Yesterday's Horoscope for Cancer
January 16, 2026
A possible day of raised tensions at home as energies run high and elbow room seems harder to come by. It's a good time to start new home-related projects as a way to utilize the extra energy in a constructive manner. The only thing you'll not want to do today is lazy, the energy is too intense to just sit around and watch the TV.
Power Numbers: 18, 26, 9, 38, 45, 5
Born Today: Ethel Merman, Dizzy Dean, Dr. Laura Schlesinger, Marilyn Horne, Kate Moss, A J Foyt, Susan Sonntag, Dian Fossey
Quick Quote: "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of."
-- Ogden Nash
Random Fact: Slugs have 4 noses.
Today in History:
1776: Continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks
1967: 1st black government installed in Bahamas
1990: 2 Bank of Credit and Commerce members plea guilty to money laundering
1864: Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee
1943: -60 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record)
1909: British explorer Ernest Shackleton finds magnetic south pole
1955: NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-19
1953: Egyptian Premier General Naguib disbands all political parties
1941: War Department forms 1st Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets
1936: Screen Actors Guild incorporates with King Vidor as president
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