Notable Historical Events on April 16th
April 16th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1178 |
A solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom after the Trojan War. |
BC AD | |
73 |
Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Jewish Revolt. |
556 |
Pelagius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
1071 |
Bari falls to Robert Guiscard, ending Byzantine rule in Italy. |
1346 |
The Serbian Empire is proclaimed in Skopje at an Easter assembly and Stephen Uroš IV Dušan crowned Emperor over much of the Balkans. |
1395 |
Azzo X d'Este is defeated at the Battle of Portomaggiore by Venetian-Ferrarese troops. |
1509 |
French army under Louis XII enters Alps |
1521 |
Martin Luther arrives at the Diet of Worms assembly |
1582 |
Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina. |
1632 |
Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed supreme commander |
1705 |
Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge |
1746 |
Battle of Culloden, the last battle on British soil: Royalist troops under the Duke of Cumberland defeat the Jacobite army. |
1777 |
Battle of Bennington-New England's Green Mountain Boys rout British |
1780 |
The University of Münster in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany is founded. |
1787 |
1st American comedy, "The Contrast," made its debut in NYC |
1789 |
George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration |
1799 |
Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor - Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre. |
1818 |
Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot amendment (unarmed US-Canada border) |
1849 |
Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera Le prophète, premieres in Paris |
1853 |
The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane. |
1854 |
Franz Liszt's "Mazeppa" premieres |
1854 |
San Salvador destroyed by earthquake |
1854 |
Steamer "Long Beach" sinks off Long Beach NY, 311 die |
1858 |
The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is wound up. |
1861 |
US president Lincoln outlaws business with confederate states (US Civil War) |
1862 |
Slavery abolished in District of Columbia |
1862 |
American Confederate Congress approves conscription act for all white males (18-35 years) |
1865 |
Battle of Columbus & West Point, GA (Ft Tyler) |
1866 |
Karakozov attempts to assassinate Tsar Alexander II of Russia |
1866 |
Nitroglycerine at Wells Fargo & Co office explodes |
1868 |
Louisiana voters approve new constitution |
1869 |
Ebenezer Bassett, 1st US Negro diplomat, begins service in Haiti |
1870 |
Vaudeville Theatre Strand opens in London |
1871 |
German Empire ends all anti-Jewish civil restrictions |
1874 |
Dr David Livingstone's body arrives in Southampton |
1881 |
In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle. |
1883 |
Paul Kruger chosen as president of Transvaal |
1888 |
Drentse & Friese peat cutters go on strike |
1900 |
US Post Office issues 1st books of postage stamps |
1908 |
Natural Bridges National Monument forms (Lake Powell, Utah) |
1912 |
Harriet Quimby becomes 1st woman pilot to cross English Channel |
1912 |
Pirates turn a rare 5-3-7 doubleplay (left fielder covers 2nd base) |
1913 |
The Bulgarians and the Turks agree to an armistice that will be accepted by the other nations involved |
1917 |
[OS Apr 3] Lenin arrives back from exile in Russia at Finland Station, Petrograd to join the Russian Revolution |
1917 |
[OS Apr 4] Lenin issues his radical April Theses calling for Soviets to take power during Russian Revolution |
1921 |
Liberal Freedom League forms in The Hague |
1922 |
Annie Oakley sets women's record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row |
1922 |
German-Russia treaty signed in Italy, Soviet Union recognized |
1924 |
1st radio-transmission of wireless: Mattheus Passion |
1924 |
Child labor laws strengthened in Holland |
1925 |
During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded. |
1926 |
Book of the Month Club sends out its 1st selections "Lolly Willowes" & "Loving Huntsman" by Sylvia Townsend Warner |
1929 |
Cleve Indian Earl Averill, becomes 1st AL to hit a HR on 1st at bat |
1929 |
NY Yankees become 1st team to wear uniform numbers |
1935 |
1st radio broadcast of "Fibber McGee & Molly" |
1935 |
Babe Ruth's 1st NL game, for Boston Braves, included a HR |
1938 |
Great Britain recognizes Italian annexation of Abyssinia |
1939 |
Stalin requests British, French & Russian anti-nazi pact |
1939 |
Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1 |
1940 |
1st televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs Cubs exhibition) |
1940 |
Cleve Indian Bob Feller hurls an opening day no-hitter vs Chic, 1-0 |
1940 |
Heitor Villa-Lobos' opera "Izaht" premieres in Rio de Janeiro |
1941 |
Little Theater at Adelphi Strand closes |
1942 |
Japanese occupying army on Java installs film censorship |
1943 |
40 NZ bombers attack Haarlem Neth (85 killed) |
1943 |
Dr. Albert Hofmann discovers the psychedelic effects of LSD. |
1945 |
German troops in Groningen surrender |
1945 |
Red Army begins Battle of Berlin |
1945 |
US troops enter Nuremberg, Germany, during WW II |
1945 |
US troops land on He Shima, Okinawa |
1945 |
Colditz Castle, the high-security prisoner of war camp in Germany, is liberated by American troops. |
1946 |
1st US launch of captured V-2 rocket, White Sands, NM; 8 km alt |
1946 |
NSB mayor of Rotterdam Neth, FE Muller sentence to 100 years in jail |
1947 |
-17] Explosions & fire on French ship Grandcamp |
1947 |
Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated (NYC) |
1947 |
Massive explosion & fire kills 522 in Texas City, Tx |
1948 |
Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) forms in Paris |
1949 |
Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games |
1951 |
British submarine Affray sank in English Channel, killing 75 |
1952 |
"4 Saints in 3 Acts" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 15 performances |
1953 |
British royal yacht Britannia launched by Queen Elizabeth II |
1953 |
Jackie Pung wins LPGA Palm Springs Golf Open |
1953 |
Phillie's Connie Ryan gets 6 hits in a game |
1953 |
Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 |
1953 |
WAND TV channel 17 in Decatur, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting |
1954 |
KVAL TV channel 13 in Eugene, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting |
1954 |
Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 3 |
1956 |
1st solar powered radios go on sale |
1957 |
Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 |
1957 |
USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test |
1958 |
French government of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis |
1959 |
"Party with Comden & Green" opens at John Golden NYC for 44 perfs |
1959 |
Datu Abdul Rozak inaugurated as premier of Malaysia federation |
1959 |
NY Yankees unveil their 1st message scoreboard |
1959 |
Phils' Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit |
1961 |
15th Tony Awards: Becket & Bye Bye Birdie win |
1961 |
Louise Suggs wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open |
1961 |
Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2 |
1962 |
Brazil nationalizes US businesses |
1962 |
Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News |
1964 |
9 men sentenced 25-30 years for Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery" |
1965 |
Test flight of heavy Saturn S-1C-rocket |
1966 |
Rhodesian PM Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain |
1967 |
"Walking Happy" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 perfs |
1967 |
Yankees beat Boston 7-6 in 18 innings |
1970 |
70 die in a snow crush (France) |
1970 |
Protestant Unionist Ian Paisley wins seat formerly held by Terence O'Neill in the Stormont (North Ireland Parliament |
1972 |
"That's Entertainment" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 4 perfs |
1972 |
1st Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jane Blalock |
1972 |
Two giant pandas arrive in US from China |
1972 |
Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands) |
1972 |
Chicago Cub Burt Hooton no-hits Phillies, 1-0 |
1972 |
Two British soldiers are shot dead by the Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA) in separate incidents in Derry |
1974 |
"Words & Music" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 127 performances |
1974 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1975 |
Cambodian Red Khmer occupy Phnom Penh |
1977 |
Alex Haley finds his Roots in Juffure, Gambia |
1978 |
"History of the American Film" closes at ANTA NYC after 21 performances |
1978 |
Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic |
1978 |
St Louis Card Bob Forsch no-hits Phillies, 5-0 |
1979 |
15th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks & Mets tie 1-1 |
1979 |
83rd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:27 |
1979 |
8th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:35:15 |
1979 |
Failed Palestinian attack on Zaventem Airport, Belgium |
1979 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to Sam Shepard for "Buried child" |
1980 |
Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis |
1980 |
Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final |
1980 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1981 |
"Copperfield" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 13 performances |
1982 |
Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution |
1983 |
Steve Garvey sets NL record by playing in 1,118 consecutive games |
1984 |
13th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lorraine Moller of NZ in 2:29:28 |
1984 |
88th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:10:34 |
1984 |
Oakland A Dave Kingman hits 3 HRs including a grand slam |
1984 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to Mary Oliver for "American Primitive" |
1985 |
"Grind" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 79 performances |
1985 |
Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals-Isle win series 3-2 |
1986 |
To dispel rumors he's dead, Moammar Gadhafi appears on TV |
1986 |
West Indies complete 5-0 demolition of England |
1987 |
August Wilson's "Fences" wins 1987 Pulitzer Prize for drama |
1987 |
FCC imposes a broader definition of indecency over airwaves |
1987 |
Howard Stern & Infinity Broadcasting are warned by FCC |
1987 |
Michael Jordon becomes 2nd NBA to score 3000 points in a season |
1987 |
Peter Taylor's "Summons to Memphis" wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction |
1987 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to August Wilson for "Fences" |
1987 |
British Conservative MP Harvey Proctor appears at Bow Street Magistrates' Court in London charged with gross indecency. |
1989 |
1st Seniors Golf Tradition: Don Bies wins |
1989 |
Berendrechtsluis opens in Antwerp, biggest flood lock in world |
1989 |
Costa Rica beats US 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup |
1989 |
Pat Bradley wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic |
1989 |
Zeleka Metaferia wins 3rd World Cup marathon (2:10:28) |
1990 |
"Piano Lesson" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 320 performances |
1990 |
19th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:23 |
1990 |
94th Boston Marathon won by Gelindo Bordin of Italy in 2:08:19 |
1990 |
Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $260 per week |
1990 |
Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man, Dalton Prejean, condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977 |
1991 |
M Leander & E Seago's musical "Matador" premieres in London |
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 |
1992 |
"Metro" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 13 performances |
1992 |
1st concrete is poured at new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) |
1992 |
Afghan president Najibullah resigns |
1992 |
NY Rangers win team record 50th game |
1992 |
The Katina P runs aground off of Maputo, Mozambique. 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean. |
1993 |
Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against police officer who beat Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17th |
1994 |
Circus performers Marissa Young (24) & Matt Richardson (21) wed |
1995 |
56th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Ray Floyd wins |
1997 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Minneapolis/St Paul on WRQC 100.3 FM |
2003 |
The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union. |
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. |
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. |
2007 |
41st CMT Music Awards: Carrie Underwood & Kenny Chesney wins |
2008 |
Start of Papal Journey of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States |
2012 |
At least 55 people are killed in the Syrian uprising despite UN presence to oversee ceasefire |
2012 |
For the first time since 1977 no Pulitzer Prize is awarded for fiction |
2013 |
37 people are killed by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Khash country, Iran |
2013 |
16 people are killed after a gold mine collapses in Kyekyewere, Ghana |
2014 |
Real Madrid defeat Barcelona to win its 19th Copa del Rey trophy |
2016 |
Cirque du Soleil cancels North Carolina shows over transgender law |
2017 |
Sri Lanka Garbage Dump Collapse Kills at Least 19 |
2017 |
Former Mexican governor, on the run for six months, captured in Guatemala |
2017 |
Four injured in shooting at Alabama church carnival |
2017 |
North Korean missile test fails, US and South Korea say |
2018 |
France's Macron says he persuaded Trump to keep troops in Syria |
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