This Day In History: January 16th

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This Day in History

LEAD STORY

Prohibition takes effect,1919

AMERICAN REVOLUTION

British demonstrate naval supremacy in The Moonlight Battle, 1780

AUTOMOTIVE

Entertainer Bill Cosby's son murdered along CA interstate, 1997

CIVIL WAR

Crittenden Compromise is killed in Senate, 1861

COLD WAR

Soviets send troops into Azerbaijan, 1990

CRIME

The Moon Maniac, 1936

DISASTER

Avalanches bury buses in Kashmir, 1995

GENERAL INTEREST

Shah flees Iran, 1979

The Persian Gulf War begins, 1991

HOLLYWOOD

Carole Lombard killed in plane crash, 1942

LITERARY

Susan Sontag is born,1933

MUSIC

Benny Goodman brings jazz to Carnegie Hall, 1938

OLD WEST

Fremont appointed Governor of California,1847

PRESIDENTIAL

Bush waits for deadline in Iraq, 1991

SPORTS

Curt Flood files historic lawsuit against Major League Baseball, 1970

VIETNAM WAR

Johnson approves Oplan 34A, 1964

Agreement to open peace talks reached,1969

WORLD WAR I

Montenegro capitulates to Austro-Hungarian forces, 1916

WORLD WAR II

Hitler descends into his bunker, 1945