January 16

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1120	The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.	Envy	Crusaders	From Here to Eternity
2	1412	The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy.	The Fugees	Family Business	The Score
3	1492	The first grammar of the Spanish language is presented to Queen Isabella I.	The New Pornographers	Sing Me Spanish Techno	Twin Cinema
4	1707	The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.	Elliott Smith	Baby Britain	XO
5	1780	American Revolution: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.	St. Vincent	Bicycle	Actor Out of Work
6	1847	John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.	The Ravers	Tanto Carina (California Sun)	Italian Sixties Beat Vol. 1
7	1920	The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris.	Cap'n Jazz	Little League	Analphabetapolothology 1
8	1970	Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.	David Bowie	Thru These Architect's Eyes	Outside
9	1991	The United States goes to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War (U.S. Time).	Judas Priest	War	Nostrodamus
10	2003	The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.	The Flaming Lips	Feeling Yourself Disintegrate	The Soft Bulletin

(Historical facts about January 16 are from Wikipedia.)