April, 16th in History

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Events

Saturday 16, 2005:
BBC announces David Tennant's casting as the Tenth Doctor in the long-running science-fiction series, Doctor Who

Wednesday 16, 2003:
Makobo Modjadji is crowned the new Rain Queen of Balobedu.

Monday 16, 2001:
First 3G voice call on Vodafone UK's 3G network.

Thursday 16, 1998:
One of the most serious urban tornadoes in history does significant damage to downtown Nashville, Tennessee (see Nashville Tornado of 1998).

Tuesday 16, 1996:
France Télécom introduces its Wanadoo Internet service.

Thursday 16, 1992:
The Katina P. runs aground off of Maputo, Mozambique. 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.

Sunday 16, 1972:
Vietnam War: Nguyen Hue Offensive – Prompted by the North Vietnamese offensive, the United States resumes bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong.

Saturday 16, 1949:
Dave Garroway moves from radio to television to host the musical-variety show Garroway at Large.

Wednesday 16, 1947:
Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Friday 16, 1943:
Dr. Albert Hofmann discovers the psychedelic effects of LSD.

Monday 16, 1945:
The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) Prisoner of War camp Oflag IVc (Colditz Castle).

Tuesday 16, 1935:
Radio program Fibber McGee and Molly debuts.

Friday 16, 1926:
Lolly Willows by Sylvia Townsend Warner is distributed as the first Book-of-the-Month Club selection.

Sunday 16, 1922:
The Treaty of Rapallo, in which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations between Berlin and Moscow, is signed.

Wednesday 16, 1919:
Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the British slaughter of Indian protestors in the Amritsar Massacre.

Monday 16, 1917:
Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd (present-day Saint Petersburg) from exile in Finland.

Tuesday 16, 1912:
Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.

Saturday 16, 1881:
In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.

Thursday 16, 1863:
American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg – 12 ships led by Union Admiral David Dixon Porter move through heavy Confederate artillery fire on approach to Vicksburg, Mississippi. Only one ship is lost.

Saturday 16, 1853:
The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane.

Tuesday 16, 1799:
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Mount Tabor – Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.

Sunday 16, 1780:
The University of Münster in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany is founded

Saturday 16, 1746:
Second Jacobite Rebellion: The Battle of Culloden, the last battle of the Jacobite Uprising is fought, ultimately leading to the destruction of the Highland clans.

Saturday 16, 1521:
Martin Luther's first appearance before the Diet of Worms to be examined by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the rest of the estates of the empire.

Sunday 16, 1071:
Bari falls to Robert Guiscard, ending Byzantine rule in Italy.

Monday 16, -1178:
A solar eclipse may mark the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom after the Trojan War.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/16-april/on-this-day.html


People born on April 16

1978:
Matthew Lloyd, Australian Rules football player (b: April 16, 1978) (Biography of Matthew Lloyd)

1976:
Lukas Haas, American actor (b: April 16, 1976) (Biography of Lukas Haas)

1975:
Sean Maher, American actor (b: April 16, 1975) (Biography of Sean Maher)

1971:
Selena, American singer (b: April 16, 1971) (Biography of Selena Quintanilla)

1965:
Martin Lawrence, American actor, comedian, and producer (b: April 16, 1965) (Biography of Martin Lawrence)
Jon Cryer, American actor (b: April 16, 1965) (Biography of Jon Cryer)

1962:
Ian MacKaye, American musician (fugazi/Minor Threat) (b: April 16, 1962) (Biography of Ian MacKaye)

1960:
Rafael Benitez, Spanish football manager (b: April 16, 1960) (Biography of Rafael Benitez)

1956:
Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier (b: April 16, 1956) (Biography of Lise-Marie Morerod)

1955:
Bruce Bochy, baseball player and manager (b: April 16, 1955) (Biography of Bruce Bochy)

1954:
Ellen Barkin, American actress (b: April 16, 1954) (Biography of Ellen Barkin)

1953:
J. Neil Schulman, American writer and activist (b: April 16, 1953) (Biography of J. Neil Schulman)

1952:
Bill Belichick, American football coach (b: April 16, 1952) (Biography of Bill Belichick)

1947:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player (b: April 16, 1947) (Biography of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)
Gerry Rafferty, British musician and songwriter (b: April 16, 1947) (Biography of Gerry Rafferty)

1946:
Margot Adler, American journalist (b: April 16, 1946) (Biography of Margot Adler)

1940:
Queen Margaret II of Denmark (b: April 16, 1940) (Biography of Margaret II of Denmark)

1939:
Dusty Springfield, English singer (b: April 16, 1939 ; d: March 2, 1999) (Biography of Dusty Springfield)

1935:
Sarah Kirsch, German poet (b: April 16, 1935) (Biography of Sarah Kirsch)
Bobby Vinton, American singer (b: April 16, 1935) (Biography of Bobby Vinton)

1933:
Joan Bakewell, British broadcaster (b: April 16, 1933) (Biography of Joan Bakewell)

1930:
Herbie Mann, American jazz flute player (b: April 16, 1930 ; d: July 1, 2003) (Biography of Herbie Mann)

1928:
Dick "Night Train" Lane, American football player (b: April 16, 1928) (Biography of Dick Lane)

1927:
Pope Benedict XVI (b: April 16, 1927) (Biography of Pope Benedict XVI)
Edie Adams, American actress (b: April 16, 1927) (Biography of Edie Adams)

1924:
Henry Mancini, American composer (b: April 16, 1924 ; d: June 14, 1994) (Biography of Henry Mancini)

1922:
Kingsley Amis, English author (b: April 16, 1922 ; d: October 22, 1995) (Biography of Kingsley Amis)

1921:
Peter Ustinov, English writer, actor, and film director (b: April 16, 1921 ; d: March 29, 2004) (Biography of Peter Ustinov)

1918:
Spike Milligan, British comedian (b: April 16, 1918 ; d: February 27, 2002) (Biography of Spike Milligan)

1912:
Garth Williams, American illustrator (b: April 16, 1912) (Biography of Garth Williams)

1904:
Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian actress (b: April 16, 1904 ; d: December 2, 1983) (Biography of Fifi D'Orsay)

1889:
Charlie Chaplin, English actor, writer, and film producer (b: April 16, 1889 ; d: December 25, 1977) (Biography of Charlie Chaplin)

1886:
Ernst Thälmann, German politician (b: April 16, 1886) (Biography of Ernst Thälmann)

1878:
Tip Foster, English cricketer (b: April 16, 1878) (Biography of Tip Foster)

1871:
John Millington Synge, Irish writer (b: April 16, 1871 ; d: March 24, 1909) (Biography of John Millington Synge)

1867:
Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer (b: April 16, 1867) (Biography of Wilbur Wright)

1865:
Henry George Chauvel, Australian general (b: April 16, 1865) (Biography of Henry George Chauvel)

1844:
Anatole France, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b: April 16, 1844 ; d: October 12, 1924) (Biography of Anatole France)

1823:
Ferdinand Eisenstein, German mathematician (b: April 16, 1823 ; d: October 11, 1852) (Biography of Ferdinand Eisenstein)

1755:
Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, French painter (b: April 16, 1755 ; d: March 30, 1842) (Biography of Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun)

1730:
Henry Clinton, British general (b: April 16, 1730 ; d: December 23, 1795) (Biography of Henry Clinton (American War of Independence))

1728:
Joseph Black, Scottish chemist (b: April 16, 1728) (Biography of Joseph Black)

1682:
John Hadley, inventor (b: April 16, 1682 ; d: February 14, 1744) (Biography of John Hadley)

1661:
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and statesman (b: April 16, 1661 ; d: May 19, 1715) (Biography of Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax)

1660:
Hans Sloane, British collector and physician (b: April 16, 1660) (Biography of Hans Sloane)

1646:
Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b: April 16, 1646 ; d: May 11, 1708) (Biography of Jules Hardouin Mansart)

1495:
Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b: April 16, 1495 ; d: April 21, 1557) (Biography of Petrus Apianus)

1319:
King John II of France (b: April 16, 1319 ; d: April 8, 1364) (Biography of John II of France)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/16-april/births.html

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People who died on April 16

2005:
Kay Walsh, British actress (b: August 27, 1911 ; d: April 16, 2005) (Biography of Kay Walsh)

2003:
Graham Stuart Thomas (d: April 16, 2003) (Biography of Graham Stuart Thomas)

2002:
Ruth Fertel, American entrepreneur (b: February 5, 1927 ; d: April 16, 2002) (Biography of Ruth Fertel)
Robert Urich, American actor (b: December 19, 1946 ; d: April 16, 2002) (Biography of Robert Urich)

2001:
Michael Ritchie (d: April 16, 2001) (Biography of Michael Ritchie)

1998:
Fred Davis, English snooker player (b: August 13, 1913 ; d: April 16, 1998) (Biography of Fred Davis)

1997:
Doris Angleton (d: April 16, 1997) (Biography of Doris Angleton)

1994:
Ralph Ellison, American writer (b: March 1, 1914 ; d: April 16, 1994) (Biography of Ralph Ellison)

1992:
Neville Brand, American actor (b: August 13, 1920 ; d: April 16, 1992) (Biography of Neville Brand)

1991:
David Lean, English film director (b: March 25, 1908 ; d: April 16, 1991) (Biography of David Lean)

1985:
Scott Brady (d: April 16, 1985) (Biography of Scott Brady)

1978:
Lucius Clay, American general (b: April 23, 1897 ; d: April 16, 1978) (Biography of Lucius Clay)

1972:
Kawabata Yasunari (d: April 16, 1972) (Biography of Kawabata Yasunari)

1968:
Edna Ferber, American novelist (b: August 15, 1887 ; d: April 16, 1968) (Biography of Edna Ferber)

1958:
Rosalind Franklin, English scientist (b: July 25, 1920 ; d: April 16, 1958) (Biography of Rosalind Franklin)

1946:
Arthur Chevrolet (d: April 16, 1946) (Biography of Arthur Chevrolet)

1938:
Steve Bloomer (d: April 16, 1938) (Biography of Steve Bloomer)

1915:
Nelson W. Aldrich, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island (b: November 6, 1841 ; d: April 16, 1915) (Biography of Nelson W. Aldrich)

1914:
George William Hill (d: April 16, 1914) (Biography of George William Hill)

1904:
Samuel Smiles (d: April 16, 1904) (Biography of Samuel Smiles)

1859:
Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and political scientist (b: July 29, 1805 ; d: April 16, 1859) (Biography of Alexis de Tocqueville)

1846:
Domenico Dragonetti, Italian composer (b: April 7, 1763 ; d: April 16, 1846) (Biography of Domenico Dragonetti)

1828:
Francisco Goya, Spanish painter and engraver (b: March 30, 1746 ; d: April 16, 1828) (Biography of Francisco Goya)

1788:
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist (b: September 7, 1707 ; d: April 16, 1788) (Biography of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon)

1689:
Aphra Behn, playwright and novelist (b: December 14, 1640 ; d: April 16, 1689) (Biography of Aphra Behn)

1687:
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (b: January 10, 1628 ; d: April 16, 1687) (Biography of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham)

1645:
Tobias Hume (d: April 16, 1645) (Biography of Tobias Hume)

1198:
Frederick I of Austria (Babenberg) (d: April 16, 1198) (Biography of Frederick I of Austria (Babenberg))

924:
Berengar of Friuli (d: April 16, 924) (Biography of Berengar of Friuli)

744:
al-Walid II (d: April 16, 744) (Biography of al-Walid II)

69:
Otho (d: April 16, 69) (Biography of Otho)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/16-april/deaths.html