April 16
Today is the 106th day of 2017, there are 259 days left in the year.
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.
1889 - Silent film star Charlie Chaplin was born.
1912 - Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
1917 - Lenin returned to Russia after 10 years in exile in Switzerland.
1945 - During World War II, 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.
1945 - In his first speech to Congress, President Harry S. Truman pledged to carry out the war and peace policies of his late predecessor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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 to 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".
1964 - "The Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hitmakers)," the band's debut album, was released.
1972 - Apollo 16 blasted off on a voyage to the moon.
1972 - China sent President Richard Nixon two giant pandas as a gift.
1986 - Dispelling rumors he was dead, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi appeared on television to condemn the U.S. raid on his country and to say that Libyans were "ready to die" defending their nation.
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 their divorce.
2007 - A male student, Cho Seung-Hui, killed two in a Virginia Tech dorm, then killed 30 more two hours later in a classroom building. His suicide brought the death toll to 33, making the shooting rampage the most deadly in U.S. history. Fifteen others were wounded.
2014 - 304 people, mostly students, died when a South Korean ferry, the Sewol, sank while en route from Incheon to the resort island of Jeju; 172 people survived.
2014 - A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Ecuador, killing more than 600 people.
Birthdays
21 - Anya Taylor-Joy (actress)
22 - Poppy Lee Friar (actress)
23 - Liliana Mumy (actress)
24 - Chance the Rapper (rapper)
27 - Lily Loveless (actress)
35 - Gina Carano (model)
40 - Hayes MacArthur (actor)
41 - Kelli O'Hara (actress)
44 - Akon (R&B singer)
49 - Vickie Guerrero (professional wrestler)
52 - Jon Cryer (actor)
52 - Martin Lawrence (actor)
65 - Bill Belichick (football coach)
70 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (basketball player)
90 - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
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Today in Sports History - April 16
1929 - New York Yankees become first team to use numbers on uniforms.
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 - Major League Baseball's first (and, to date, only) opening day no-hitter took place as Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians pitched a no-no against the Chicago White Sox in a 1-0 win at Comiskey Park.
1949 - The Toronto Maple Leafs became the first NHL team to win three straight Stanley Cups titles.
1953 - The Montreal Canadiens beat 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 to win the Stanley Cup.
1967 - At the Western Open in El Monte, CA, Ken Barnes Jr. became the first skeet shooter to break a perfect 400 x 400 in all four guns (.410, 28, 20, and 12 gauges). He is also the only shooter to do this with pump action guns.
1980 - Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis.
1983 - Setting a National League consecutive game-played record, Los Angeles Dodgers' first baseman Steve Garvey appears in his 1,118th straight game.
1985 - Mickey Mantle was reinstated after being banned from baseball for several years.
1987 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls becomes the second player in NBA history to score 3,000 points in a season.
1999 - Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement from hockey.
2003 - Michael Jordan played in his final NBA game as his Washington Wizards ended their season with a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.
Today is the 106th day of 2017, there are 259 days left in the year.
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.
1889 - Silent film star Charlie Chaplin was born.
1912 - Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
1917 - Lenin returned to Russia after 10 years in exile in Switzerland.
1945 - During World War II, 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.
1945 - In his first speech to Congress, President Harry S. Truman pledged to carry out the war and peace policies of his late predecessor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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 to 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".
1964 - "The Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hitmakers)," the band's debut album, was released.
1972 - Apollo 16 blasted off on a voyage to the moon.
1972 - China sent President Richard Nixon two giant pandas as a gift.
1986 - Dispelling rumors he was dead, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi appeared on television to condemn the U.S. raid on his country and to say that Libyans were "ready to die" defending their nation.
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 their divorce.
2007 - A male student, Cho Seung-Hui, killed two in a Virginia Tech dorm, then killed 30 more two hours later in a classroom building. His suicide brought the death toll to 33, making the shooting rampage the most deadly in U.S. history. Fifteen others were wounded.
2014 - 304 people, mostly students, died when a South Korean ferry, the Sewol, sank while en route from Incheon to the resort island of Jeju; 172 people survived.
2014 - A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Ecuador, killing more than 600 people.
Birthdays
21 - Anya Taylor-Joy (actress)
22 - Poppy Lee Friar (actress)
23 - Liliana Mumy (actress)
24 - Chance the Rapper (rapper)
27 - Lily Loveless (actress)
35 - Gina Carano (model)
40 - Hayes MacArthur (actor)
41 - Kelli O'Hara (actress)
44 - Akon (R&B singer)
49 - Vickie Guerrero (professional wrestler)
52 - Jon Cryer (actor)
52 - Martin Lawrence (actor)
65 - Bill Belichick (football coach)
70 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (basketball player)
90 - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
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Today in Sports History - April 16
1929 - New York Yankees become first team to use numbers on uniforms.
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 - Major League Baseball's first (and, to date, only) opening day no-hitter took place as Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians pitched a no-no against the Chicago White Sox in a 1-0 win at Comiskey Park.
1949 - The Toronto Maple Leafs became the first NHL team to win three straight Stanley Cups titles.
1953 - The Montreal Canadiens beat 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 to win the Stanley Cup.
1967 - At the Western Open in El Monte, CA, Ken Barnes Jr. became the first skeet shooter to break a perfect 400 x 400 in all four guns (.410, 28, 20, and 12 gauges). He is also the only shooter to do this with pump action guns.
1980 - Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis.
1983 - Setting a National League consecutive game-played record, Los Angeles Dodgers' first baseman Steve Garvey appears in his 1,118th straight game.
1985 - Mickey Mantle was reinstated after being banned from baseball for several years.
1987 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls becomes the second player in NBA history to score 3,000 points in a season.
1999 - Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement from hockey.
2003 - Michael Jordan played in his final NBA game as his Washington Wizards ended their season with a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.
