16 January in history.

1605

Don Quixote is published. The first part of Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote was printed in Madrid. The story of a dreamer who sets out as a knight is often called the first modern novel.

Wikipedia: Don Quixote

Photo: Juan de la Cuesta / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

More from 16 January

1. 

   1905

   14 goals in one game

   Ice hockey player Frank McGee, who had lost the sight of one eye, scored 14 goals in a single Stanley Cup game, a record that still stands.

   Wikipedia: Frank McGee (ice hockey)Wikipedia: Stanley Cup

   Photo: Canadian Army / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

2. 

   1913

   Ramanujan writes to Cambridge

   Self-taught Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan sent a letter full of new formulas to G. H. Hardy at Cambridge. It began one of the great partnerships in mathematics.

   Wikipedia: Srinivasa RamanujanWikipedia: G. H. Hardy

   Photo: Unknown author / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

3. 

   1964

   Hello, Dolly! opens on Broadway

   Hello, Dolly! opened on Broadway at the St. James Theatre. It picked up ten Tony Awards, and no show matched that haul for 37 years.

   Wikipedia: Hello, Dolly! (musical)Wikipedia: St. James Theatre

   Photo: Harrison Keely / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

4. 

   1969

   Two spacecraft meet in orbit

   The Soviet Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 joined up in space, the first docking of two crewed spacecraft. Two cosmonauts moved from one craft to the other.

   Wikipedia: Soyuz 4Wikipedia: Soyuz 5

   Photo: Unknown author / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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