January 16th (2003) was a Thursday. It's the 15th day of the year (16th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 350 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 16th January, 2003
» The Space Shuttle Columbia or Space Shuttle 'Columbia' takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. 'Columbia' disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
January 16th Famous Deaths for 2003
» Richard Wainwright (politician) named Richard Wainwright, English politician (b. 1918)