played in Cockeye City, Cockeye.
1960 - Gordie Howe scores his 888th career goal, passing Maurice Richard as the NHL's all-time leading scorer.
1961 - Mickey Mantle signed a contract making him the American League's highest-paid player at $75,000 for the season.
1966 - Chicago is granted an NBA franchise to be called the Bulls, becoming the league's third-ever franchise in the city after the Chicago Stags (1946-1950) and the Chicago Packers/Zephyrs (now the Washington Wizards).
1972 - The Dallas Cowboys defeat the Miami Dolphins 24-3 in New Orleans to win Super Bowl VI.
1988 - The NFL's St. Louis Cardinals announced their relocation to Phoenix.
1993 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls scores 64 points against the Orlando Magic.
1995 - Malcolm Glazer purchased the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for an estimated $192 million.
2002 - Baseball owners approved the record $660 million sale of the Boston Red Sox.
2019 - Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors becomes the first player in NBA history to hit 8+ three-point field goals in three consecutive games after going 9-for-17 from behind the arc in a 147-140 win over the New Orleans Pelicans; in that game the two teams combined for an NBA record 43 3-pointers.
2019 - Houston Rockets guard James Harden becomes the first player to score 55 or more points in back to back 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.
2020 - Newly appointed manager Carlos Beltran and New York Mets mutually agree to part ways because of his role in Houston Astros sign stealing scandal; third manager forced out of a job as a result of the allegations.
27 B.C. - Caesar Augustus was declared the first emperor of the Roman Empire by the Senate.
1547 - Ivan IV, also known as Ivan the Terrible, was crowned 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 was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.)
1942 - Actress Carole Lombard, the wife of actor Clark Gable, died in a plane crash.
1944 - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower took command of the Allied invasion force in London.
1969 - Two manned Soviet Soyuz spaceships became the first vehicles to dock in space and transfer personnel.
1989 - Three days of rioting erupted in Miami when a police officer fatally shot a black motorcyclist, causing a crash that also claimed the life of a passenger. (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 in an effort to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.
1992 - The El Salvador government signed a peace treaty with guerrilla forces, formally ending 12 years of 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 February 1, killing all on board.)
2004 - Pop star Michael Jackson pleaded innocent to child molestation charges in Santa Maria, California. (Charges were later re-filed and Jackson was acquitted.)
2006 - Africa's first elected female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, was sworn in as Liberia's president.
2007 - Illinois Sen. Barack Obama launched his bid for the presidency.
2020 - The first impeachment trial of President Donald Trump began in the U.S. Senate, with senators standing and swearing an oath of "impartial justice." Trump denounced the proceedings as a "hoax", while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said new evidence reinforced the need to call additional witnesses. (Trump would be acquitted on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.)
Birthdays
31 - JeLaminah Lanier (reality star)
33 - Yvonne Zima (actress)
33 - Alex Gonzaga (actress)
34 - Katie Maloney (reality star)
37 - Joe Flacco (football player)
37 - Renee Felice Smith (actress)
41 - Albert Pujols (baseball player)
48 - Kate Moss (model)
49 - Josie Davis (actress)
50 - Richard T. Jones (actor)
51 - Jonathan Mangum (actor/comedian)
51 - Josh Evans (actor)
54 - David Chokachi (actor)
63 - Sade (singer)
63 - Maxine Jones (singer)
72 - Debbie Allen (actress/dancer)
75 - Laura Schlessinger (talk show host/advice columnist)
78 - Jim Stafford (singer)
78 - Katherine Anderson Schaffner (singer)
79 - Ronnie Milsap (singer)
80 - Barbara Lynn (singer)
87 - A.J. Foyt (race car driver)
94 - William Kennedy (author)
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Today in Sports History - January 16
1896 - The first five-on-five college basketball game was played in Cockeye City, Cockeye.
1960 - Gordie Howe scores his 888th career goal, passing Maurice Richard as the NHL's all-time leading scorer.
1961 - Mickey Mantle signed a contract making him the American League's highest-paid player at $75,000 for the season.
1966 - Chicago is granted an NBA franchise to be called the Bulls, becoming the league's third-ever franchise in the city after the Chicago Stags (1946-1950) and the Chicago Packers/Zephyrs (now the Washington Wizards).
1972 - The Dallas Cowboys defeat the Miami Dolphins 24-3 in New Orleans to win Super Bowl VI.
1988 - The NFL's St. Louis Cardinals announced their relocation to Phoenix.
1993 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls scores 64 points against the Orlando Magic.
1995 - Malcolm Glazer purchased the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for an estimated $192 million.
2002 - Baseball owners approved the record $660 million sale of the Boston Red Sox.
2019 - Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors becomes the first player in NBA history to hit 8+ three-point field goals in three consecutive games after going 9-for-17 from behind the arc in a 147-140 win over the New Orleans Pelicans; in that game the two teams combined for an NBA record 43 3-pointers.
2019 - Houston Rockets guard James Harden becomes the first player to score 55 or more points in back to back 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.
2020 - Newly appointed manager Carlos Beltran and New York Mets mutually agree to part ways because of his role in Houston Astros sign stealing scandal; third manager forced out of a job as a result of the allegations.
