April 16 is the 106th day of the year (107th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 259 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Tuesday or Wednesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Friday or Sunday (56).
73 – Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Great Jewish Revolt. It is postulated that the 960 inhabitants committed mass suicide.
1582 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
1746 – The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland. After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.
1799 – Napoleonic Wars; the Battle of Mount Tabor: Napoleon drives the Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.
1818 – The United States Senate ratifies the Rush–Bagot Treaty, establishing the border with Canada.
1818 – The United States Senate ratifies the Rush–Bagot Treaty, establishing the border with Canada.
1862 – American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
1863 – American Civil War; Siege of Vicksburg: Ships led by Union Admiral David Dixon Porter move through heavy Confederate artillery fire on approach toVicksburg, Mississippi.
1908 – Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
1910 – The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena (since 1982 know as Matthews Arena), opens for the first time.
1910 – The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena (since 1982 know as Matthews Arena), opens for the first time.
1912 – Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
1917 – Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia from exile in Switzerland.
1917 – Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia from exile in Switzerland.
1925 – During the Communist St. Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
1940 – Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians throws the only Opening Day no-hitter in the history of Major League Baseball, beating the Chicago White Sox 1–0.
1945 – World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
1947 – The Texas City disaster: An mammoth explosion on board a freighter carrying fertilizer (ammonium nitrate) in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
1947 – Bernard Baruch, American financier, stock investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant, coins the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. Winston Churchill coined the phrase, "The Iron Curtain".
1961 – In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
2007 – Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.
2012 – The Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, it was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize.
2014 – The MV Sewol ferry carrying more than 450 people capsizes near Jindo Island off South Korea, leaving 295 passengers and crew dead and 9 more missing.
BORN TODAY
1844 – Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
1867 – Wilbur Wright, American inventor (d. 1912)
1889 – Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (d. 1977)
1946 – Margot Adler, American journalist and author (d. 2014)
1844 – Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
1867 – Wilbur Wright, American inventor (d. 1912)
1889 – Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (d. 1977)
1946 – Margot Adler, American journalist and author (d. 2014)
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