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Daily Calendar for Thursday, January 16, 2025
Born
- Robert Service (poet) –
- Ethel Merman (singer & actress) –
- William Kennedy (American writer) –
- Marilyn Horne (opera singer) –
- Ronnie Milsap (singer) –
- Debbie Allen (actress, dancer, & choreographer) –
- Sade (singer) –
- Kate Moss (supermodel) –
- Aaliyah (singer) –
Died
- Carole Lombard (actress) –
- Ted Cassidy (actor) –
- Leland Stowe (journalist) –
- Andrew Wyeth (artist) –
- Carl Milton Smith (American country music singer) –
- Pauline Friedman Phillips, pen name Abigail Van Buren (Dear Abby advice columnist) –
- Russell Johnson (actor) –
Events
- Ivan the Terrible crowned as first Russian czar–
- Prohibition went into effect in the U.S.–
- US Department of State issues a ban on travel to Cuba–
- Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians became the first tribe in the U.S. to issue tribal license plates–
- Operation Desert Storm launched–
- 121.5-pound blue catfish caught, Lake Texoma, Texas–
Weather
- Last day of “The Great Snowstorm” raged from Georgia to Maine: 30+ inches in New York, New Jersey, and New England, with unusually high tides–
- Avalanche in northern Idaho–
- -40 degrees F in Coggon, Iowa–
- An arctic blast dropped temperatures across the Midwest and Northeast: -50 degrees F at Big Black River, Maine; -46 degrees F at Embarrass, Minnesota; -39 F at Berlin, New Hampshire; and -38 F at Monticello, Iowa–