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Article: Wednesday, January 16
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- January 9, 2008
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Today is Wednesday, Jan. 16, the 16th day of 2008. There are 350 days left in the year.
Highlights in history on this date:
1547 - Ivan the Terrible is crowned Russia's first czar.
1666 - France, allied with Holland, declares war on England.
1761 - British take Pondicherry after siege, marking end of French dominion in India.
1778 - France recognizes U.S. independence.
1816 - Portugal's South American colony, Brazil, becomes a kingdom.
1883 - The U.S. Civil Service Commission is established.
1917 - Germans propose in a telegram that Mexico become Germany's ally with a view to recovering Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. The telegram is intercepted, ...