January 16 in History
What happened on January 16 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on january 16 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on january 16 in history.
?>1991
The Persian Gulf War begins. The massive U.S.-led offensive against Iraq - Operation Desert Storm - ends on February 28, 1991, when President George Bush declares a cease-fire, and Iraq pledges to honor future coalition and U.N. peace terms.
1979
The Shah leaves Iran.
1975
The Irish Republican Army calls an end to a 25-day cease fire in Belfast.
1965
Eighteen are arrested in Mississippi for the murder of three civil rights workers.
1956
The Egyptian government makes Islam the state religion.
1945
The U.S. First and Third armies link up at Houffalize, effectively ending the Battle of the Bulge.
1944
Eisenhower assumes supreme command of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe.
1942
Japan’s advance into Burma begins.
1940
Hitler cancels an attack in the West due to bad weather and the capture of German attack plans in Belgium.
1939
Franklin D. Roosevelt asks for an extension of the Social Security Act to include more women and children.
1920
The League of Nations holds its first meeting in Paris.
1920
Allies lift the blockade on trade with Russia.
1914
Maxim Gorky is authorized to return to Russia after an eight year exile for political dissidence.
1909
One of Ernest Shackleton's polar exploration teams reaches the Magnetic South Pole.
1900
The U.S. Senate recognizes the Anglo-German Treaty of 1899 by which the UK renounced its rights to the Samoan Islands.
1865
General William T. Sherman begins a march through the Carolinas.
1847
John C. Fremont, the famed "Pathfinder" of Western exploration, is appointed governor of California.
1786
The Council of Virginia guarantees religious freedom.
1547
Ivan IV crowns himself the new Czar of Russia in Assumption Cathedral in Moscow.