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Continental Congress approved the enlistment of free blacks. This led to the all-black First Rhode Island Regiment, composed of 33 freedmen and 92 slaves, who were promised freedom if they served to the end of the war. The regiment distinguished itself at the Battle of Newport.
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Samuel McIntire, architect of Salem, Massachusetts, was born.
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Vittorio Alfieri (d.1803), Italian dramatist and tragic poet famous for Cleopatra and Parigi Shastigliata, was born. "Often the test of courage is not to die but to live."
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Scotland ratified the Treaty of Union by a majority of 110 votes to 69. The Acts created a new state, the Kingdom of Great Britain, by merging the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland together.
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English parliament passed laws against Catholicism.
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Ivan IV, popularly known as "Ivan the Terrible," crowned himself the new Czar of Russia in Assumption Cathedral in Moscow. He was the first Russian ruler to assume that title.
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Floods followed a storm in Northern Netherlands and thousands were killed.
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- Current / Future Events
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1989 –
Yvonne Zima, American actress
1988 –
Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
1987 –
Lauren McAvoy, British fashion model
1986 –
Paula Pareto, Argentine judoka
1985 –
Joe Flacco, American football player
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Jonathan Richter, Danish footballer
1984 –
Jared Slingerland, Canadian musician
1984 –
Stephan Lichtsteiner, Swiss footballer
1983 –
Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer
1982 –
Samuel Preston, British singer (The Ordinary Boys)
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January, 16
- Births
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2009,
Joe Erskine, American boxer and long distance runner (b. 1930)
2009,
John Mortimer, British barrister, screenwriter and author. (b. 1923)
2009,
Andrew Wyeth, American realist painter (b. 1917)
2007,
Ron Carey, American actor (b. 1935)
2007,
Benny Parsons, American racecar driver and commentator (b. 1941)
2006,
Stanley Biber, American surgeon (b. 1923)
2005,
Marjorie Williams, American journalist (b. 1958)
2004,
Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)
2003,
Richard Wainwright, English politician (b. 1918)
2002,
Michael Bilandic, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1923)
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January, 16
- Deaths
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