Saturday, January 16, 2016

History for January 16

History for January 16 - On-This-Day.com:
Andre Michelin 1853, Ethel Merman 1909, Norman Podhoretz 1930 


A.J. Foyt 1935, Ronnie Milsap 1943, John Carpenter 1948 


1919 - The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited the sale or transportation of alcoholic beverages, was ratified. It was later repealed by the 21st Amendment. 


1920 - Prohibition went into effect in the U.S. 


1944 - General Dwight D. Eisenhower took command of the Allied invasion force in London. 


1970 - Colonel Muammar el-Quaddafi became virtual president of Libya. 


1979 - The Shah of Iran and his family fled Iran for Egypt. 


1985 - "Playboy" magazine announced its 30-year tradition of stapling centerfold models in the bellybutton and elsewhere would come to an immediate end. 


1988 - Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder was fired as a CBS sports commentator one day after telling a TV station in Washington, DC, that, during the era of slavery, blacks had been bred to produce stronger offspring. 


1991 - The White House announced the start of Operation Desert Storm. The operation was designed to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait. 

No comments: