This is our day guide for Sunday January 16th 2022 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
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General Information for January 16th 2022 | |
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There are 2 public holidays today. | |
Day 16 of 2022 | |
349 days left in 2022 | |
Week 02 of the year | |
On this Day in History | |
2003 - Following 27 previous flights, the Space Shuttle Columbia embarks on its ill-fated final mission. | |
2001 - In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Laurent Kabila is assassinated and his son Joseph becomes president - thus opening another chapter in the long, bloody history of the Congolese civil war. | |
1917 - The RMS Mendi sails from Cape Town for France, just over a month before it was was sunk in what was the greatest disaster ever to occur in the waters of the Isle of Wight. | |
1909 - The largest-scale appearance of the Jersey Devil is said to have occurred, being sighted by over 1,000 people in New Jersey and Philadelphia. |