April 16
1746 - The Jacobite Uprising in England ends when Charles "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stuart is defeated by the Duke of Cumberland.
1789 - President-elect George Washington left Mount Vernon, Virginia for his inauguration in New York City.
1862 - During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia.
1912 - Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
1917 - Revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin returned to Russia after 10 years of exile in Switzerland.
1945 - A Soviet submarine in the Baltic Sea torpedoed and sank the MV Goya, which Germany was using to transport civilian refugees and wounded soldiers; it’s estimated that up to 7,000 people died.
1947 - America's worst harbor explosion occurred in Texas City, Texas, when the French ship Grandcamp, carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer, caught fire and blew up, devastating the town. Another ship, the Highflyer, exploded the following day. The explosions and resulting fires killed more than 500 people and left 200 others missing.
1947 - Financier and presidential confidant Bernard M. Baruch said in a speech at the South Carolina statehouse, "Let us not be deceived. We are today in the midst of a cold war."
1962 - Walter Cronkite succeeded Douglas Edwards as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News."
1962 - New Orleans Archbishop Joseph Rummel excommunicated three local Roman Catholics for fighting racial integration of parochial schools.
1963 - Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in which the civil rights activist responded to a group of local clergymen who had criticized him for leading street protests; King defended his tactics, writing, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
1972 - Apollo 16 blasted off on a voyage to the moon.
1972 - China sent President Richard Nixon two giant pandas as a gift.
1977 - Alex Haley, author of the best-seller “Roots,” visited the Gambian village of Juffure, where, he believed, his ancestor Kunte Kinte was captured as a slave in 1767.
1992 - The House ethics committee listed 303 current and former lawmakers who had overdrawn their House bank accounts.
1996 - Britain's Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah, the Duchess of York, announced they were getting a divorce.
2007 - A male student, Cho Seung-Hui, killed two in a Virginia Tech dorm, then killed 30 more people two hours later in a classroom building. His suicide brought the total death toll to 33, making the shooting rampage the deadliest in U.S. history. Fifteen others were wounded.
2010 - The U.S government accused Wall Street’s most powerful firm of fraud, saying Goldman Sachs & Co. had sold mortgage investments without telling buyers the securities were crafted with input from a client who was betting on them to fail. (In July 2010, Goldman agreed to pay $550 million in a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, but did not admit wrongdoing.)
2016 - In an extraordinary gesture, Pope Francis brought 12 Syrian Muslims to Italy aboard his plane after an emotional visit to the Greek island of Lesbos, which was facing the brunt of Europe’s migration crisis.
2020 - The Trump administration gutted an Obama-era rule that compelled the country’s coal plants to cut back emissions of mercury and other human health hazards.
Birthdays
25 - Anya Taylor-Joy (actress)
26 - Poppy Lee Friar (actress)
27 - Liliana Mumy (actress)
28 - Mirai Nagasu (figure skater)
28 - Chance the Rapper (rapper)
37 - Claire Foy (actress)
39 - Gina Carano (actress/MMA fighter)
45 - Kelli O'Hara (actress/singer)
45 - Lukas Haas (actor)
50 - Peter Billingsley (actor)
53 - Vickie Guerrero (professional wrestler)
56 - Jon Cryer (actor)
56 - Martin Lawrence (actor/comedian)
58 - Jimmy Osmond (singer)
61 - Michel Gill (actor)
67 - Ellen Barkin (actress)
68 - Peter Garrett (singer)
69 - Bill Belichick (football coach)
74 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (basketball player)
86 - Bobby Vinton (singer)
94 - Benedict XVI (Pope Emeritus)
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Today in Sports History - April 16
1929 - The New York Yankees became the first MLB team to permanently feature numbers on the backs of uniforms; the numbers corresponded to the players' position in the batting order.
1939 - The Boston Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the 1938-39 Stanley Cup Championship. It was the first time the best-of-seven series was used. The championship series had been a best-of-five in previous years.
1940 - The first no-hit, no-run game to be thrown on an opening day of the major league baseball season was earned by Bob Feller. The Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 1-0.
1946 - Mel Ott of the New York Giants hits the 511th and final home run of his career.
1949 - The Toronto Maple Leafs became the first NHL team to win three straight Stanley Cups titles, defeating the Detroit Red Wings.
1953 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup.
1954 - The Detroit Red Wings defeat the Montreal Canadiens to win the Stanley Cup.
1957 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup.
1961 - The Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Detroit Red Wings for the Stanley Cup.
1980 - Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis.
1985 - Mickey Mantle was reinstated after being banned from baseball for several years.
1987 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls becomes just the second player in NBA history to score 3,000 points in a single season.
1999 - Hockey great Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement.
2003 - Michael Jordan played his last NBA game as his Washington Wizards ended their season with a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.
2019 - Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks becomes the highest-paid player in NFL history to date, signing a 4-year, $140 million extension that included a record $65 million signing bonus.
1746 - The Jacobite Uprising in England ends when Charles "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stuart is defeated by the Duke of Cumberland.
1789 - President-elect George Washington left Mount Vernon, Virginia for his inauguration in New York City.
1862 - During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia.
1912 - Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
1917 - Revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin returned to Russia after 10 years of exile in Switzerland.
1945 - A Soviet submarine in the Baltic Sea torpedoed and sank the MV Goya, which Germany was using to transport civilian refugees and wounded soldiers; it’s estimated that up to 7,000 people died.
1947 - America's worst harbor explosion occurred in Texas City, Texas, when the French ship Grandcamp, carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer, caught fire and blew up, devastating the town. Another ship, the Highflyer, exploded the following day. The explosions and resulting fires killed more than 500 people and left 200 others missing.
1947 - Financier and presidential confidant Bernard M. Baruch said in a speech at the South Carolina statehouse, "Let us not be deceived. We are today in the midst of a cold war."
1962 - Walter Cronkite succeeded Douglas Edwards as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News."
1962 - New Orleans Archbishop Joseph Rummel excommunicated three local Roman Catholics for fighting racial integration of parochial schools.
1963 - Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in which the civil rights activist responded to a group of local clergymen who had criticized him for leading street protests; King defended his tactics, writing, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
1972 - Apollo 16 blasted off on a voyage to the moon.
1972 - China sent President Richard Nixon two giant pandas as a gift.
1977 - Alex Haley, author of the best-seller “Roots,” visited the Gambian village of Juffure, where, he believed, his ancestor Kunte Kinte was captured as a slave in 1767.
1992 - The House ethics committee listed 303 current and former lawmakers who had overdrawn their House bank accounts.
1996 - Britain's Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah, the Duchess of York, announced they were getting a divorce.
2007 - A male student, Cho Seung-Hui, killed two in a Virginia Tech dorm, then killed 30 more people two hours later in a classroom building. His suicide brought the total death toll to 33, making the shooting rampage the deadliest in U.S. history. Fifteen others were wounded.
2010 - The U.S government accused Wall Street’s most powerful firm of fraud, saying Goldman Sachs & Co. had sold mortgage investments without telling buyers the securities were crafted with input from a client who was betting on them to fail. (In July 2010, Goldman agreed to pay $550 million in a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, but did not admit wrongdoing.)
2016 - In an extraordinary gesture, Pope Francis brought 12 Syrian Muslims to Italy aboard his plane after an emotional visit to the Greek island of Lesbos, which was facing the brunt of Europe’s migration crisis.
2020 - The Trump administration gutted an Obama-era rule that compelled the country’s coal plants to cut back emissions of mercury and other human health hazards.
Birthdays
25 - Anya Taylor-Joy (actress)
26 - Poppy Lee Friar (actress)
27 - Liliana Mumy (actress)
28 - Mirai Nagasu (figure skater)
28 - Chance the Rapper (rapper)
37 - Claire Foy (actress)
39 - Gina Carano (actress/MMA fighter)
45 - Kelli O'Hara (actress/singer)
45 - Lukas Haas (actor)
50 - Peter Billingsley (actor)
53 - Vickie Guerrero (professional wrestler)
56 - Jon Cryer (actor)
56 - Martin Lawrence (actor/comedian)
58 - Jimmy Osmond (singer)
61 - Michel Gill (actor)
67 - Ellen Barkin (actress)
68 - Peter Garrett (singer)
69 - Bill Belichick (football coach)
74 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (basketball player)
86 - Bobby Vinton (singer)
94 - Benedict XVI (Pope Emeritus)
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Today in Sports History - April 16
1929 - The New York Yankees became the first MLB team to permanently feature numbers on the backs of uniforms; the numbers corresponded to the players' position in the batting order.
1939 - The Boston Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the 1938-39 Stanley Cup Championship. It was the first time the best-of-seven series was used. The championship series had been a best-of-five in previous years.
1940 - The first no-hit, no-run game to be thrown on an opening day of the major league baseball season was earned by Bob Feller. The Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 1-0.
1946 - Mel Ott of the New York Giants hits the 511th and final home run of his career.
1949 - The Toronto Maple Leafs became the first NHL team to win three straight Stanley Cups titles, defeating the Detroit Red Wings.
1953 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup.
1954 - The Detroit Red Wings defeat the Montreal Canadiens to win the Stanley Cup.
1957 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup.
1961 - The Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Detroit Red Wings for the Stanley Cup.
1980 - Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis.
1985 - Mickey Mantle was reinstated after being banned from baseball for several years.
1987 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls becomes just the second player in NBA history to score 3,000 points in a single season.
1999 - Hockey great Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement.
2003 - Michael Jordan played his last NBA game as his Washington Wizards ended their season with a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.
2019 - Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks becomes the highest-paid player in NFL history to date, signing a 4-year, $140 million extension that included a record $65 million signing bonus.