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Location: Maryland
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January 16th
1581 ~ English Parliament outlawed Roman Catholicism.
1605 ~ The first edition of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes was published in Madrid.
1794 ~ Death of Edward Gibbon, Historian.
1909 ~ Ernest Shackleton's expedition found the magnetic South Pole.
1957 ~ Death of Arturo Toscanini, Conductor.
1966 ~ The Metropolitan Opera House opened at Lincoln Center in New York City.
1977 ~ The Marx Brothers were inducted into the Motion Picture Hall of Fame.
1979 ~ The Shah of Iran fled Iran with his family and relocated to Egypt.
1991 ~ Serial killer Aileen Wuornos confessed to the murders of six men.
2003 ~ Space Shuttle Columbia took off on its final mission, STS-107.
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