About April 16
April 16, 2024 is the 107th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 259 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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Aries is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 288 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On April 16
- 1178 BC –The calculated date of the Greek king Odysseus’ return home from the Trojan War.
- 1346 –Dušan the Mighty is proclaimed Emperor, with the Serbian Empire occupying much of the Balkans.
- 1582 –Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
- 1780 –The University of Münster in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany is founded.
- 1818 –The United States Senate ratifies the Rush-Bagot Treaty, establishing the border with Canada.
- 1853 –The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane.
- 1858 –The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is wound up.
- 1862 –American Civil War: A bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia becomes law.
- 1862 –American Civil War: The Battle at Lee’s Mills in Virginia.
- 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.
- 1881 –In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
- 1919 –Gandhi organizes a day of “prayer and fasting” in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Amritsar Massacre by the British.
- 1925 –During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
- 1941 –World War II: The Italian convoy Duisburg, directed to Tunisia, is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
- 1945 –The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz).
- 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.
- 1953 –Queen Elizabeth II launches the Royal Yacht Ship HMY.
- 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”.
- 1972 –Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
- 2007 –President of Côte d'Ivoire Laurent Gbagbo declares the First Ivorian Civil War to be over.
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