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1916 – Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history. 1919 – KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name. 1924 – Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
2016 (Saturday) 2015 (Friday) January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar ; 349 days remain until the end of the year (350 in leap years ).
February 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation ( United Nations) [80] Ronald Reagan Day ( California, United States) Sami National Day ( Russia, Finland, Norway and Sweden) Waitangi Day, celebrates the founding of New Zealand in 1840.
2015 (Saturday) 2014 (Friday) May 2 is the 122nd day of the year (123rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar ; 243 days remain until the end of the year.
1920 – The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history. [6] [7] [8] 1935 – A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany. 1939 – The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometres (7,700 sq mi) of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
1947 – The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand. 1949 – The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the ...
2016 (Wednesday) 2015 (Tuesday) January 6 is the sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar ; 359 days remain until the end of the year (360 in leap years ).
