Today is Monday, January 16, the 16th day of 2012. There are 350 days left in the year.

1547 ― Ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself first tsar of Russia

1581 ― English parliament passes laws against Catholicism

1832 ― Charles Darwin lands at San Tiago, Cape Verde

1925 ― Leon Trotsky dismissed as CEO of Russian Revolution Military Council

1939 ― Comic strip ``Superman" debuts

1956 ― Egyptian President Nasser pledges to reconquer Palestine

1963 ― Khrushchev claims to have a 100-megaton nuclear bomb

1964 ― ``Hello, Dolly!" starring Carol Channing, opens at St. James Theater, New York City, for 2,844 performances

1985 ― ``Playboy" announces end of stapling centerfolds

1991 ― Operation Desert Storm begins; U.S. and 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait