January 16

Sunday 16, 2005:

Adriana Iliescu gives birth at age 66 and becomes the oldest woman in the world to do so.

Tuesday 16, 2001:

Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.

Tuesday 16, 1917:

German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann sends the Zimmermann Telegram to Mexico, proposing a German-Mexican alliance against the United States

Friday 16, 1761:

British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.

Monday 16, 1556:

Philip II becomes King of Spain.

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