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January 16 Deaths in History - January 16 Birthdays - January 16 Events
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January 16, 2004 Agnes Martin, Canadian Artist January 16, 2002 Carl Olson, American Athlete January 16, 2001 Auberon Waugh, British Author January 16, 2000 Robert Rathburn Wilson, nuclear physicist, a leader of the Manhattan Project, dies at 82 January 16, 2000 Mel Carnahan, American Politician January 16, 1999 Daniel Nathans, American Scientist January 16, 1998 David "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67 January 16, 1998 Peter Diamand, artistic administrator, dies at 84 January 16, 1998 Emil Sitka, actor, Three Stooges shorts, dies at 83 January 16, 1998 William Gaddis, American Novelist January 16, 1997 Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist, dies at 76 January 16, 1997 Innis Cosby, son of Bill Cosby, murdered on LA highway at 29 January 16, 1997 Jim Kensil, NFL president for the New York Jets, dies of heart failure at 66 January 16, 1997 Stephen Fitz-Simon, entrepreneur, dies at 59 January 16, 1996 Harry Potts, footballer/manager, dies at 75 January 16, 1996 Kaye Webb, publisher, dies at 81 January 16, 1995 William Dillard, trumpeter/singer, dies at 83 January 16, 1994 Harry Nilsson, singer/Songwriter, dies at 52 January 16, 1994 Martin Kosleck, German/US actor (Hitler Gang), dies at 86 January 16, 1994 Noel Fore, Belgian cyclist (Paris-Roubaix 1959), dies at 61 January 16, 1994 Stephen Kritsick, veterinarian (Good Morning America), dies at 42 January 16, 1993 Florence Desmond, [Dawson], actress (Sally in Our Alley), dies at 87 January 16, 1993 Glenn Corbett, U.S. actor (Shenandoah, Chisum, Midway), dies at 63 January 16, 1993 Sathasivam Krishnakumar, Sri Lanka commander, commits suicide January 16, 1992 Roselle Novelle, silent film actress, dies at 95 January 16, 1989 Pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82 January 16, 1989 Romo Vincent, actor (Naked Jungle), dies January 16, 1989 Trey Wilson, actor (Bull Durham, Twins, Raising Arizona), dies January 16, 1987 Earl Wilson, Bdwy columnist (Midnight Earl), dies in Yonkers at 79 January 16, 1987 Ilse Langen, writer, dies at 87 January 16, 1987 Joyce Jameson, comedienne (Spike Jones Show), dies at 54 January 16, 1982 Colin Chapman, English Inventor January 16, 1981 Bernard Lee, actor (Fallen Idol, Dr. No), dies at 73 January 16, 1980 Anna van Wageningen-Salomons, Dut author (Unspoilt Dream), dies at 94 January 16, 1980 Colonel Sanders, American Celebrity January 16, 1979 Fred Elizalde, composer, dies at 71 January 16, 1979 Ted Cassidy, actor (Lurch-Addams Family), dies at 46 January 16, 1973 Ray Barrett, sportscaster (Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at 65 January 16, 1972 David Seville, singer (Alvin and Chipmunks), dies at 52 January 16, 1971 Kermit Maynard, cowboy actor (Saturday Roundup), dies at 68 January 16, 1970 Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Djinak-djinak merpati), dies at 61 January 16, 1969 Jan Palach, protesting Soviet invasion of Czech, self immolates at 20 January 16, 1969 Vernon Duke, composer, dies at 65 January 16, 1969 Leonard Chess, Polish Businessman January 16, 1968 Robert R "Bob" Jones, founder (Bob Jones University), dies at 84 January 16, 1967 Dirk Vansina, Flemish playwright (Sage of Kai-Roi), dies at 72 January 16, 1967 Robert J Van De Graaff, U.S. nuclear physicist, dies at 65 January 16, 1966 Margarete Susman, writer, dies at 91 January 16, 1965 W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright January 16, 1963 Gilardo Gilardi, composer, dies at 73 January 16, 1962 Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77 January 16, 1961 Janos Viski, composer, dies at 54 January 16, 1959 George C. Marshall, American Soldier January 16, 1957 Alexander Cambridge, Governor-General (South Africa 1923-31/Canada 1940-5), dies at 82 January 16, 1957 Arturo Toscanini, Italian U.S. conductor (NBC), dies in New York City at 89 January 16, 1955 Jonkheer Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch min (1908-13), dies January 16, 1955 Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch minister (1908-13), dies at 94 January 16, 1954 Michail M Prishvin, Russian writer, dies January 16, 1950 Gustav Krupp, German Businessman January 16, 1946 Johanna HC Albregt, actress/wife of Henri Dons (Paradise), dies at 71 January 16, 1946 Alfred Jodl, German Soldier January 16, 1945 Dennis Donnini, British rifleman (Victoria Cross), dies in battle at 19 January 16, 1943 Franz Courtens, Flemish painter (Sunny Lane), dies at 88 January 16, 1942 Carole Lombard, actress, (Bolero), and mom killed in plane crash at 32 January 16, 1939 Albert Fish, mass murderer, executed January 16, 1935 Richard Wetz, composer, dies at 59 January 16, 1934 Annie Patterson, composer, dies at 65 January 16, 1928 Elinor Wylie, American Poet January 16, 1920 Reginald De Koven, composer, dies at 60 January 16, 1919 Jaroslav Jeremias, composer, dies at 19 January 16, 1916 Arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57 January 16, 1912 Georg Heym, writer, dies at 24 January 16, 1901 Arnold Bocklin, Swiss painter, dies at 73 January 16, 1901 Hiram Revels, dies at 73 January 16, 1894 Robert Charles Winthrop, American Politician January 16, 1893 Johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74 January 16, 1892 Imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies January 16, 1891 Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54 January 16, 1891 Leo Delibes, French ballet composer (Lakme), dies at 54 January 16, 1886 Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51 January 16, 1885 Edmond About, French Novelist January 16, 1864 Anton Schindler, German violinist and biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68 January 16, 1863 John Buford, American Soldier January 16, 1849 Wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69 January 16, 1842 Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies January 16, 1838 Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 January 16, 1817 Antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55 January 16, 1794 Edward Gibbon, historian (Decline and Fall), dies in London at 56 January 16, 1703 Matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64 January 16, 1697 Richard Savage, poet, dies January 16, 1595 Murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies January 16, 1343 Robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies January 16, 308 Marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies |