January 16: This Day in History

Today in History Featured Fact, 1944:
General Dwight D. Eisenhower takes command of the Allied Invasion Force in London.

Also Today:
1547: Ivan the Terrible is crowned the first czar of Russia.
1920: A year after it was ratified, the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages, goes into effect.
1942: Actress Carole Lombard, the wife of actor Clark Gable, dies in a plane crash.

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