This site was created to easily navigate collection of various events in history. History is the study of the past, particularly the written record of the human race, but more generally including scientific and archaeological discoveries about the past. It is important to know dates and events in the past.

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January 16th, 2027	Event	The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate.
January 16th, 2007	Death	Ron Carey, American actor (born in 1935)
January 16th, 2007	Death	Benny Parsons, American racecar driver and commentator (born in 1941)
January 16th, 2006	Event	Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia s new president. She becomes Africa s first female elected head of state.
January 16th, 2006	Death	Stanley Biber, American physician, pioneer of transgender surgery, (born in 1923)
January 16th, 2005	Death	Marjorie Williams, American journalist (born in 1958)
January 16th, 2004	Death	Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland (born in 1930)
January 16th, 2003	Event	The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
January 16th, 2003	Death	Richard Wainwright, English politician (born in 1918)
January 16th, 2002	Event	The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida, and the remaining members of the Taliban.

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