Famous Quote For April 16
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963
April 16 Birthdays
 
Selena Quintanilla 1971
Chance The Rapper 1993
Martin Lawrence 1965
Akon 1973
Dr Miami 1972
Ian Eastwood 1993
Charlie Chaplin 1889
HelloHaley 2003
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1947
Finlay MacMillan 1996
Vickie Guerrero 1968
Liliana Mumy 1994
Bill Belichick 1952
600Breezy 1991
Sadie Sink 2002
Poppy Lee Friar 1995
Hayes MacArthur 1977
Nate Diaz 1985
Shay Johnson 1989
Wilbur Wright 1867
Bandit Gang Marco 1993
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April 16 History
 

1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his famous Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.

1947 - Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.

1945 - The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin.

1943 - Dr. Albert Hofmann discovers the psychedelic effects of LSD.

1917 - Revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin returned to Russia after years of exile.

This Day In Business

2010 - The airline industry overseas grinds to a halt as planes the UK, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia are determined unsafe to fly as a result of the volcanic ash coming from Iceland.
This Day In Entertainment

1940 - The first ever televised baseball game appears on WGN-TV.
This Day In Geography

73 - The Jewish fortress Masada captured by Romans.
This Day In Sports

1940 - Bob Feller pitches the only opening day no hitter in MLB history, for Cleveland Indians.

April 16th Holiday

Emancipation Day (Washington, D.C.) - Commemorates Abraham Lincoln signing the Compensated Emancipation Act, which freed 3,100 slaves in Washington D.C. nine months before the Emancipation Proclamation.

Today's Birthday Trivia

She earned the nickname Buckeey while competing on Flavor of Love and Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School. Who is she?

Today's Birthday Horoscope

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