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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_16" title="January 16">January 16</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day" title="Martin Luther King Jr. Day">Martin Luther King Jr. Day</a></b> in the United States (2023)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1537" title="1537">1537</a> – Sir <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bigod" title="Francis Bigod">Francis Bigod</a> began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigod%27s_rebellion" title="Bigod's rebellion">an armed rebellion</a></b> against King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">Henry VIII</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Reformation_Parliament" title="English Reformation Parliament">English Parliament</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1780" title="1780">1780</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> gained their first major naval victory over their European enemies in the war when they defeated a Spanish squadron in the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_St._Vincent_(1780)" title="Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)">Battle of Cape St. Vincent</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883" title="1883">1883</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendleton_Civil_Service_Reform_Act" title="Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act">Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act</a></b>, establishing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Civil_Service_Commission" title="United States Civil Service Commission">United States Civil Service</a>, is enacted by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">U.S. Congress</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905" title="1905">1905</a> – Despite being blind in one eye, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a> player <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_McGee_(ice_hockey)" title="Frank McGee (ice hockey)">Frank McGee</a></b> set the record for most goals in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Cup" title="Stanley Cup">Stanley Cup</a> game when he scored 14 against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson_City_Nuggets" title="Dawson City Nuggets">Dawson City Nuggets</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016" title="2016">2016</a> – After gunmen took hostages the previous night at a restaurant in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouagadougou" title="Ouagadougou">Ouagadougou</a>, Burkina Faso, government commandos <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Ouagadougou_attacks" title="2016 Ouagadougou attacks">stormed the premises</a></b> to bring the situation to an end.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Breckinridge" title="John C. Breckinridge">John C. Breckinridge</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1821); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osip_Brik" title="Osip Brik">Osip Brik</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1888); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorna_Kesterson" title="Lorna Kesterson">Lorna Kesterson</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2012)</p>