About April 16
April 16, 2021 is the 106th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 259 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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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 291 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On April 16
- 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 after the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.
- 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.
- 1853 –The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane.
- 1862 –American Civil War: A bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia becomes law.
- 1881 –In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
- 1908 –Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
- 1912 –Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
- 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, 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.
- 1944 –Allied forces started bombing of Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
- 1945 –More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine torpedo.
- 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”.
- 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.
- 2001 –India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
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