🌟 Editor's Note
Good morning — it’s Friday, January 16. Today we're diving into the Medici family, Ivan the Terrible, the debut of Don Quixote, Prohibition, Shah's escape, and much more— fast-paced, insightful, and thoroughly intriguing!
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🚀 Time Machine
-27 BC
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is named Augustus by the Roman Senate.
-1412
The Medici family was appointed official banker of the Papacy.
-1547
17-year-old Ivan the Terrible becomes the first tsar of Moscow.
-1605
Book One of Don Quixote (El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha) by Miguel de Cervantes was published in Madrid.
-1793
The National Convention sentenced Louis XVI to death during the French Revolution.
-1913
Home Rule for Ireland was approved by the British House of Commons (but World War I prevented its implementation).
-1919
The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, which prohibited alcohol, was ratified by most states.
-1920
The League of Nations holds its first meeting in Paris.
-1970
Young Libyan army captain Muammar al-Qaddafi was proclaimed Libya's premier by the General People's Congress.
-1979
"Life on Earth," presented by David Attenborough, premiered on BBC One.
-1979
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi fled Iran amid a mutiny and violent protests.
📸 Snapshot
It's a tower made of alcohol barrels that will be destroyed by Prohibition, 1929
🗨️ Last Words
“Already my foot is in the stirrup.”