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What happend on 16. April in History
In our data base we found 391 events happened on 16. April:
• 1178_bc: The calculated date of the Greek king Odysseus' return home from the Trojan War. [category: Events]
• 1457_bc: Likely date of the Battle of Megiddo between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh, the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. [category: Events]
• 69: Otho, Roman Emperor (b. 32) [category: Deaths]
• 73: Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Jewish Revolt. [category: Events]
• 665: Fructuosus of Braga [category: Deaths]
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• 744: Al-Walid II, Umayyad caliph [category: Deaths]
• 778: Louis the Pious (d. 840) [category: Births]
• 924: Berengar of Friuli [category: Deaths]
• 1113: Sviatopolk II of Kiev (b. 1050) [category: Deaths]
• 1118: Adelaide del Vasto, Italian wife of Roger II of Sicily [category: Deaths]
• 1198: Frederick I, Duke of Austria [category: Deaths]
• 1319: John II of France (d. 1364) [category: Births]
• 1346: Dušan the Mighty is proclaimed Emperor, with the Serbian Empire occupying much of the Balkans. [category: Events]
• 1488: Jungjong of Joseon (d. 1544) [category: Births]
• 1495: Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (d. 1557) [category: Births]
• 1516: Tabinshwehti, King of Burma (d. 1550) [category: Births]
• 1520: The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V. [category: Events]
• 1521: Martin Luther's first appearance before the Diet of Worms to be examined by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the other estates of the empire. [category: Events]
• 1582: Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina. [category: Events]
• 1640: Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (b. 1579) [category: Deaths]
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• 1645: Tobias Hume, English composer [category: Deaths]
• 1646: Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (d. 1708) [category: Births]
• 1660: Hans Sloane, English collector and physician (d. 1753) [category: Births]
• 1661: Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and statesman (d. 1715) [category: Births]
• 1682: John Hadley, English mathematician and inventor of the octant (d. 1744) [category: Births]
• 1683: Jean-Joseph Mouret, French composer (d. 1738) [category: Births]
• 1687: George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman and poet (b. 1628) [category: Deaths]
• 1689: Aphra Behn, English dramatist (b. 1640) [category: Deaths]
• 1693: Anne Sophie Reventlow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1743) [category: Births]
• 1697: Johann Gottlieb Görner, German composer and organist (d. 1778) [category: Births]
• 1728: Joseph Black, Scottish chemist (d. 1799) [category: Births]
• 1730: Henry Clinton, English general (d. 1795) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1755: Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (d. 1842) [category: Births]
• 1780: The University of Münster in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany is founded. [category: Events]
• 1783: Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer (b. 1719) [category: Deaths]
• 1786: John Franklin, English navy officer and explorer (d. 1847) [category: Births]
• 1788: Georges Louis Leclerc, Count of Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (b. 1707) [category: Deaths]
• 1799: Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor – Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre. [category: Events]
• 1800: George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, English soldier (d. 1888) [category: Births]
• 1808: Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (d. 1864) [category: Births]
• 1818: The United States Senate ratifies the Rush-Bagot Treaty, establishing the border with Canada. [category: Events]
• 1821: Ford Madox Brown, English painter (d. 1893) [category: Births]
• 1823: Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician (d. 1852) [category: Births]
• 1827: Octave Crémazie, Canadian poet (d. 1879) [category: Births]
• 1828: Francisco Goya, Spanish painter (b. 1746) [category: Deaths]
• 1834: Charles Lennox Richardson, English merchant (d. 1862) [category: Births]
• 1844: Anatole France, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1846: Domenico Dragonetti, Italian composer (b. 1763) [category: Deaths]
• 1847: Hans Auer, Swiss architect (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1847: The accidental shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand land wars. [category: Events]
• 1848: Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian social reformer (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1850: Marie Tussaud, French-English artist, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761) [category: Deaths]
• 1853: The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane. [category: Events]
• 1858: The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is wound up. [category: Events]
• 1859: Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian (b. 1805) [category: Deaths]
• 1862: American Civil War: The Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia. [category: Events]
• 1862: American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law. [category: Events]
• 1863: American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg – ships led by Union Admiral David Dixon Porter move through heavy Confederate artillery fire on approach to Vicksburg, Mississippi. [category: Events]
• 1865: Henry George Chauvel, Australian general (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1866: José de Diego, Puerto Rican statesman and journalist (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1867: Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1871: John Millington Synge, Irish writer (d. 1909) [category: Births]
• 1878: Tip Foster, English cricketer (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1879: Bernadette Soubirous, French mystic and Saint (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle. [category: Events]
• 1882: Seth Bingham, American organist and composer (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1885: Leo Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1886: Ernst Thälmann, German politician (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1886: Margaret Woodrow Wilson, American daughter of Woodrow Wilson (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1888: Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist (b. 1845) [category: Deaths]
• 1889: Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, and composer (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1890: Michalis Dorizas, Greek javelin thrower (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1893: Germaine Guèvremont, Canadian author (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1895: Ove Arup, English-Danish engineer, founded Arup (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1896: Pat Clayton, English surveyor and explorer (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1896: Robert Henry Best, American broadcaster (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1896: Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1899: Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1899: Emilio Jacinto, Filipino poet and revolutionary (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian actress (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1904: Maximilian Kronberger, German poet (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: Samuel Smiles, Scottish writer and reformer (b. 1812) [category: Deaths]
• 1905: Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1907: August Eigruber, Austrian war criminal (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1907: Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, invented the snowmobile (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1908: Ray Ventura, French bandleader (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1908: Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah. [category: Events]
• 1910: Berton Roueché, American writer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1911: Guy Burgess, English-Soviet spy (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1912: Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1912: Garth Williams, American illustrator (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1912: Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel. [category: Events]
• 1914: George William Hill, American astronomer (b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: Gerard McLarnon, Irish playwright (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1915: Joan Alexander, American actress (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1915: Nelson W. Aldrich, American politician (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Barry Nelson, American actor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1917: Lenin returns to Petrograd from exile in Switzerland. [category: Events]
• 1918: Dick Gibson, English race car driver (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1918: Spike Milligan, Irish comedian (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1919: Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1919: Tom Willmore, English geometer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1919: Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Amritsar Massacre by the British. [category: Events]
• 1919: Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania. [category: Events]
• 1921: Peter Ustinov, English actor (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1922: Kingsley Amis, English author (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1922: Léo Tindemans, Belgian politician [category: Births]
• 1922: Pat Peppler, American football coach and executive [category: Births]
• 1922: The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed. [category: Events]
• 1924: Henry Mancini, American composer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1924: John Harvey-Jones, English businessman (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1924: Madanjeet Singh, Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1924: Rudy Pompilli, American musician (Bill Haley & His Comets) (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1925: During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded. [category: Events]
• 1927: Edie Adams, American actress and singer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1927: Peter Mark Richman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1927: Pope Benedict XVI [category: Births]
• 1928: Dick Lane, American football player (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1928: Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Ed Townsend, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1929: Ralph Slatyer, Australian biologist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1929: Roy Hamilton, American singer (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1930: Herbie Mann, American flute player (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1930: José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, philosopher and activist (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Herman van Ham, Dutch chef (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1933: Ike Pappas, American journalist (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1933: Joan Bakewell, English broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1935: Bobby Vinton, American singer [category: Births]
• 1935: Marcel Carrière, Canadian director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1935: Sarah Kirsch, German poet [category: Births]
• 1936: Šaban Bajramović, Serbian-Romani singer-songwriter (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1937: George "The Animal" Steele, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1938: Gordon Wilson, Scottish politician [category: Births]
• 1938: Rich Rollins, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1938: Steve Bloomer, English footballer (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Boris Dvornik, Croatian actor (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1939: Dusty Springfield, English singer (The Lana Sisters and The Springfields) (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1940: Benoît Bouchard, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1940: Margrethe II of Denmark [category: Births]
• 1941: 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. [category: Events]
• 1941: World War II: The Italian convoy Duisburg, directed to Tunisia, is attacked and destroyed by British ships. [category: Events]
• 1942: Frank Williams, English founder and team principal of the WilliamsF1 Formula One racing team [category: Births]
• 1942: Jim Lonborg, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1942: Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Dave Peverett, English musician (Foghat and Savoy Brown) (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1943: Ruth Madoc, Welsh actress [category: Births]
• 1944: Richard Bradshaw British conductor [category: Births]
• 1944: Allied forces started bombing of Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter. [category: Events]
• 1945: Tom Allen, American politician [category: Births]
• 1945: More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine torpedo. [category: Events]
• 1945: 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. [category: Events]
• 1945: The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz). [category: Events]
• 1946: Margot Adler, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1946: Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss race car driver and automobile designer (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Gerry Rafferty, Scottish musician and songwriter (The Humblebums and Stealers Wheel) (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1947: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1947: Rudolf Höß, German SS officer (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1947: Texas City Disaster: An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600. [category: Events]
• 1948: Lynne Franks, British public relations consultant [category: Births]
• 1948: Reg Alcock, Canadian politician (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1949: Ann Romney, American horse rider, wife of Mitt Romney [category: Births]
• 1949: Melody Patterson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1949: Pirkko Saisio, Finnish writer [category: Births]
• 1950: David Graf, American actor (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1950: Robert Dutil, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish shooter (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Björgvin Halldórsson, Icelandic singer [category: Births]
• 1951: Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, Romanian writer and photographer [category: Births]
• 1951: Mordechai Ben David, American singer [category: Births]
• 1952: Bill Belichick, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1952: Billy West, American voice actor [category: Births]
• 1952: Esther Roth-Shahamorov, Israeli track and field athlete [category: Births]
• 1952: Michel Blanc, French actor [category: Births]
• 1953: J. Neil Schulman, American writer [category: Births]
• 1953: Jay O. Sanders, American actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Peter Garrett, Australian singer and politician (Midnight Oil) [category: Births]
• 1953: Queen Elizabeth II launches the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia. [category: Events]
• 1954: Ellen Barkin, American actress [category: Births]
• 1954: John Bowe, Australian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1955: Bruce Bochy, American baseball player and manager [category: Births]
• 1955: Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg [category: Births]
• 1955: David Kirkwood, Scottish labor leader (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: David McDowell Brown, American astronaut (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1956: Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier [category: Births]
• 1958: Rosalind Franklin, English chemist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Alison Ramsay, Scottish field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1959: Robert Casilla, American artist and illustrator [category: Births]
• 1959: Scott McKinsey, American director [category: Births]
• 1960: Pierre Littbarski, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1960: Rafael Benítez, Spanish football manager [category: Births]
• 1960: Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1961: Doris Dragović, Croatian singer [category: Births]
• 1962: Ian MacKaye, American musician, (Fugazi and Minor Threat) [category: Births]
• 1962: Walter Cronkite takes over as the lead news anchor of the CBS Evening News, during which time he would become "the most trusted man in America". [category: Events]
• 1963: Jimmy Osmond, American singer (The Osmonds) [category: Births]
• 1963: Saleem Malik, Pakistani cricketer [category: Births]
• 1963: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation. [category: Events]
• 1964: Dave Pirner, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Soul Asylum) [category: Births]
• 1964: David Kohan, American television producer and writer [category: Births]
• 1965: Jon Cryer, American actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Martin Lawrence, American actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Michael Wong Man Tak, Hong Kong actor and director [category: Births]
• 1968: Rüdiger Stenzel, German athlete [category: Births]
• 1968: Vickie Guerrero, American wrestler and manager [category: Births]
• 1968: Edna Ferber, American author (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Fay Bainter, American actress (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Fernando Viña, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Patrik Järbyn, Swedish alpine ski racer [category: Births]
• 1969: Stacy Francis, American singer and actress (Ex Girlfriend) [category: Births]
• 1970: Dero Goi, German musician (Oomph!) [category: Births]
• 1970: Walt Williams, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Péter Veres, Hungarian politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Richard Neutra, American architect (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Belinda Stewart-Wilson, English actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Max Beesley, English actor and musician [category: Births]
• 1971: Moses Chan, Hong Kong actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Natasha Zvereva, Russian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1971: Peter Billingsley, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Seigo Yamamoto, Japanese race car driver [category: Births]
• 1971: Selena, American singer-songwriter (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1972: Conchita Martínez, Spanish tennis player [category: Births]
• 1972: Ed Byrne, Irish comedian [category: Births]
• 1972: Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. [category: Events]
• 1973: Akon, American singer and song writer [category: Births]
• 1973: Bonnie Pink, Japanese singer [category: Births]
• 1973: István Kertész, Hungarian conductor (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Nino Bravo, Spanish singer (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Fabián Robles, Mexican actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Mat Devine, American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and author (Kill Hannah) [category: Births]
• 1974: Thomas Tevana, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Valarie Rae Miller, American actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Xu Jinglei, Chinese actress and director [category: Births]
• 1975: Karl Yune, American actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Keon Clark, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Nick Pickard, English actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Sean Maher, American actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Dan Kellner, American fencer [category: Births]
• 1976: David Lyons, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Kelli O'Hara, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1976: Lukas Haas, American actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Phil Baroni, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1976: Robert Dahlqvist, Swedish guitarist and singer (The Hellacopters, Dundertåget, and Thunder Express) [category: Births]
• 1976: Shu Qi, Taiwanese actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Alek Wek, Sudanese model [category: Births]
• 1977: Fredrik Ljungberg, Swedish footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Tameka Empson, English actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Christos Vasilopoulos, Greek actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Igor Tudor, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Ivan Urgant, Russian television host and actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Jody Marie Gnant, American singer-songwriter and pianist [category: Births]
• 1978: John Buffalo Mailer, American author, playwright, actor, producer, and journalist [category: Births]
• 1978: Kristin Proctor, Norwegian-American actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Lara Dutta, Indian actress and model, Miss Universe 2000 [category: Births]
• 1978: Matthew Lloyd, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Nikki Griffin, American actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Lucius D. Clay, American general (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Christijan Albers, Dutch race car driver [category: Births]
• 1979: Daniel Browne, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1979: Lars Börgeling, German pole vaulter [category: Births]
• 1979: Sean Costello, American singer and musician (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1979: Sixto Peralta, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Adriana Sage, Mexican-American porn actress and model [category: Births]
• 1980: Jens Hartwig, German actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Juliette Marquis, Ukrainian actress, model, and ballerina [category: Births]
• 1980: Paul London, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1981: Anestis Agritis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Jake Scott, American football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Matthieu Proulx, Canadian football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Maya Dunietz, Israeli pianist, singer and composer [category: Births]
• 1981: Russell Harvard, American actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Vico Thai, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Barry Jones, Scottish magician [category: Births]
• 1982: Boris Diaw, French basketball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Gina Carano, American mixed martial arts fighter, actress, and model [category: Births]
• 1982: Jonathan Vilma, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Michael Ratajczak, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Cat Osterman, American softball pitcher [category: Births]
• 1983: George Patis, Greek badminton player [category: Births]
• 1983: Manuela Martelli, Chilean actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Marié Digby, American singer [category: Births]
• 1983: Mikey Dalton, Iranian-English model and music producer [category: Births]
• 1984: Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, American author [category: Births]
• 1984: Claire Foy, English actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Dane Brookes, English actor and writer [category: Births]
• 1984: Natalie Blair, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Noah Fleiss, American actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Paweł Kieszek, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Teddy Blass, American composer and producer [category: Births]
• 1984: Tucker Fredricks, American speed skater [category: Births]
• 1985: Benjamín Rojas, Argentine actor, singer, musician, and model (Erreway) [category: Births]
• 1985: Brendon Leonard, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1985: JC Tiuseco, Chinese-Filipino model, actor, and basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Luol Deng, British-Sudanese basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Mark Baker, Welsh author and historian [category: Births]
• 1985: Nate Diaz, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1985: Rhiana Griffith, Australian actress, model, and artist [category: Births]
• 1985: Taye Taiwo, Nigerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Scott Brady, American actor (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Epke Zonderland, Dutch gymnast [category: Births]
• 1986: Laura Langman, New Zealand netball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Paul di Resta, Scottish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1986: Peter Regin, Danish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1986: Shinji Okazaki, Japanese footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Aaron Lennon, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Kyley Statham, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Neil Haskell, American dancer [category: Births]
• 1988: Alisa Durbrow, Japanese model, actress, and singer [category: Births]
• 1988: Jullie, Brazilian singer-songwriter, model, and actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Khalil al-Wazir, Palestinian military leader, founder of Fatah (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Miles Lawrence, English cricketer (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Evangelos Mantzaris, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1990: Jules Sitruk, French actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Jérémy Kapone, French singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Lily Loveless, English actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Lorraine Nicholson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Nia Ramadhani, Indonesian actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1990: The "Doctor of Death", Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide. [category: Events]
• 1991: David Lean, English director (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg [category: Births]
• 1992: Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian activist, agent, and officer (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Andy Russell, American singer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Neville Brand, American actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: The Katina P. runs aground off of Maputo, Mozambique and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean. [category: Events]
• 1993: Mirai Nagasu, American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1994: Liliana Mumy, American actress [category: Births]
• 1994: Ralph Ellison, American writer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Arthur English, English actor and comedian (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Iqbal Masih, Pakistani child slave labourer, activist (b. 1982) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Stavros Niarchos, Greek shipping tycoon (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Doris Angleton, American murder victim (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Roland Topor, French illustrator (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Alberto Calderón, Argentine mathematician (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Fred Davis, English snooker player (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canadian super-centenarian (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Skip Spence, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape) (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Putra of Perlis (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Alec Stock, English football manager (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border. [category: Events]
• 2002: Billy Ayre, English footballer and manager (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Robert Urich, American actor (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Ruth Fertel, American restaurateur, founder of Ruth's Chris Steak House (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Alina Foley, American actress [category: Births]
• 2003: Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Graham Stuart Thomas, English author and garden designer (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union. [category: Events]
• 2005: Kay Walsh, English actress (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Kim Mu-saeng, South Korean actor (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Marla Ruzicka, American humanitarian and activist (b. 1976) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Francisco Adam, Portuguese actor and model (b. 1983) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Frank Bateson, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: G. V. Loganathan, Indian-American professor of civil and environmental engineering (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Gaetan Duchesne, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Jamie Bishop, American instructor of German language (b. 1971) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, Canadian instructor of French language (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Kevin Granata, American professor of engineering (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Liviu Librescu, American-Romanian professor of engineering science and mechanics and holocaust survivor (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Maria Lenk, Brazilian swimmer (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: People of the Virginia Tech massacre: [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Seung-Hui Cho, American student and murderer (b. 1984) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Virginia Tech massacre: The deadliest spree shooting in modern American history. Seung-Hui Cho, kills 32 and injures 23 before committing suicide. [category: Events]
• 2008: Princess Eléonore of Belgium [category: Births]
• 2008: Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Joseph Solman, American painter (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Daryl Gates, American police chief, created the D.A.R.E. program (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Rasim Delic, Bosnian military chief (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Allan Blakeney, Canadian politician, 10th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Sol Saks, American screenwriter (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ageeth Scherphuis, Dutch journalist and broadcaster (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Alan Hacker, English clarinet player (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Carlo Petrini, Italian footballer (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: George Kunda, Zambian lawyer and politician, Vice-President of Zambia (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jack Streidl, American football coach and educator (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Marian Biskup, Polish author and academic (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish businessman (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ray Davey, Irish-Presbyterian minister, founder of the Corrymeela Community (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sari Barabas, Hungarian soprano (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• _: April 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Benedict Joseph Labre [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Bernadette Soubirous [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Birthday of Queen Margrethe II (Denmark) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Drogo [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Emancipation Day (Washington, D.C.) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Fructuosus of Braga [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Martyrs of Zaragoza [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Turibius of Astorga [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Voice Day [category: Holidays and observances]