January 16.. Important events in history.

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Source: WWW.4newtab.com

1780 Anglo-Spanish War: The British Royal Navy gained their first major naval victory over their European enemies in the war when they defeated a Spanish squadron in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent (pictured).

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(https://www.thecourier.co.uk/tag/anglo-spanish-war/)

1920 The League of Nations, the first intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace, held its first council meeting in Paris.

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(http://internationalrelations.org/league-of-nations/)

1942 TWA Flight 3 crashed into Potosi Mountain in Nevada, killing actress Carole Lombard and all of the other 21 people on board.

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(http://glamourdaze.com/2014/06/the-day-carole-lombard-died.html)

1964 The musical Hello, Dolly! opened at the St. James Theatre on Broadway, and went on to win ten Tony Awards, a record that stood for 37 years.

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(http://wkms.org/post/datebook-january-16-hello-dolly-debuts-broadway-49-years-ago)

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