On This Day January 16th

 OTD

January 16th is the Sixteenth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 349 days remain until the end of the year.

 

Events

27 B.C. – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.

1120 – Crusades: The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.

1605 – The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain.

1707 – The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.

1786 – Virginia enacted the Statute for Religious Freedom, authored by Thomas Jefferson.

1862 – Hartley Colliery disaster: Two hundred and four men and boys were killed in a mining disaster, prompting a change in U.K. law, which henceforth required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape.

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

1920 – The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.

2001 – U.S. President Bill Clinton awarded former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his Spanish–American War service.

2003 – The Space Shuttle Columbia took off for mission STS-107, its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days after re-entry.

 

Birthdays

1362 – Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland (d. 1392)

1691 – Peter Scheemakers, Belgian sculptor and educator (d. 1781)

1728 – Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer and educator (d. 1800)

1838 – Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d.

1917)

1895 – Nat Schachner, American lawyer, chemist, and author (d. 1955)

1910 – Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1974)

1932 – Dian Fossey, American zoologist and anthropologist (d. 1985)

1935 – A. J. Foyt, American race car driver

1943 – Ronnie Milsap, American singer and pianist

1969 – Roy Jones Jr., American boxer

1988 – FKA Twigs, English singer-songwriter and actress

 

 

Holiday Spotlight

International Hot & Spicy Food Day

  Spices have been consumed for over 6,000 years to add flavor to a dish and for their many health benefits. For instance, spices can combat inflammation and have healing properties. It’s due to these reasons that spices grew popular in ancient times.

 Ancient Greeks imported Eastern spices such as pepper, cassia, cinnamon, and ginger to the Mediterranean since spices and herbs played a role in medical science. According to sources, Around 460 to 377 B.C. Hippocrates wrote of herbs and spices, including saffron, cinnamon, thyme, coriander, mint, and marjoram. As Theophrastus was known, the “Father of Botany” wrote about 600 spices and herbs between 372 B.C. and 287 B.C. in his two books. Romans created another use for spices — they often utilized them in spice-flavored wines and spice-scented balms and oils. Some spices also were used in poultices and healing plasters due to their healing properties. Curcumin, too, was used in Ayurvedic medicine to treat conditions like arthritis, autoimmune disorders, headaches, and nausea.

 That is not all. Capsaicin, an active component of chili peppers, is known to destroy cancer cells. A 2015 U.S. and China study found that eating spicy food six or seven days a week lowered the mortality rate by 14%. So yes, if you have never liked spicy food, it is time you changed your diet. Trust me, it’s a decision you will enjoy for the rest of your life.

 

Other Include

Appreciate a Dragon Day

Book Publishers Day

Civil Service Day

National Fig Newton Day

National Good Teen Day

National Nothing Day

National Quinoa Day

National Without a Scalpel Day

Printing Ink Day

Prohibition Remembrance Day

Psychiatric Technician's Day

Religious Freedom Day

Rid the World of Fad Diets & Gimmicks Day

Without a Scalpel Day

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