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| April 16th |
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| About April 16th 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 calendar year. April 16th is Emancipation Day in Washington, D.C. Births 1867 - Wilbur Wright, co-invented first successful airplane 1886 - Robert Dean Frisbie, travel writer 1889 - Charlie Chaplin, actor, comedian 1927 - Pope Benedict XVI 1928 - Dick "Night Train" Lane, Hall of Fame cornerback 1947 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, professional basketball player 1950 - David Graf, actor (Police Academy) 1952 - Bill Belichick, professional football coach 1965 - Martin Lawrence, actor, comedian (Martin) 1971 - Selena, singer, actress, dancer Deaths 1994 - Ralph Waldo Ellison, novelist (Invisible Man) 2002 - Robert Urich, actor (Spenser: For Hire, Vega$) Events 1862 - President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill bringing an end to slavery in the District of Columbia. 1940 - Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller pitches the only opening day no-hitter in Major League Baseball history. 1943 - Dr. Albert Hofmann discovers the psychedelic effects of LSD when he accidentally absorbed a small quantity. 1947 - The term "cold war" is first coined by presidential advisor Bernard Baruch during a speech. 1947 - Disaster occurs in Texas City, Texas when a fertilizer carrying ship explodes in the harbor killing nearly 600 citizens. 1962 - Walter Cronkite begins anchoring the CBS Evening News. 1963 - Martin Luther King, Jr writes his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while in jail for protesting against segregation. 1971 - The Rolling Stones releases their song "Brown Sugar" in the United Kingdom. 1999 - Wayne Gretzky announces his retirement from the National Hockey League. 2007 - Thirty-three people are killed at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia after the deadliest school shooting in United States history. |
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