January 16

Thursday 16, 1992:

El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City that ends a 12-year civil war that claimed at least 75,000.

Tuesday 16, 1979:

The Shah of Iran flees Iran with his family and relocates to Egypt.

Thursday 16, 1969:

Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before. The Metroliner train begins service between New York and Washington with one round trip per day.

Thursday 16, 1547:

Ivan the Terrible becomes Tsar of Russia.

Tuesday 16, -27:

Octavian Caesar given the title Augustus by the Roman Senate.

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