Today in History for 16th January 2023

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Historical Events

1945 - Adolf Hitler moves into the Fuhrerbunker, his underground bunker in Berlin
1963 - Khrushchev claims to have a 100-megaton nuclear bomb
1968 - Jay Allen's "Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" premieres in NYC
1984 - 11th American Music Awards: Pat Benatar and Michael Jackson win
2003 - The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrates 16 days later on re-entry.
2014 - 19th Critics' Choice Movie Awards: 12 Years a Slave wins Best Film

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Famous Birthdays

1870 - Jimmy Collins, American Baseball HOF 3rd baseman (World Series 1903 Boston Americans; NL HR leader 1898 Boston Beaneaters) and manager (Boston Americans 1901–06), born in Niagara Falls, NY (d. 1943)
1911 - Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (d. 1996)
1928 - Pilar Lorengar [Lorenza Pilar García], Aragones soprano, born in El Gancho, Zaragoza, Spain (d. 1996)
1950 - Jesse Dizon, American actor, born in Oceanside, California
1972 - Joe Horn, American NFL wide receiver, 1996-2007 (KC Chiefs, New Orleans Saints, and 1 other team), born in New Haven, Connecticut
1972 - Salah Hissou, Moroccan long-distance runner, born in Morocco

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Famous Deaths

1886 - Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51
1901 - Hiram R. Revels, American clergyman, politician,1st African American in Congress (US Senator from Mississippi, 1870-71), and college president (Alcorn, 1871-82), dies at 73
1942 - Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada (1911-16), dies at 91
1962 - Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77
1979 - Ted Cassidy, American actor (Lurch-Addams Family), dies at 46
2004 - Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)

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