Today'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: "People who are sensible about love are incapable of it."
-- Douglas Yates
Random Fact: The city of Chicago has the only post office in the world where you can drive your car through.
Today in History:
1981: Boxer Leon Spinks is mugged, his assailants even took his gold teeth
1961: Russian espionage ring detected in Great Britain
1970: AAU player Steve Myers makes a basketball field goal of 92'3 " from out of bounds, Tacoma-it shouldn't have counted, but was allowed
1776: Continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks
1992: "2 Shakespearean Actors" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 29 performances
1547: Ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself 1st tsar of Moscow
1984: Paul and Linda McCartney arrested in Barbados for possession of cannabis
1963: Tennessee Williams' "Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore," premieres
1325: Laure de Noves, beloved of Petrarch, marries Hugues de Sade
1877: Color organ (for light shows) patented, by Bainbridge Bishop
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