January 16th (2013) was a Wednesday. It's the 15th day of the year (16th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 350 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 16th January, 2013
» An estimated 41 international workers are In Aménas hostage crisis or taken hostage in an attack in the town of In Aménas, Algeria.
January 16th Famous Deaths for 2013
» Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach (b. 1930)
» André Cassagnes, French toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (b. 1926)
» Burhan Doğançay, Turkish painter (b. 1929)
» Noé Hernández, Mexican race walker (b. 1978)
» Samson Kimobwa, Kenyan runner (b. 1955)
» Gussie Moran, American tennis player (b. 1923)
» Pauline Phillips, American journalist and radio host, created Dear Abby (b. 1918)
» Nic Potter, English bass player and songwriter (Van der Graaf Generator and The Misunderstood) (b. 1951)
» John R. Powers, American author and playwright (b. 1945)
» Glen P. Robinson, American businessman, founded Scientific Atlanta (b. 1923)
» Aslan Usoyan, Georgian-Russian mobster (b. 1937)