January 16-National Days, Birthday and Important Past Events

January 16 2024 is Tuesday. Holidays & Observances, National and Special Days, Major Past Events, Zodiac Sign, Birthday of Celebrity & famous personalities on this date.

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Holidays, Observances of Special Day & National Day on January 16

Find out about important past events, festivals, funny, weird, national days, special days & Holidays happening around the world in different countries on this day

National days on Tue Jan 16th, 2024

16th day of the Gregorian calendar
Western Zodiac – Capricorn
National Religious Freedom Day
National Quinoa Day
Day of Remembrance- Benin
International Rooibos Day
National Good Teen Day
International Hot and Spicy Food Day
Nothing Nothing Day
National Appreciate a Dragon Day
National Fig Newton Day

Past events and historical events on January 16

2012-Jon Huntsman Ends Bid for Republican Presidential Nomination after coming in third in the New Hampshire primary.
2009-The largest bank in the United States, Bank of America, will get $20 billion in new government aid and $118 billion in guarantees against bad assets.
2005-The Romanian university lecturer Adriana Iliescu gives birth at the age of 66 and broke the record for the world’s oldest birth mother.
2003-The last mission of the Space Shuttle Columbia began with the launch of more than 80 experiments from all over the world.
1995-Avalanches after heavy rain swept two buses off the route between Srinagar and Jammu in Kashmir, killing over 200 and stranding 5,000.
1992-The civil war in El Salvador ends which lasted over 12 years and left more than 75,000 people dead.
1979-The Shah of Iran flees the country and Ayatollah Khomeini later took power and proclaimed the Islamic Republic.
1958-A grasshopper outbreak in Colorado and neighbouring states destroyed crops, upset tourists, and cost millions of dollars.
1953- The first corvette was presented at a car show that took place at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York.
1942 Panama Canal US Lends $20,000,000 to help speed up the process of the Pan-American Highway.
1920-Budapest A lack of food has killed about 968 out of every 1,000 babies born in the city of Vienna in the past year.
1919-Prohibition begins in the United States for manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors.

Famous Personalities & Celebrities Birthday on January 16

Famous Celebrities birthdays on 16th January–

1985-Renee Felice Smith is an American actress and producer.
1980-Lin-Manuel Miranda-American multiple award winning actor, composer, lyricist, singer and playwright
1979-Aaliyah-American singer, actress and model
1974-Kate Moss-English model
1959-Sade Adu-English singer-songwriter and producer
1950-Debbie Allen is an actress, dancer, choreographer, and singer-songwriter
1948-John Carpenter-American director
1933-Susan Sontag-American author
1932-Dian Fossey-American-Zoologist, primatologist and conservationist.
1908-Ethel Merman-American Actress and Singer.

FAQ / People Also Ask

1. Which Day is 16th January 2024?

16th January is Tuesday
16th day of the Gregorian calendar
Western Zodiac- Capricorn

2. Special Day on January 16

National Startup Day is being held on this day. We chose the 10th to 16th of January 2023 as Startup India Innovation Week to honour the spirit of the Indian startup ecosystem and mark this important day.
National Nothing Day is a “un-event” that was made up by columnist Harold Pullman Coffin in 1972. It has been celebrated every year on January 16 in the United States since 1973, when it was added to Chase’s Calendar of Events. It’s not a real holiday, because that would take an act of Congress.

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