On this day: January 16

January 16: Mattu Pongal (Tamils, 2016)

Benny Goodman

• 27 BC – Gaius Octavianus was given the title Augustus by the Roman Senate when he became the first Roman emperor.
• 1809 – Peninsular War: French forces under Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult attacked the amphibious evacuation of the British under Sir John Moore in Corunna, Galicia, Spain.
• 1938 – Benny Goodman (pictured) performed a concert at New York City's Carnegie Hall which has been considered instrumental in establishing jazz as a legitimate form of music.
• 1986 – The Internet Engineering Task Force, a standards organization that develops and promotes Internet standards, held its first meeting, consisting of twenty-one United States-government-funded researchers.
• 2008 – Five days after proposing lyrics for the wordless Marcha Real, the Spanish national anthem, the Spanish Olympic Committee withdrew the proposal due to widespread criticism.

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