January 16: Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States (2017)
Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780 by Francis Holman
- 1362 – The Danish settlement of Rungholt was reportedly sunk into the North Sea by a massive windstorm.
- 1780 – Anglo-Spanish War: The British Royal Navy gained their first major naval victory over their European enemies in the war when they defeated a Spanish squadron in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent (pictured).
- 1920 – The League of Nations, the first intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace, held its first council meeting in Paris.
- 1942 – TWA Flight 3 crashed into Potosi Mountain in Nevada, killing actress Carole Lombard and all of the other 21 people on board.
- 1964 – The musical Hello, Dolly! opened at the St. James Theatre on Broadway, and went on to win ten Tony Awards, a record that stood for 37 years.
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