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16 Apr 1178
BC A solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus legendary King of Ithaca to his kingdom after the Trojan War
16 Apr 1071
Bari falls to Robert Guiscard ending Byzantine rule in Italy
16 Apr 1346
The Serbian Empire is proclaimed in Skopje at an Easter assembly and Stephen Uro IV Duan crowned Emperor over much of the Balkans
16 Apr 1395
Azzo X dEste is defeated at the Battle of Portomaggiore by Venetian-Ferrarese troops.
16 Apr 1582
Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta in Argentina
16 Apr 1632
Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed supreme military commander of the Holy Roman Empire
16 Apr 1746
Jacobite Rising 1745 Battle of Culloden the last battle on British soil Royalist troops under the Duke of Cumberland defeat the Jacobite army.
16 Apr 1780
The University of Mnster in North Rhine-Westphalia Germany is founded
16 Apr 1787
1st American comedy The Contrast made its debut in NYC
16 Apr 1797
Spithead Mutiny begins British Royal Navy sailors protest over living and working conditions and pay near Portsmouth
16 Apr 1818
Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot amendment (unarmed US-Canada border)
16 Apr 1849
Giacomo Meyerbeers opera Le prophte premieres in Paris
16 Apr 1853
The first passenger rail opens in India from Bori Bunder Bombay to Thane
16 Apr 1854
Steamer Long Beach sinks off Long Beach NY 311 die
16 Apr 1858
The Wernerian Natural History Society a former Scottish learned society is wound up
16 Apr 1862
American Confederate Congress approves conscription act for all white males (18-35 years)
16 Apr 1865
Battle of Columbus & West Point GA (Ft Tyler)
16 Apr 1866
Nitroglycerine at Wells Fargo & Co office explodes
16 Apr 1869
Ebenezer Bassett 1st US Negro diplomat begins service in Haiti
16 Apr 1871
German Empire ends all anti-Jewish civil restrictions
16 Apr 1881
In Dodge City Kansas Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle
16 Apr 1900
US Post Office issues 1st books of postage stamps
16 Apr 1900
4th Boston Marathon won by Canadian Jim Caffrey in race record 23944.4
16 Apr 1906
10th Boston Marathon won by 18-year old Tim Ford in 24545 youngest race winner
16 Apr 1908
Natural Bridges National Monument forms (Lake Powell Utah)
16 Apr 1912
Harriet Quimby becomes 1st woman pilot to fly across English Channel
16 Apr 1912
Pirates turn a rare 5-3-7 doubleplay (left fielder covers 2nd base)
16 Apr 1913
The Bulgarians and the Turks agree to an armistice that will be accepted by the other nations involved
16 Apr 1917
21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy in 22837.2
16 Apr 1917
Vladimir Lenin issues his radical April Theses calling for Soviets to take power during the Russian Revolution [OS Apr 4]
16 Apr 1918
The British House of Commons passes a new Military Service Bill taking men up to 55 years old and extending to Ireland
16 Apr 1922
German-Russian treaty signed in Italy Soviet Union recognized
16 Apr 1922
Rapallo Agreement between Germany and Russia is signed
16 Apr 1924
1st radio-transmission of wireless Mattheus Passion
16 Apr 1925
During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
16 Apr 1926
Book of the Month Club sends out its 1st selections Lolly Willowes & Loving Huntsman by Sylvia Townsend Warner
16 Apr 1928
32nd Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar in 23707.8 back-to-back wins for his 6th race title
16 Apr 1929
Cleveland Indian Earl Averill becomes 1st AL to hit a HR on 1st at bat
16 Apr 1929
NY Yankees become 1st team to wear uniform numbers
16 Apr 1934
38th Boston Marathon won by Dave Komonen of Canada in 23253.8
16 Apr 1938
Great Britain recognizes Italian annexation of Abyssinia
16 Apr 1939
Stanley Cup Final Boston Garden Boston MA Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 for a 4-1 series win first best-of-7 SC Final series
16 Apr 1940
Cleveland Indian Bob Feller hurls an opening day no-hitter vs Chic 1-0
16 Apr 1940
Heitor Villa-Lobos opera Izaht premieres in Rio de Janeiro
16 Apr 1942
Japanese occupying army on Java installs film censorship
16 Apr 1943
40 NZ bombers attack Haarlem Netherlands (85 killed)
16 Apr 1943
Swiss scientist Dr. Albert Hofmann discovers the psychedelic effects of LSD
16 Apr 1945
49th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley in 23040.2 his second event victory
16 Apr 1945
Colditz Castle the high-security prisoner of war camp in Germany is liberated by American troops
16 Apr 1946
1st US launch of captured V-2 rocket White Sands NM 8 km alt
16 Apr 1946
NSB mayor of Rotterdam Netherlands FE Muller sentence to 100 years in jail
16 Apr 1947
-17] Explosions & fire on French ship Grandcamp
16 Apr 1947
Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated (NYC)
16 Apr 1947
Massive explosion & fire kills 522 in Texas City Tx
16 Apr 1948
Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) forms in Paris
16 Apr 1949
Stanley Cup Final Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto ON 3-peat for Toronto Maple Leafs as they beat Detroit Red Wings 3-1 for a 4 game series sweep
16 Apr 1951
British submarine Affray sank in English Channel killing 75
16 Apr 1951
55th Boston Marathon won by Shigeki Tanaka of Japan in 22745
16 Apr 1952
4 Saints in 3 Acts opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 15 performances
16 Apr 1953
Stanley Cup Final Montreal Forum Montreal Quebec Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 1-0 for a 4-1 series win
16 Apr 1953
WAND TV channel 17 in Decatur IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
16 Apr 1954
KVAL TV channel 13 in Eugene OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
16 Apr 1954
Stanley Cup Final Olympia Stadium Detroit MI Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens 2-1 in OT for a 4-3 series victory
16 Apr 1956
60th Boston Marathon won by Antti Viskari of Finland in race record 21414
16 Apr 1957
Stanley Cup Final Montreal Forum Montreal Quebec Dickie Moore has a goal and 2 assists as Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 5-1 for a 4-1 series victory
16 Apr 1958
French government of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis
16 Apr 1958
5th National Film Awards (India) Do Aankhen Barah Haath wins the Golden Lotus
16 Apr 1959
Party with Comden & Green opens at John Golden NYC for 44 performances
16 Apr 1959
Datu Abdul Rozak inaugurated as premier of Malaysia federation
16 Apr 1959
NY Yankees unveil their 1st message scoreboard
16 Apr 1959
Phils Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit
16 Apr 1961
Stanley Cup Final Olympia Stadium Detroit MI Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings 4-1 for a 4-2 series victory
16 Apr 1962
66th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 22348 second straight win and 3rd title overall
16 Apr 1964
9 men sentenced 25-30 years for Britains 1963 Great Train Robbery
16 Apr 1966
Rhodesian PM Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain
16 Apr 1967
Walking Happy closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 performances
16 Apr 1970
Protestant Unionist Ian Paisley wins seat formerly held by Terence ONeill in the Stormont (North Ireland Parliament
16 Apr 1972
Thats Entertainment closes at Edison Theater NYC after 4 performances
16 Apr 1972
Apollo 16 launched 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)
16 Apr 1972
Two British soldiers are shot dead by the Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA) in separate incidents in Derry
16 Apr 1979
15th Mayors Trophy Game Yanks & Mets tie 1-1
16 Apr 1979
83rd Boston Marathon American double Bill Rodgers wins 2nd straight event and 3rd overall title in 20927 Joan Benoit womens champion in 23515
16 Apr 1979
Failed Palestinian attack on Zaventem Airport Belgium
16 Apr 1979
Pulitzer prize awarded to Sam Shepard for Buried child
16 Apr 1980
Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final
16 Apr 1981
Copperfield opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 13 performances
16 Apr 1973
77th Boston Marathon American double Jon Anderson mens champion in 21603 Jacqueline Hansen wins womens title in 30559
16 Apr 1974
Words & Music opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 127 performances
16 Apr 1978
History of the American Film closes at ANTA NYC after 21 performances
16 Apr 1978
St Louis Card Bob Forsch no-hits Phillies 5-0
16 Apr 1982
Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canadas new constitution
16 Apr 1983
Steve Garvey sets NL record by playing in 1118 consecutive games
16 Apr 1984
88th Boston Marathon Englishman Geoff Smith wins mens event in 21034 Lorraine Moller of New Zealand womens champion in 22928
16 Apr 1984
Oakland As Dave Kingman hits 3 HRs including a grand slam
16 Apr 1984
Pulitzer prize awarded to Mary Oliver for American Primitive
16 Apr 1985
Grind opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 79 performances
16 Apr 1986
West Indies complete 5-0 demolition of England
16 Apr 1987
August Wilsons Fences wins Pulitzer Prize for drama
16 Apr 1987
FCC imposes a broader definition of indecency over airwaves
16 Apr 1987
Howard Stern & Infinity Broadcasting are warned by FCC
16 Apr 1987
Peter Taylors Summons to Memphis wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction
16 Apr 1987
Pulitzer prize awarded to August Wilson for Fences
16 Apr 1987
British Conservative MP Harvey Proctor appears at Bow Street Magistrates Court in London charged with gross indecency
16 Apr 1989
Berendrechtsluis opens in Antwerp biggest flood lock in world
16 Apr 1989
Costa Rica beats US 1-0 in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
16 Apr 1989
Zeleka Metaferia wins 3rd World Cup marathon (21028)
16 Apr 1990
Piano Lesson opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 320 performances
16 Apr 1990
94th Boston Marathon Gelindo Bordin is first Italian event winner in race record 20819 Portugals Rosa Mota wins her 3rd womans title in 22524
16 Apr 1990
Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to 260 per week
16 Apr 1990
Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man Dalton Prejean condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977
16 Apr 1991
M Leander & E Seagos musical Matador premieres in London
16 Apr 1991
St Louis Blues becomes 8th NHL team in Play-off to come back from a 3-1 deficit as they beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in game 7
16 Apr 1992
Metro opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 13 performances
16 Apr 1992
1st concrete is poured at new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field)
16 Apr 1992
The Katina P runs aground off of Maputo Mozambique. 60000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.
16 Apr 1994
Circus performers Marissa Young (24) & Matt Richardson (21) wed
16 Apr 1997
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in MinneapolisSt Paul on WRQC 100.3 FM
16 Apr 2001
105th Boston Marathon Lee Bong-Ju of South Korea mens winner in 20943 Catherine Ndereba of Kenya wins back-to-back womens titles in 22353
16 Apr 2003
Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union
16 Apr 2004
The super liner Queen Mary 2 embarks on her first Transatlantic crossing linking the golden age of ocean travel to the modern age of ocean travel.
16 Apr 2007
Virginia Tech massacre The deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. The gunman Seung-Hui Cho kills 32 people and injures 23 others before committing suicide.
16 Apr 2007
Spider-Man 3 directed by Sam Raimi and starring Toby Maguire and Kristen Dunst premieres at the Tokyo Film Festival
16 Apr 2007
111th Boston Marathon Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot of Kenya goes back-to-back for 3rd title in 21413 Lidiya Grigoryeva of Russia wins womens race in 22918
16 Apr 2012
At least 55 people are killed in the Syrian uprising despite UN presence to oversee ceasefire
16 Apr 2012
For the first time since 1977 no Pulitzer Prize is awarded for fiction
16 Apr 2012
116th Boston Marathon Kenyan double Wesley Korir wins mens section in 21240 Sharon Cherop first woman in 23150
16 Apr 2013
37 people are killed by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Khash country Iran
16 Apr 2013
16 people are killed after a gold mine collapses in Kyekyewere Ghana
16 Apr 2014
Real Madrid defeat Barcelona to win its 19th Copa del Rey trophy
16 Apr 2014
South Korean ferry MV Sewol sinks on route Incheon to Jeju 304 drown mostly students. National controversy erupts over rescue efforts and actions of crew and owner.
16 Apr 2017
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoan wins referundum on 18-article constitutional reform package
16 Apr 2018
122nd Boston Marathon Yuki Kawauchi of Japan wins mens race in 21558 Desiree Linden (23954) first American to win womens title since 1985
16 Apr 1945
Battle of Okinawa US Army invades and seizes the Ie Shima Airfield on Ie Shima island near Okinawa
16 Apr 1945
World War II Dutch town of Arnhem site of failed Operation Market Garden is freed by British and Canadian forces
16 Apr 2019
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson becomes the highest-paid player in NFL history with a 4-year 140m extension including record 65m signing bonus
16 Apr 1787
1st American comedy The Contrast makes its debut in NYC
16 Apr 1853
1st passenger railway opens in India from Bori Bunder (Bombay) to Thane (34 km)
16 Apr 1854
Steamer Long Beach sinks off Long Beach NY 311 die
16 Apr 1865
Battle of Columbus & West Point Georgia (Ft Tyler) Union forces win one of the last battles of the US Civil War
16 Apr 1866
Nitroglycerine explodes at a Wells Fargo & Co office in San Francisco shattering glass for half a mile
16 Apr 1869
Ebenezer Bassett 1st African American diplomat begins service as Minister to Haiti
16 Apr 1888
Drentse & Friese peat cutters go on in the Netherlands
16 Apr 1922
Treaty of Rapallo between the German Republic and Soviet Union a is signed in Italy normalizing diplomatic relations with each side renouncing their territorial and financial claims against the other
16 Apr 1925
During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia 150 are killed and 500 wounded
16 Apr 1929
New York Yankees become first MLB team to permanently feature numbers on backs of uniforms numbers correspond to position in batting order
16 Apr 1940
Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller hurls the first and only Opening Day no-hitter in MLB history beats Chicago WS 1-0 at Comiskey Park
16 Apr 1941
Little Theater at Adelphi Strand London closes
16 Apr 1946
Manager Mel Ott playing in right field for NY Giants hits his 511th and final MLB home run in 8-4 Opening Day win over Philadelphia Phillies
16 Apr 1946
1st US launch of captured V-2 rocket White Sands New Mexicao reaches altitude of 8 km
16 Apr 1946
Dutch Special Court of Justice sentences Frederik Mller Socialist mayor of Rotterdam to 10 years in jail for his wartime support of Germany
16 Apr 1953
Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Connie Ryan bats 6 from 6 in a 14-12 defeat against the Pirates at Forbes Field Pittsburgh
16 Apr 1957
USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test at Semipalatinsk Kazakhstan
16 Apr 1972
Chicago Cubs rookie pitcher Burt Hooton hurls a 4-0 no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies at Wrigley Field Chicago
16 Apr 1990
August Wilsons play The Piano Lesson starring Charles S. Dutton opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 320 performances
16 Apr 1991
Leander & Seagos musical Matador premieres in London
16 Apr 2003
Washington Wizards Michael Jordan plays his final NBA game in Philadelphia where he receives a 3 minute standing ovation.
16 Apr 2020
New study claims a multi-decade megadrought is already under way in the western US published in journal Science
16 Apr 2020
Nationwide State of Emergency declared in Japan till 6 May due to the worsening COVID-19 outbreak
16 Apr 2020
22 million Americans have filed for unemployment in 4 weeks (5.2 million in the last week) wiping out 9 12 years of job gains
16 Apr 1071
Bari falls to Robert Guiscards Norman forces ending Byzantine rule in Italy
16 Apr 1946
Mel Ott playing in right field for NY Giants hits his 511th and final MLB home run in 8-4 Opening Day win over Philadelphia Phillies
16 Apr 1966
Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain
16 Apr 1978
Cardinals Bob Forsch no-hits Philadelphia Phillies 5-0 in St. Louis
16 Apr 1245
Franciscan envoys Giovanni da Pian del Carpine and Benedict to Pole depart Lyon on first Catholic mission to the Mongols. Carpine returns 1247 as first European with account of a Mongolian court
16 Apr 1917
[OS Apr 3] Lenin arrives back from exile in Russia at Finland Station Petrograd to join the Russian Revolution
16 Apr 1925
During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia Bulgaria 150 are killed and 500 wounded
16 Apr 1929
Cleveland rookie center fielder Earl Averill becomes first American League player to hit a HR on 1st at bat Indians beat Detroit Tigers 5-4 at League Park
16 Apr 1945
Battle of Okinawa US troops land and seize the Ie Shima Airfield on Ie Shima island near Okinawa [1]
16 Apr 1945
World War II American troops liberate Colditz Castle the high-security prisoner of war camp in Saxony Germany
16 Apr 1945
World War II German troops in Groningen Netherlands surrender to Canadian and Dutch allied forces
16 Apr 1947
Fire aboard French-flagged cargo ship SS Grandchamp docked at Port of Texas City Texas and loaded with 2300 tons of ammonium nitrate causes massive explosion and spreads to nearby ships and oil facilities deadliest industrial accident in US history kills 581 including all but one member of the citys fire departments
16 Apr 1959
Musical revue A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green return engagement opens at John Golden Theatre NYC runs for 44 performances
16 Apr 1961
15th Tony Awards Becket (play) & Bye Bye Birdie (musical) win
16 Apr 1972
Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartzs musical review Thats Entertainment closes at Edison Theater NYC after 4 performances
16 Apr 1979
Sam Shepard receives Pulitzer Prize for Buried Child
16 Apr 1888
Drentse & Friese peat cutters go on strike in the Netherlands
16 Apr 1921
Liberal Freedom League forms in The Hague Netherlands
16 Apr 1945
World War II American troops liberate Colditz Castle the high-security prisoner of war camp in Saxony Germany [1]
16 Apr 1959
MLB Philadelphia Phillies Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit having ended the previous season with a streak of 8
16 Apr 2023
Spanish extreme athlete Beatriz Flamini exits a deep cave in Granada Spain after spending 500 days isolated underground in probable world record as part of social isolation experiment [1]
16 Apr 2023
Sudan erupts into violence as street fighting and bombing raids strike Khartoum amid a power struggle between military generals al-Burhan and Hamdan killing more than 83 people and injuring over 1126 [1]
16 Apr 1900
US Post Office issues its first stamp booklets containing 12 24 or 48 two-cent stamps [1]
16 Apr 1958
French government of Flix Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis
16 Apr 1987
Howard Stern and Infinity Broadcasting are warned by FCC regarding content
16 Apr 1997
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in MinneapolisSt Paul Minneapolis on WRQC 100.3 FM
16 Apr 2003
Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union
16 Apr 2024
Denmarks historic stock exchange the Brsen dating from 1625 goes up in flames in Copenhagen while being renovated [1]
16 Apr 2024
United Arab Emirates records its largest rainfall in 75 years flooding Dubai airport and killing at least 18 people in Oman [1]
16 Apr 2024
Volcano Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia in North Sulawesi province its first eruption since 2002 [1]