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01-15-2014, 10:03 PM
jseal
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January 16th
1605
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The first edition of “
Don Quixote
” by Miguel de Cervantes was published in Madrid.
1794
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Death of Edward Gibbon, Historian.
1909
~
Ernest Shackleton's expedition
found the magnetic South Pole.
1920
~
Prohibition began in the U.S.
as the 18th Amendment to the Constitution took effect.
1923
~
Birthday of Dian Fossey, American zoologist.
1970
~
Muammar al-Qaddafi
was proclaimed premier of Libya.
1977
~
The Marx Brothers were inducted into the
Motion Picture Hall of Fame
.
1979
~
The Shah of Iran went into exile in Egypt.
1991
~
The White House announced the start of Operation Desert Storm
.
2003
~
The Space Shuttle Columbia took off on its final mission,
STS-107
.
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