January 16
From Multiversal Omnipedia
- 1909: Real World - The magnetic South Pole is located by Ernest Shackleton's expedition.
- 1919: Real World - 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution goes into effect, beginning Prohibition.
- 1945: Real World - Hitler retreats to a heavily fortified bunker beneath Berlin.
- 1979: Real World - The Shah of Iran and his family flee to Egypt in the face of increasing unrest.
- 1991: Real World - Operation Desert Storm begins with air strikes on Iraq.
- 1992: Real World - Rebel leaders and El Salvador officials sign a pact ending 12 years of civil war.
- 2001: Space Odyssey - Mankind discovers and unearths TMA-1 on the Moon. (2001: A Space Odyssey)
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