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April 16 in recent years
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April 16 is the 106th day of the year (107th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . 259 days remain until the end of the year.
Events [ ]
AD 73 – Masada , a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the First Jewish–Roman War .[1]
1346 – Stefan Dušan , "the Mighty", is crowned Emperor of the Serbs at Skopje , his empire occupying much of the Balkans .[2]
1520 – The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V .[3]
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.[4] After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.
1780 – Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster .
1799 – French Revolutionary Wars : The Battle of Mount Tabor : Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre .
1818 – The United States Senate ratifies the Rush–Bagot Treaty , limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain.
1847 – Shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand Wars .
1853 – The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane .
1858 – The Wernerian Natural History Society , a former Scottish learned society , is wound up.
1862 – American Civil War : Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia .
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: During the Vicksburg Campaign , gunboats commanded by acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate artillery batteries at Vicksburg.
1881 – In Dodge City, Kansas , Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
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 , 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.
1919 – Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
1919 – Polish–Soviet War : The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania .
1922 – The Treaty of Rapallo , pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations , is signed.
1925 – During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia , Bulgaria , 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
1941 – World War II : The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
1941 – World War II: The Nazi-affiliated Ustaše is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis powers after Operation 25 is effected.
1943 – Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD . He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19 .
1944 – World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade , killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
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 .
1945 – The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz ).
1945 – More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine .
1947 – An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas , to catch fire, killing almost 600.
1947 – Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War " to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union .
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 .
1963 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
1972 – Apollo program : The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida .
1990 – "Doctor Death", Jack Kevorkian , participates in his first assisted suicide .
2001 – India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict , but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border .
2003 – The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union .
2007 – Virginia Tech shooting : Seung-Hui Cho guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.
2012 – The trial for Anders Behring Breivik , the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks , begins in Oslo , Norway.
2012 – The Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, it was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize .
2013 – A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Sistan and Baluchestan Province , Iran , killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others.
2013 – The 2013 Baga massacre is started when Boko Haram militants engage government soldiers in Baga .
2014 – The South Korean ferry MV Sewol capsizes and sinks near Jindo Island , killing 304 passengers and crew and leading to widespread criticism of the South Korean government, media, and shipping authorities.
Births [ ]
1435 – Jan II the Mad , Duke of Żagań (1439–1449 and 1461–1468 and again in 1472) (d. 1504)
1488 – Jungjong of Joseon (d. 1544)
1495 – Petrus Apianus , German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1557)[5]
1516 – Tabinshwehti , Burmese king (d. 1550)[6]
1569 – John Davies , English poet and lawyer (d. 1626)[7]
1635 – Frans van Mieris the Elder , Dutch painter (d. 1681)[8]
1646 – Jules Hardouin-Mansart , French architect, designed the Château de Dampierre and Grand Trianon (d. 1708)
1660 – Hans Sloane , Irish-English physician and academic (d. 1753)
1661 – Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax , English poet and politician, First Lord of the Treasury (d. 1715)
1682 – John Hadley , English mathematician, invented the octant (d. 1744)
1697 – Johann Gottlieb Görner , German organist and composer (d. 1778)
1728 – Joseph Black , French-Scottish physician and chemist (d. 1799)
1730 – Henry Clinton , English general and politician (d. 1795)
1755 – Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun , French painter (d. 1842)
1786 – John Franklin , English admiral and politician, 4th Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (d. 1847)
1800 – George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan , English field marshal and politician (d. 1888)
1808 – Caleb Blood Smith , American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1864)
1821 – Ford Madox Brown , French-English soldier and painter (d. 1893)
1823 – Gotthold Eisenstein , German mathematician and academic (d. 1852)
1826 – Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet , British politician (d. 1891)
1827 – Octave Crémazie , Canadian poet and bookseller (d. 1879)
1839 – Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì , Italian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1908)
1834 – Charles Lennox Richardson , English merchant (d. 1862)
1844 – Anatole France , French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
1847 – Hans Auer , Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (d. 1906)
1848 – Kandukuri Veeresalingam , Indian author and activist (d. 1919)
1851 – Ponnambalam Ramanathan , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 3rd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (d. 1930)
1864 – Rose Talbot Bullard , American medical doctor and professor (d. 1915)
1865 – Harry Chauvel , Australian general (d. 1945)
1866 – José de Diego , Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1918)
1867 – Wilbur Wright , American inventor (d. 1912)
1871 – John Millington Synge , Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1909)
1874 – Jōtarō Watanabe , Japanese general (d. 1936)
1878 – R. E. Foster , English cricketer and footballer (d. 1914)
1882 – Seth Bingham , American organist and composer (d. 1972)
1884 – Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell , English cricketer, journalist, and politician (d. 1963)
1885 – Leó Weiner , Hungarian composer and educator (d. 1960)
1886 – Michalis Dorizas , Greek-American football player and javelin thrower (d. 1957)
1886 – Ernst Thälmann , German politician (d. 1944)
1888 – Billy Minter , English footballer and manager (d. 1940)[9]
1889 – Charlie Chaplin , English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (d. 1977)
1890 – Fred Root , English cricketer and umpire (d. 1954)
1890 – Gertrude Chandler Warner , American author and educator (d. 1979)
1891 – Dorothy P. Lathrop , American author and illustrator (d. 1980)
1892 – Howard Mumford Jones , American author, critic, and academic (d. 1980)
1893 – Germaine Guèvremont , Canadian journalist and author (d. 1968)
1893 – John Norton , American hurdler (d. 1979)
1895 – Ove Arup , English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded Arup (d. 1988)
1896 – Robert Henry Best , American journalist (d. 1952)
1896 – Árpád Weisz , Hungarian footballer (d. 1944)
1899 – Osman Achmatowicz , Polish chemist and academic (d. 1988)
1900 – Polly Adler , Russian-American madam and author (d. 1962) [10]
1903 – Paul Waner , American baseball player and manager (d. 1965)
1904 – Fifi D'Orsay , Canadian-American vaudevillian, actress, and singer (d. 1983)
1905 – Frits Philips , Dutch businessman (d. 2005)
1907 – Joseph-Armand Bombardier , Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (d. 1964)
1907 – August Eigruber , Austrian-German politician (d. 1947)
1908 – Ellis Marsalis, Sr. , American businessman and activist (d. 2004)
1908 – Ray Ventura , French jazz bandleader (d. 1979)
1910 – Berton Roueché , American journalist and author (d. 1994)
1911 – Guy Burgess , English-Russian spy (d. 1963)
1913 – Les Tremayne , English actor (d. 2003)
1914 – John Hodiak , American actor (d. 1955)
1915 – Robert Speck , Canadian politician, 1st Mayor of Mississauga (d. 1972)
1916 – Behçet Necatigil , Turkish author, poet, and translator (d. 1979)
1917 – Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (d. 2013)
1917 – Barry Nelson , American actor (d. 2007)
1918 – Dick Gibson , English racing driver (d. 2010)
1918 – Hsuan Hua , Chinese-American monk and author (d. 1995)
1918 – Juozas Kazickas , Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014)
1918 – Spike Milligan , Irish actor, comedian, and writer (d. 2002)
1919 – Merce Cunningham , American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
1919 – Nilla Pizzi , Italian singer (d. 2011)
1919 – Pedro Ramírez Vázquez , Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center and National Museum of Anthropology (d. 2013)
1919 – Thomas Willmore , English geometer and academic (d. 2005)
1920 – Ananda Dassanayake , Sri Lankan politician (d. 2012)
1920 – Prince George Valdemar of Denmark (d. 1986)
1921 – Arlin M. Adams , American lawyer and judge (d. 2015)
1921 – Wolfgang Leonhard , German historian and author (d. 2014)
1921 – Peter Ustinov , English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1922 – Kingsley Amis , English novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1995)
1922 – John Christopher , English author (d. 2012)
1922 – Lawrence N. Guarino , American colonel (d. 2014)
1922 – Leo Tindemans , Belgian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2014)
1923 – Warren Barker , American composer (d. 2006)
1923 – Arch A. Moore Jr. , American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of West Virginia (d. 2015)
1924 – John Harvey-Jones , English academic and businessman (d. 2008)
1924 – Henry Mancini , American composer and conductor (d. 1994)
1924 – Rudy Pompilli , American saxophonist (d. 1976)
1924 – Madanjeet Singh , Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist (d. 2013)
1926 – Pierre Fabre , French pharmacist, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre (d. 2013)
1927 – Edie Adams , American actress and singer (d. 2008)
1927 – Pope Benedict XVI
1927 – Rolf Schult , German actor (d. 2013)
1928 – Dick Lane , American football player and soldier (d. 2002)
1929 – Roy Hamilton , American singer (d. 1969)
1929 – Ralph Slatyer , Australian biologist and ecologist (d. 2012)
1929 – Ed Townsend , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2003)
1930 – Doug Beasy , Australian footballer and educator (d. 2013)
1930 – Herbie Mann , American flute player and composer (d. 2003)
1932 – Maury Meyers , American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
1933 – Marcos Alonso Imaz , Spanish footballer (d. 2012)
1933 – Joan Bakewell , English journalist and author
1933 – Perry Botkin Jr. , American composer, arranger and musician
1933 – Vera Krepkina , Russian long jumper
1933 – Ike Pappas , American journalist and actor (d. 2008)
1934 – Vince Hill , English singer-songwriter
1934 – Robert Stigwood , Australian producer and manager (d. 2016)
1934 – Barrie Unsworth , Australian politician, 36th Premier of New South Wales
1934 – Vicar , Chilean cartoonist (d. 2012)
1935 – Marcel Carrière , Canadian director and screenwriter
1935 – Sarah Kirsch , German poet and author (d. 2013)
1935 – Lennart Risberg , Swedish boxer (d. 2013)
1935 – Dominique Venner , French journalist and historian (d. 2013)
1935 – Bobby Vinton , American singer
1936 – Vadim Kuzmin , Russian physicist and academic (d. 2015)
1937 – Gert Potgieter , South African hurdler and coach
1938 – Rich Rollins , American baseball player
1938 – Gordon Wilson , Scottish lawyer and politician (d. 2017)
1939 – John Amabile , American football player and coach (d. 2012)
1939 – Dusty Springfield , English singer and record producer (d. 1999)
1940 – Benoît Bouchard , Canadian academic and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Transport
1940 – David Holford , Barbadian cricketer
1940 – Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
1940 – Joan Snyder , American painter
1940 – Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys , English banker and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom
1941 – Allan Segal , American director and producer (d. 2012)
1942 – Jim Lonborg , American baseball pitcher
1942 – Sir Frank Williams , English businessman, founded the Williams F1 Racing Team
1943 – Lonesome Dave Peverett , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
1943 – Petro Tyschtschenko , Austrian-German businessman
1943 – John Watkins , Australian cricketer
1945 – Tom Allen , American lawyer and politician
1946 – Margot Adler , American journalist and author (d. 2014)
1946 – Ernst Bakker , Dutch politician (d. 2014)
1946 – Johnnie Lewis , Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia (d. 2015)
1946 – R. Carlos Nakai , American flute player
1947 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , American basketball player and coach
1947 – Gerry Rafferty , Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
1948 – Reg Alcock , Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Canadian President of the Treasury Board (d. 2011)
1950 – David Graf , American actor (d. 2001)
1950 – Colleen Hewett , Australian singer and actress
1951 – Ioan Mihai Cochinescu , Romanian author and photographer
1951 – David Nutt , English psychiatrist and academic
1952 – Bill Belichick , American football player and coach
1952 – Michel Blanc , French actor and director
1952 – Esther Roth-Shahamorov , Israeli sprinter and hurdler
1952 – Billy West , American voice actor, singer-songwriter, and comedian
1953 – Peter Garrett , Australian singer-songwriter and politician
1953 – Jay O. Sanders , American actor
1954 – Ellen Barkin , American actress
1954 – John Bowe , Australian racing driver
1954 – Mike Zuke , Canadian ice hockey player
1955 – Bruce Bochy , American baseball player and manager
1955 – Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1956 – David M. Brown , American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003)
1956 – T Lavitz , American keyboard player, composer, and producer (d. 2010)
1956 – Lise-Marie Morerod , Swiss skier
1957 – Patricia De Martelaere , Belgian philosopher, author, and academic (d. 2009)
1958 – Tim Flach , English photographer and director
1958 – Ulf Wakenius , Swedish guitarist
1959 – Alison Ramsay , English-Scottish field hockey player and lawyer
1960 – Wahab Akbar , Filipino politician (d. 2007)
1960 – Rafael Benítez , Spanish footballer and manager
1960 – Pierre Littbarski , German footballer and manager
1961 – Jarbom Gamlin , Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (d. 2014)
1961 – Linda Ruth Williams , British film studies academic
1962 – Anna Dello Russo , Italian journalist
1962 – Douglas Elmendorf , American economist and politician
1962 – Ian MacKaye , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1963 – Saleem Malik , Pakistani cricketer
1963 – Jimmy Osmond , American singer
1964 – David Kohan , American screenwriter and producer
1964 – Dave Pirner , American singer, songwriter and producer
1964 – Esbjörn Svensson , Swedish pianist (d. 2008)
1965 – Yves-François Blanchet , Canadian politician
1965 – Jon Cryer , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Martin Lawrence , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Jarle Vespestad , Norwegian drummer
1966 – Jeff Varner , American newscaster and reality television personality
1968 – Vickie Guerrero , American wrestler and manager
1968 – Rüdiger Stenzel , German runner
1969 – Patrik Järbyn , Swedish skier
1969 – Fernando Viña , American baseball player and sportscaster
1970 – Dero Goi , German singer-songwriter and drummer
1970 – Walt Williams , American basketball player
1971 – Cameron Blades , Australian rugby player
1971 – Selena , American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (d. 1995)
1971 – Seigo Yamamoto , Japanese racing driver
1971 – Natasha Zvereva , Belarusian tennis player
1972 – Conchita Martínez , Spanish-American tennis player
1972 – Tracy K. Smith , American poet and educator
1973 – Akon , Senegalese-American singer, rapper and songwriter
1973 – Charlotta Sörenstam , Swedish golfer
1973 – Teddy Cobeña , Spanish-Ecuadorian expressionist and representational sculptor
1975 – Keon Clark , American basketball player
1976 – Lukas Haas , American actor and musician
1976 – Kelli O'Hara , American actress and singer
1977 – Freddie Ljungberg , Swedish footballer
1979 – Christijan Albers , Dutch racing driver
1979 – Lars Börgeling , German pole vaulter
1979 – Daniel Browne , New Zealand rugby player
1981 – Anestis Agritis , Greek footballer
1981 – Maya Dunietz , Israeli singer-songwriter and pianist
1981 – Matthieu Proulx , Canadian football player
1982 – Gina Carano , American mixed martial artist and actress
1982 – Boris Diaw , French basketball player
1982 – Jonathan Vilma , American football player
1983 – Marié Digby , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1983 – Cat Osterman , American softball player
1984 – Teddy Blass , American composer and producer
1984 – Claire Foy , English actress
1984 – Tucker Fredricks , American speed skater
1984 – Paweł Kieszek , Polish footballer
1984 – Kerron Stewart , Jamaican sprinter
1985 – Luol Deng , Sudanese-English basketball player
1985 – Brendon Leonard , New Zealand rugby player
1985 – Benjamín Rojas , Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor
1985 – Taye Taiwo , Nigerian footballer
1986 – Paul di Resta , Scottish racing driver
1986 – Shinji Okazaki , Japanese footballer
1986 – Peter Regin , Danish ice hockey player
1986 – Epke Zonderland , Dutch gymnast
1987 – Cenk Akyol , Turkish basketball player
1987 – Aaron Lennon , English international footballer[11]
1988 – Kyle Okposo , American ice hockey player
1990 – Reggie Jackson , American basketball player
1990 – Vangelis Mantzaris , Greek basketball player
1990 – Tony McQuay , American sprinter
1990 – Travis Shaw , American baseball player
1991 – Nolan Arenado , American baseball player
1991 – Kim Kyung-jung , South Korean footballer
1993 – Mirai Nagasu , American figure skater
1993 – Chance the Rapper , American rapper
1994 – Albert Almora , American baseball player
1994 – Will Fuller , American football player
2002 – Sadie Sink , American actress
Deaths [ ]
AD 69 – Otho , Roman emperor (b. AD 32)
665 – Fructuosus of Braga , French archbishop and saint
1090 – Sikelgaita , duchess of Apulia (b. c. 1040 )
1113 – Sviatopolk II of Kiev (b. 1050)
1118 – Adelaide del Vasto , regent of Sicily, mother of Roger II of Sicily , queen of Baldwin I of Jerusalem
1198 – Frederick I, Duke of Austria (b. 1175)
1234 – Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (b. 1191)
1375 – John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke , English nobleman and soldier (b. 1347)[12]
1496 – Charles II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1489)
1587 – Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (b. 1497)
1640 – Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (b. 1579)
1645 – Tobias Hume , Scottish soldier, viol player, and composer (b. 1569)
1687 – George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham , English poet and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (b. 1628)
1689 – Aphra Behn , English author and playwright (b. 1640)
1742 – Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino , Italian poet and translator (b. 1672)
1756 – Jacques Cassini , French astronomer (b. 1677)
1783 – Christian Mayer , Czech astronomer and educator (b. 1719)
1788 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon , French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (b. 1707)
1828 – Francisco Goya , Spanish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1746)
1846 – Domenico Dragonetti , Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)
1850 – Marie Tussaud , French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)
1859 – Alexis de Tocqueville , French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1805)
1879 – Bernadette Soubirous , French nun and saint (b. 1844)[13]
1888 – Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski , Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
1899 – Emilio Jacinto , Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
1904 – Maximilian Kronberger , German poet and author (b. 1888)
1904 – Samuel Smiles , Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
1914 – George William Hill , American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
1915 – Nelson W. Aldrich , American businessman and politician (b. 1841)
1925 – Stefan Nerezov , Bulgarian general (b. 1867)
1928 – Henry Birks , Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
1928 – Roman Steinberg , Estonian wrestler (b. 1900)
1930 – José Carlos Mariátegui , Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (b. 1894)
1935 – Panait Istrati , Romanian journalist and author (b. 1884)
1937 – Jay Johnson Morrow , American military engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (b. 1870)
1938 – Steve Bloomer , English footballer and manager (b. 1874)
1941 – Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp , English economist and civil servant (b. 1880)
1942 – Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1878)
1942 – Denis St. George Daly , Irish polo player (b. 1862)
1946 – Arthur Chevrolet , Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
1947 – Rudolf Höss , German SS officer (b. 1900)
1950 – Eduard Oja , Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1905)
1950 – Anders Peter Nielsen , Danish target shooter (b. 1867)
1955 – David Kirkwood , Scottish engineer and politician (b. 1872)
1958 – Rosalind Franklin , English biophysicist and academic (b. 1920)
1960 – Mihály Fekete , Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (b. 1884)
1961 – Carl Hovland , American psychologist and academic (b. 1912)
1965 – Francis Balfour , English soldier and colonial administrator (b. 1884)
1965 – Sydney Chaplin , English actor, comedian, brother of Charlie Chaplin (b. 1885)
1966 – Eric Lambert , Australian author (b. 1918)
1968 – Fay Bainter , American actress (b. 1893)
1968 – Edna Ferber , American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1885)
1969 – Hem Vejakorn , Thai illustrator and painter (b. 1904)
1970 – Richard Neutra , Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records (b. 1892)
1970 – Péter Veres , Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (b. 1897)
1972 – Yasunari Kawabata , Japanese novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
1972 – Frank O'Connor , Australian public servant (b. 1894)
1973 – István Kertész , Hungarian conductor and educator (b. 1929)
1978 – Lucius D. Clay , American officer and military governor in occupied Germany (b. 1898)
1980 – Morris Stoloff , American composer (b. 1898)
1985 – Scott Brady , American actor (b. 1924)
1988 – Khalil al-Wazir , Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (b. 1935)
1988 – Youri Egorov , Russian pianist (b. 1954)
1989 – Jocko Conlan , American baseball player and umpire (b. 1899)
1989 – Kaoru Ishikawa Japanese author and educator (b. 1915)
1989 – Miles Lawrence , English cricketer (b. 1940)
1989 – Hakkı Yeten , Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1910)
1991 – David Lean , English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
1992 – Neville Brand , American actor (b. 1920)
1992 – Alexandru Nicolschi , Romanian spy and activist (b. 1915)
1992 – Andy Russell , American singer and actor (b. 1919)
1994 – Paul-Émilien Dalpé , Canadian labor unionist (b. 1919)
1994 – Ralph Ellison , American novelist and critic (b. 1913)
1996 – Lucille Bremer , American actress and dancer (b. 1917)
1996 – Stavros Niarchos , Greek-Swiss businessman (b. 1909)
1997 – Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid , Colombian politician (b. 1921)
1997 – Roland Topor , French actor, director, and painter (b. 1938)
1998 – Alberto Calderón , Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1920)
1998 – Fred Davis , English snooker player (b. 1913)
1998 – Marie-Louise Meilleur , Canadian super-centenarian (b. 1880)
1999 – Skip Spence , Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
2001 – Robert Osterloh , American actor (b. 1918)[14]
2001 – Michael Ritchie , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
2001 – Alec Stock , English footballer and manager (b. 1917)
2002 – Billy Ayre , English footballer and manager (b. 1952)
2002 – Ruth Fertel , American businesswoman, founded Ruth's Chris Steak House (b. 1927)
2002 – Robert Urich , American actor (b. 1946)
2003 – Graham Jarvis , Canadian actor (b. 1930)
2003 – Graham Stuart Thomas , English horticulturalist and author (b. 1909)
2005 – Kay Walsh , English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
2007 – Frank Bateson , New Zealand astronomer (b. 1909)
2007 – Gaétan Duchesne , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1962)
2007 – Maria Lenk , Brazilian swimmer (b. 1915)
2007 – Chandrabose Suthaharan , Sri Lankan journalist
2008 – Edward Norton Lorenz , American mathematician and meteorologist (b. 1917)
2010 – Rasim Delić , Bosnian general and convicted war criminal (b. 1949)[15]
2010 – Daryl Gates , American police officer, created the D.A.R.E. Program (b. 1926)
2011 – Gerry Alexander , Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian (b. 1928)
2011 – Allan Blakeney , Canadian scholar and politician, 10th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1925)
2011 – Sol Saks , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)
2012 – Sári Barabás , Hungarian soprano (b. 1914)
2012 – Marian Biskup , Polish author and academic (b. 1922)
2012 – Alan Hacker , English clarinet player and conductor (b. 1938)
2012 – George Kunda , Zambian lawyer and politician, 11th Vice-President of Zambia (b. 1956)
2012 – Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller , Danish businessman (b. 1913)
2012 – Carlo Petrini , Italian footballer and coach (b. 1948)
2013 – Charles Bruzon , Gibraltarian politician (b. 1938)
2013 – Ali Kafi , Algerian colonel and politician (b. 1928)
2013 – Siegfried Ludwig , Austrian politician, 18th Governor of Lower Austria (b. 1926)
2013 – Pentti Lund , Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
2013 – George Beverly Shea , Canadian-American singer-songwriter (b. 1909)
2013 – Pat Summerall , American football player and sportscaster (b. 1930)
2013 – Pedro Ramírez Vázquez , Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center and National Museum of Anthropology (b. 1919)
2014 – Gyude Bryant , Liberian businessman and politician (b. 1949)
2014 – Aulis Rytkönen , Finnish footballer and manager (b. 1929)
2014 – Ernst Florian Winter , Austrian-American historian and political scientist (b. 1923)
2015 – Valery Belousov , Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1948)
2015 – Attaphol Buspakom , Thai footballer and manager (b. 1962)
2015 – Oles Buzina , Ukrainian journalist and author (b. 1969)
2015 – Stanislav Gross , Czech lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (b. 1969)
2016 – Charlie Hodge , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1933)
2018 – Harry Anderson , American actor and magician (b. 1952)
2018 – Jim Caine , British jazz pianist (b. 1926)
Holidays and observances [ ]
Christian feast day :
Benedict Joseph Labre
Bernadette Soubirous [13]
Drogo
Fructuosus of Braga
Isabella Gilmore (Church of England )
Martyrs of Zaragoza
Molly Brant (Konwatsijayenni) (Anglican Church of Canada , Episcopal Church )
Turibius of Astorga
April 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Birthday of José de Diego (Puerto Rico , United States )
Birthday of Queen Margrethe II (Denmark )
Emancipation Day (Washington, D.C. , United States )
Memorial Day for the Victims of the Holocaust (Hungary )
National Healthcare Decisions Day (United States )
Remembrance of Chemical Attack on Balisan and Sheikh Wasan (Iraqi Kurdistan )
World Voice Day
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↑ Nick Kanas (30 June 2009). Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography . Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 89–. ISBN 978-0-387-71668-8 .
↑ (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 180): Wednesday, 1st waning of Kason 878 ME = 16 April 1516; Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
↑ John Hutchinson (2003). A Catalogue of Notable Middle Templars: With Brief Biographical Notices . The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-1-58477-323-8 .
↑ Otto Naumann; Frans van Mieris (1981). Frans Van Mieris (1635-1681), the Elder: Text & comparative illustrations . Davaco. ISBN 978-90-70288-04-4 .
↑ "Billy Minter" . managerstats.co.uk . Retrieved 4 April 2020 .
↑ Notable American women : the modern period : a biographical dictionary . Sicherman, Barbara., Green, Carol Hurd. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 1980. pp. 7 . ISBN 9780674627338 . OCLC 6487187 .CS1 maint: others (link )
↑ "Aaron Lennon" . soccerbase.com . Retrieved 4 April 2020 .
↑ Cokayne, G. E. (1945). Gibb, V.; Doubleday, H. A.; White, G. H.; de Walden, H. (eds.). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: Extant, Extinct, or Dormant . X (14 volumes 1910 - 1959, 2nd ed.). London: St Catherine Press. pp. 390–4 +nn. OCLC 1000621451 .
↑ 13.0 13.1 "Saint Bernadette of Lourdes | Biography, Facts, & Feast Day" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 23 February 2020 .
↑ Lentz, Harris M., III (2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture . McFarland. pp. 227–228. ISBN 9780786452064 . Retrieved 28 December 2018 .
↑ Gabriel Partos (19 May 2010). "General Rasim Delic obituary" . The Guardian . Retrieved 18 April 2020 .
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