Prohibition took effect with the passing of the Volstead Act, Ivan the Terrible became the first Tsar of Russia, Adolf Hitler retreated to his bunker in Berlin, and the Shah of Iran fled Iran in This Day in History video. The date is January 16. Hitler later committed suicide in his bunker.
In 1890, medium Helen Peters helped give the Ouija board its name. But after the board accused a relative of theft and tore her family apart, she spent the rest of her life warning others that its answers might not be truthful.