April 16
1789 - President-elect George Washington left Mount Vernon, Virginia for his inauguration in New York City.
1889 - Silent film star Charlie Chaplin was born.
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.
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."
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 another 200 missing while destroying most of the town.
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 - China sent President Richard Nixon two giant pandas as a gift.
1972 - Apollo 16 blasted off on a voyage to the moon.
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 - Cho Seung-Hui embarked on the most deadly shooting rampage in U.S. history. The student at Virginia Tech University killed two in a VT dorm room, then killed 30 more two hours later in a classroom before taking his own life, bringing the total killed to 33. Fifteen others were wounded.
Birthdays
30 - Luol Deng (basketball player)
33 - Gina Carano (model/actress/MMA fighter)
44 - Peter Billingsley (actor)
50 - Martin Lawrence (actor)
50 - Jon Cryer (actor)
63 - Bill Belichick (football coach)
68 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (basketball hall of famer)
88 - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
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Today in Sports History - April 16
1929 - The New York Yankees became the first baseball team to permanently add numbers to the backs of their uniforms.
1939 - The Boston Bruins defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the Stanley Cup. This was the first time the Cup Finals used a best of seven format in the championship series, having used a best of five format previously.
1940 - The first no-hit, no-run game to be thrown on Opening Day was earned by Bob Feller as his Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 1-0.
1949 - The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Detroit Red Wings to win their third straight Stanley Cup, the first team to ever do so.
1954 - The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Montreal Canadiens to win the Stanley Cup.
1957 - The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup.
1958 - Arnold Palmer won the Masters.
1961 - The Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup.
1985 - Mickey Mantle was reinstated after being banned from baseball for several years.
1990 - Gelindo Bordin became the first Olympic champion to win the Boston Marathon.
1992 - Brett Hull of the St. Louis Blues became the second player in NHL history to score 70 goals in three straight seasons.
1996 - The Chicago Bulls set an NBA record for wins in a season by recording their 70th of the year in an 86-80 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.
1997 - The Chicago Cubs set a National League record for most losses to start a season, suffering their 12th straight after a 4-0 loss to the Colorado Rockies.
1999 - Wayne Gretzky of the New York Rangers announced his retirement from hockey.
2003 - Michael Jordan scored 15 points and played in his final NBA game as his Washington Wizards ended their season with a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.
2005 - David Frost set a PGA Tour 72-hole putting record with 92 total putts at the MCI Heritage Classic.
2009 - NFL broadcaster John Madden announced his retirement.
2013 - Pat Summerall, who enjoyed a 10-year NFL career as a kicker and then had a broadcasting career which lasted more than four decades, passed away at the age of 82.
2014 - Major League Soccer announced that Atlanta would be awarded the league's 22nd franchise.
1789 - President-elect George Washington left Mount Vernon, Virginia for his inauguration in New York City.
1889 - Silent film star Charlie Chaplin was born.
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.
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."
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 another 200 missing while destroying most of the town.
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 - China sent President Richard Nixon two giant pandas as a gift.
1972 - Apollo 16 blasted off on a voyage to the moon.
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 - Cho Seung-Hui embarked on the most deadly shooting rampage in U.S. history. The student at Virginia Tech University killed two in a VT dorm room, then killed 30 more two hours later in a classroom before taking his own life, bringing the total killed to 33. Fifteen others were wounded.
Birthdays
30 - Luol Deng (basketball player)
33 - Gina Carano (model/actress/MMA fighter)
44 - Peter Billingsley (actor)
50 - Martin Lawrence (actor)
50 - Jon Cryer (actor)
63 - Bill Belichick (football coach)
68 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (basketball hall of famer)
88 - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
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Today in Sports History - April 16
1929 - The New York Yankees became the first baseball team to permanently add numbers to the backs of their uniforms.
1939 - The Boston Bruins defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the Stanley Cup. This was the first time the Cup Finals used a best of seven format in the championship series, having used a best of five format previously.
1940 - The first no-hit, no-run game to be thrown on Opening Day was earned by Bob Feller as his Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 1-0.
1949 - The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Detroit Red Wings to win their third straight Stanley Cup, the first team to ever do so.
1954 - The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Montreal Canadiens to win the Stanley Cup.
1957 - The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup.
1958 - Arnold Palmer won the Masters.
1961 - The Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup.
1985 - Mickey Mantle was reinstated after being banned from baseball for several years.
1990 - Gelindo Bordin became the first Olympic champion to win the Boston Marathon.
1992 - Brett Hull of the St. Louis Blues became the second player in NHL history to score 70 goals in three straight seasons.
1996 - The Chicago Bulls set an NBA record for wins in a season by recording their 70th of the year in an 86-80 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.
1997 - The Chicago Cubs set a National League record for most losses to start a season, suffering their 12th straight after a 4-0 loss to the Colorado Rockies.
1999 - Wayne Gretzky of the New York Rangers announced his retirement from hockey.
2003 - Michael Jordan scored 15 points and played in his final NBA game as his Washington Wizards ended their season with a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.
2005 - David Frost set a PGA Tour 72-hole putting record with 92 total putts at the MCI Heritage Classic.
2009 - NFL broadcaster John Madden announced his retirement.
2013 - Pat Summerall, who enjoyed a 10-year NFL career as a kicker and then had a broadcasting career which lasted more than four decades, passed away at the age of 82.
2014 - Major League Soccer announced that Atlanta would be awarded the league's 22nd franchise.
