16 January It Happened Today
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1547 Ivan the Terrible is crowned the first Tsar of Russia.
1891 Death of French composer Leo Delibes.
1909 Birth of the American actress and singer Ethel Merman.
1937 The Du Pont Company patent a new fibre made entirely from chemicals… nylon.
1979 The Shah of Iran dies in exile in Egypt.
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