January 16

It's January 16th
On this day in 1605 - Book One of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid.

Films based on Don Quixote

In 1909 – Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.

In 1969 - Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of crewed spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.

In 1980 - Paul McCartney packs about half a pound of marijuana in his luggage, which lands him 10 days in a Tokyo jail upon arrival. "This stuff was too good to flush down the toilet, so I thought I'd take it with me."


In 2018 - Eminem is questioned by the Secret Service about lyrics in his song "Framed," where he imagines Ivanka Trump murdered in the trunk of his car. Agents determine he is not a threat; Eminem later raps about it on his song "The Ringer": "Agent Orange just sent the Secret Service to meet in person."


Birthdays:

Kate Moss
as Maid Marian in "Blackadder Back & Forth"


Josh Evans

Lisa Milroy


Greedy Smith


Robin Davies
as Mark Vespers in "Blood on Satan's Claw"


Robert Schimmel
...at Dangerfield’s (1988)

John Carpenter





Jim Stafford


Dieter Moebius




Brian Ferneyhough


Gavin Bryars


Michael Attwell
as the voice of Goblin in "Labyrinth"


Barbara Lynn


Susan Sontag
"Collected Stories"

Anthony Hecht
"Works by or about Anthony Hecht at the Internet Archive"

Francesco Scavullo


Elliott Reid

Stirling Silliphant


Ethel Merman


Alexander Knox
as Sir Howard Nettleton in "Run a Crooked Mile"


Diana Wynyard


Irving Rapper


Margaret Booth


Daisy Fowler Kennedy


Henri Büsser


Franz Brentano
"Franz Brentano, Act Psychology, and Phenomenologists" from Understanding Psychology with Dr. Daniel Kaplin

Peter Scheemakers

Lucas Achtschellinck
"Extensive landscape with figures"

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