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 (It was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.)
1942 - Actress Carole Lombard, wife of actor Clark Gable, was killed in a plane crash near Las Vegas, Nevada.
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.
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.)
2020 - The first impeachment trial of President Donald Trump opened in the 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
34 - Yvonne Zima (actress)
38 - Joe Flacco (football player)
38 - Renee Felice Smith (actress)
43 - Albert Pujols (baseball player)
49 - Kate Moss (model)
50 - Josie Davis (actress)
51 - Richard T. Jones (actor)
52 - Jonathan Magnum (actor/comedian)
55 - David Chokachi (actor)
64 - Sade (singer)
64 - Maxine Jones (singer)
73 - Debbie Allen (actress/dancer)
76 - Dr. Laura Schlessinger (talk show host)
79 - Jim Stafford (singer)
80 - Ronnie Milsap (singer)
81 - Barbara Lynn (singer)
88 - A.J. Foyt (race car driver)
89 - Marilyn Horne (singer)
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Today in Sports History - January 16
1896 - The first five-player college basketball game was played at Cockeye City, Cockeye.
1961 - Mickey Mantle signed a contract which made him the highest paid baseball player in the American League at $75,000 for the 1961 season.
1966 - Chicago is granted an NBA franchise to be called the Bulls; become the 3rd NBA franchise in the city, after the Chicago Stags (1946–50) and Chicago Packers/Zephyrs (now 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 that they would be moving to Phoenix.
1993 - Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls) scored 64 points against the Orlando Magic. It was Jordan's second highest single-game total of his career.
2002 - Baseball owners voted to approve the record $660 million sale of the Boston Red Sox.
2019 - Houston Rockets guard James Harden becomes the first player to score 55 or more points in back-to-back NBA games since Wilt Chamberlain in 1962; he also recorded his 18th consecutive game scoring at least 30 points.
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
2022 - Tennis star Novak Djokovic, who refused to be vaccinated for COVID-19, was deported from Australia after losing a bid to stay in the country to defend his Australian Open title.
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 was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.)
1942 - Actress Carole Lombard, wife of actor Clark Gable, was killed in a plane crash near Las Vegas, Nevada.
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.
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.)
2020 - The first impeachment trial of President Donald Trump opened in the 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
34 - Yvonne Zima (actress)
38 - Joe Flacco (football player)
38 - Renee Felice Smith (actress)
43 - Albert Pujols (baseball player)
49 - Kate Moss (model)
50 - Josie Davis (actress)
51 - Richard T. Jones (actor)
52 - Jonathan Magnum (actor/comedian)
55 - David Chokachi (actor)
64 - Sade (singer)
64 - Maxine Jones (singer)
73 - Debbie Allen (actress/dancer)
76 - Dr. Laura Schlessinger (talk show host)
79 - Jim Stafford (singer)
80 - Ronnie Milsap (singer)
81 - Barbara Lynn (singer)
88 - A.J. Foyt (race car driver)
89 - Marilyn Horne (singer)
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Today in Sports History - January 16
1896 - The first five-player college basketball game was played at Cockeye City, Cockeye.
1961 - Mickey Mantle signed a contract which made him the highest paid baseball player in the American League at $75,000 for the 1961 season.
1966 - Chicago is granted an NBA franchise to be called the Bulls; become the 3rd NBA franchise in the city, after the Chicago Stags (1946–50) and Chicago Packers/Zephyrs (now 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 that they would be moving to Phoenix.
1993 - Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls) scored 64 points against the Orlando Magic. It was Jordan's second highest single-game total of his career.
2002 - Baseball owners voted to approve the record $660 million sale of the Boston Red Sox.
2019 - Houston Rockets guard James Harden becomes the first player to score 55 or more points in back-to-back NBA games since Wilt Chamberlain in 1962; he also recorded his 18th consecutive game scoring at least 30 points.
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
2022 - Tennis star Novak Djokovic, who refused to be vaccinated for COVID-19, was deported from Australia after losing a bid to stay in the country to defend his Australian Open title.
