This Day in History: Jan 16, 2026

  • Jan
    2006
    Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state.
  • Jan
    2003
    The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days la...
  • Jan
    2002
    The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida,...
  • Jan
    2001
    Democratic Republic of the Congo President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
  • Jan
    2001
    President of the United States Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for h...
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