January 16 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for January 16
In the headlines today:

2000	Actress Lesley Ann Warren marries advertising executive Ron Taft.
1992	Representatives of the El Salvadoran government and rebels sign a pact in Mexico City, ending 12 years of civil war.
1990	The Soviet Union sends 11,000 reinforcements to the Caucasus to end the civil war between Armenians and Azerbaijanis.
1991	The White House announces the start of Desert Storm to drive Iraqi troops from Kuwait.
1989	Three days of riots begin in Miami after a police officer shoots and kills a black motorcyclist, which also claims the life of the passenger in the ensuing crash.
1967	Alan S. Boyd is sworn in as the first US Secretary of Transportation.
1964	The musical Hello, Dolly! opens on Broadway.
1957	The Cavern Club, a hangout for music lovers, opens its doors in Liverpool, England. This club would be the springboard that launched The Beatles to stardom a few years later.
1944		In London, general Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes commander of the Allied Invasion Force, during WWII. (photo credit: Times Books)
1942	Actress Carole Lombard, and twenty other people, die in a plane crash near Las Vegas.
1920	The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution takes effect, banning the sale of beer and distilled spirits.
1919	Missouri, Nebraska, and Wyoming ratify the Prohibition Amendment, adding it to the Constitution.
1883	The US Civil Service Commission is established.
1876	Edmund H. Sears, author of It Came Upon A midnight Clear, dies.
1815	Brazil is decreed a kingdom, independent from Portugal.
1547	Ivan the Terrible is crowned Czar of Russia.