El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, Mexico ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War that claimed at least 75,000 lives. Date: January 16, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On This Day (Today)
An avalanche hits the Icelandic village Súðavík, destroying 25 homes and burying 26 people, 14 of whom died. Date: January 16, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 1995 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Guatemala, thirteen American students on a school trip are attacked and robbed at gunpoint; five were raped. Date: January 16, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War. Date: January 16, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
Second Congo War: Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards in Kinshasa. Date: January 16, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
War in Afghanistan: The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban. Date: January 16, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day…
The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry. Date: January 16, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state. Date: January 16, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)
Syrian civil war: The Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM) is established with the stated goal of re-organizing Syria along the lines of democratic confederalism. Date: January 16, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 2011 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Mali War begins when Tuareg militias start fighting the Malian government for independence. Date: January 16, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)