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What happened in history on this day: April 16?
On April 16 in ...
- 1777 - Battle of Bennington-New England's Green Mountain Boys rout British.
- 1818 - US Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot amendment (unarmed US-Canada border).
- 1854 - Steamer Long Beach sinks off Long Beach, New York, USA; 311 die.
- 1861 - US President Abraham Lincoln outlaws business with confederate states.
- 1862 - CSA President Jefferson Davis approves conscription act for white males between 18-35.
- 1862 - Slavery is officially banned in the District of Columbia, USA.
- 1865 - Robert C Tyler, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle.
- 1865 - Battle of Columbus and West Point, Georgia (Fort Tyler).
- 1868 - Louisiana voters approve new constitution.
- 1899 - West of Eureka, California, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurs.
- 1900 - US Post Office issues first books of postage stamps.
- 1908 - Natural Bridges National Monument is established (Lake Powell, Utah).
- 1926 - Book of the Month Club sends out its first selections Lolly Willowes and Loving Huntsman by Sylvia Townsend Warner.
- 1945 - US troops land on He Shima, Okinawa.
- 1946 - First US launch of captured German V-2 rocket, White Sands New Mexico; 8 km altitude.
- 1947 - Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated (New York City, New York).
- 1947 - The term "Cold War" is coined by Bernard Baruch.
- 1947 - Massive explosion and fire kills 500 in Texas City, Texas, USA.
- 1961 - 15th Tony Awards: Becket and Bye Bye Birdie win.
- 1962 - Brazil nationalizes US businesses.
- 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior writes his famous Letter from Birmingham Jail in Alabama.
- 1965 - Test flight of heavy Saturn S-1C rocket.
- 1972 - Two giant pandas (Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing) arrive in the US, from China.
- 1972 - Apollo 16 is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands).
- 1974 - 200,000 attend rock concert California Jam I in Ontario, California.
- 1977 - At the West Coast Computer Faire in SanFrancisco, California, Commodore demonstrates the PET 2001 computer, and Apple Computer introduces the Apple II. Both feature a 6502 processor and 4 kB RAM, both targeting the home computer user. The PET is a complete unit, incorporating a monochrome display and cassette storage, whereas the Apple II uses a color TV display and external storage.
- 1980 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1987 - US Federal Communications Commission imposes a broader definition of indecency over airwaves.
- 1989 - The Dilbert comic strip is syndicated for the first time.
- 1990 - Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $260 per week.
- 1990 - US Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man, Dalton Prejean, condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977.
- 1993 - Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against cop who beat Rodney King.
- 1998 - A Force 3 tornado passes through downtown Nashville, Tennessee - the first tornado in 11 years to directly hit a major city. An F5 tornado travels through rural portions south of Nashville.
- 2008 - Pope Benedict XVI makes his first official visit to the US, welcomed by President George Bush at Andrews Air Force Base.
- 2008 - US President George Bush announces an initiative to have American greenhouse gas emissions peak by 2025.
- 2008 - Heritage Auction Galleries auctions the Queller Collection. The Mickley specimen of the Class I US 1804 dollar sells for $3,737,500.
- 2009 - General Growth Properties, the second-largest U.S. mall owner (over 200 malls), files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the biggest real estate failure in U.S. history. The 55-year-old company, based in Chicago, listed total assets of US$29.56 billion and total debts of $27.29 billion. Company share value dropped to 60 cents from a high of US$67 in 2007.
- 2009 - US President Barack Obama confirms that CIA interrogators who used interrogation methods not considered torture by legal opinion of the previous administration on suspects will not face prosecution. The approved techniques including waterboarding (simulated drowning), week-long sleep deprivation, nudity and putting insects in with a tightly confined prisoner.
- 2010 - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges Goldman Sachs Group with fraud over its marketing of a subprime mortgage product. Goldman Sachs shares drop 12.8 percent, closing down $23.57 at $160.70 on the New York Stock Exchange.
Births on April 16
- 1818 - Birth of Charles J. Folger; US Treasury Secretary.
- 1898 - Birth of Marian Jordan in Peoria, Illinois, USA; radio comedienne (Fibber McGee and Molly).
- 1906 - Birth of Marion Lloyd Vince in Brooklyn, New York, USA; fencer (National champion 1928, 1931).
- 1906 - Birth of Pigmeat Markham in Durham, North Carolina, USA; comedian (Here Comes da Judge - Laugh In).
- 1914 - Birth of John Hodiak in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (A Bell for Adamo, Lifeboat).
- 1917 - Birth of Robert Haakon Nielsen AKA Barry Nelson AKA Barry Nielsen in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (My Favorite Husband TV show, The Hunter TV show, Hudson's Bay TV show).
- 1920 - Birth of John William Farr in Detroit, Michigan, USA; bank robber (FBI Most Wanted List).
- 1924 - Birth of Henry Mancini in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; pianist, composer, orchestra leader (Glenn Miller-Tex Beneke orchestra, worked on over 100 films, "Moon River", "Days of Wine and Roses", Peter Gunn TV show theme, The Pink Panther movie theme, over 90 albums, "Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet" album (1969)).
- 1927 - Birth of Peter Mark Richman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Andrew - Dynasty, Dallas, Santa Barbara).
- 1929 - Birth of Roy Hamilton in Leesburg, Georgia, USA; singer ("You'll Never Walk Alone", "If I Loved You", "Ebb Tide", "Unchained Melody", "Don't Let Go", "You Can Have Her").
- 1930 - Birth of Herbie Mann in Brooklyn, New York, USA; jazz flute/sax (Just Wallin').
- 1931 - Birth of Edie Adams [Elizabeth Edith Enke] in Kingston, Pennsylvania, USA; actress/Mrs Ernie Kovacs (Ernie Kovacs Show, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Haunting of Harrington House).
- 1933 - Birth of Joseph Bottoms in Santa Barbara, California, USA; actor (Blind Date, Braker).
- 1933 - Birth of Perry Botkin Junior in New York City, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Bert Convy Show).
- 1935 - Birth of Bobby Vinton in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; singer (Roses are Red, Blue on Blue).
- 1945 - Birth of Stefan Grossman in New York City, New York, USA; country blues singer ("Yazoo Basin Boogie").
- 1950 - Birth of David Graf in Lancaster, Ohio, USA; actor (Police Academy 2, Police Academy 3, Police Academy 4, Police Academy 6, Councilman Nash - He's the Mayor).
- 1952 - Birth of Peter Westbrook in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; fencer (Olympics-bronze-1988, 1992, 1996).
- 1953 - Birth of Jay O Sanders in Austin, Texas, USA; actor (Meeting Venus, V I Warshawski).
- 1955 - Birth of Ellen Barkin in the Bronx, New York, USA; actress (The Big Easy, Sea of Love, Switch, Before Women Had Wings, Clinton and Nadine).
- 1956 - Birth of David M Brown in Arlington, Virginia, USA; Commander US Navy/astronaut.
- 1956 - Birth of Marty Dickerson in Middletown, Ohio, USA; golfer (1994 ShopRite Classic-22nd).
- 1962 - Birth of Jeanne Golay in Coral Gables, Florida, USA; cyclist (Olympics-16th-1992, 1996).
- 1963 - Birth of Jimmy Osmond in Ogden, Utah, USA; singer (Donnie and Marie Show).
- 1964 - Birth of Robert Kelker-Kelly in Wichita, Kansas, USA; (Bo - Days of our Lives).
- 1965 - Birth of Caren Kemner in Quincy, Illinois, USA; volleyball outside hitter (Olympics-bronze-1992, 1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Fernando Vina in Sacramento, California, USA; infielder (Milwaukee Brewers).
- 1969 - Birth of Melinda Rich in Muskegon, Michigan, USA; WPVA volleyball player (US Open-13th-1993).
- 1970 - Birth of Fran Robinson in California, USA; actress (Lauren - Charlie and Company).
- 1971 - Birth of Selena [Quintanilla Perez] in Lake Jackson, Texas, USA; tejano singer (Grammy-1994).
- 1971 - Birth of Trey Maples in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, USA; Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Canadian).
- 1976 - Birth of Lukas Haas in West Hollywood, California; actor (Mars Attacks, Lady in White, Witness, Music Box, Testament, Leap of Faith, Ryan White Story).
- 1980 - Birth of Jesse Tendler in Madison, Wisconsin; actor (Nick - Ellen Burstyn Show).
- 1980 - Birth of Paul London; American professional wrestler.
- 1987 - Birth of Milton J Cross in New York City, New York; TV announcer (Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air).
Deaths on April 16
- 1865 - Robert C Tyler, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle.
- 1970 - Richard Josef Neutra, Austrian/American architect (Who Bought America?), dies at age 78.
- 1978 - Death of Lucius D. Clay at age 80, American military governor of Germany after World War II (born 1897).
- 1987 - Anthony Tudor, dancer/choreographer (American Ballet Theater) dies at age 78.
- 1992 - Death of Andy Russell at age 72 of complications from a stroke in Phoenix, Arizona, USA; drummer, singer (Your Hit Parade, "Besame Mucho", "Laughing on the Outside", "Anniversary Song").
- 1994 - Ralph Waldo Ellison, American writer (Invisible Man), dies at age 80 (born 1914).
- 1994 - Ron Vawter, US actor (Roy Cohn, Silence of the Lambs), dies at age 45.
- 1995 - Cheyenne Brando, daughter of Marlon, commits suicide.
- 1997 - Death of Doris Angleton, American socialite (born 1951).
- 1999 - Death of Alexander (Skip) Spence at age 52 of lung cancer and alcoholism in San Francisco, California, USA; rock and roll singer/guitarist/drummer (Moby Grape, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service).
- 2002 - Death of Robert Urich at age 55 from a rare form of cancer; actor (Spenser: For Hire, Vega$).
- 2008 - Death of Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (born 1917).
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