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Events from History on April 16

1952 : "4 Saints in 3 Acts" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 15 performances
1981 : "Copperfield" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 13 performances
1985 : "Grind" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 79 performances
1978 : "History of the American Film" closes at ANTA NYC after 21 perfs
1992 : "Metro" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 13 performances
1959 : "Party with Comden & Green" opens at John Golden NYC for 44 perfs
1990 : "Piano Lesson" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 320 performances
1972 : "That's Entertainment" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 4 perfs
1967 : "Walking Happy" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 perfs
1974 : "Words & Music" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 127 performances
1926 : & "Loving Huntsman" by Sylvia Townsend Warner
1984 : 13th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lorraine Moller of NZ in 2:29:28
1979 : 15th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks & Mets tie 1-1
1947 : -17] Explosions & fire on French ship Grandcamp
1990 : 19th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:23
1787 : 1st American comedy, "The Contrast," made its debut in NYC
1972 : 1st Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jane Blalock
1992 : 1st concrete is poured at new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field)
1724 : 1st Easter observed (OS=Apr 9)
1935 : 1st radio broadcast of "Fibber McGee & Molly"
1924 : 1st radio-transmission of wireless: Matth„us Passion
1956 : 1st solar powered radios go on sale
1946 : 1st US launch of captured V-2 rocket, White Sands, NM; 8 km alt
1972 : 2 giants pandas arrive in US, from China
1974 : 200,000 attend rock concert Calif Jam I in Ontario Calif
1943 : 40 NZ bombers attack Haarlem Neth (85 killed)
1970 : 70 die in a snow crush (France)
1979 : 83rd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:27
1984 : 88th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:10:34
1979 : 8th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:35:15
1964 : 9 men sentenced 25-30 years for Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery"
1990 : 94th Boston Marathon won by Gelindo Bordin of Italy in 2:08:19
1992 : Afghanistan president Najibullah resigns
1632 : Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed supreme commander
1977 : Alex Haley finds his Roots in Juffure, Gambia
1922 : Annie Oakley sets record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row
1922 : Annie Oakley shot 100 clay targets in a row, a women's record
1972 : Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)
1980 : Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis
1746 : Battle at Culloden: Troops of "James VIII & III" defeat Charles Stuart
1777 : Battle of Bennington-New England's Green Mountain Boys rout Brits
1865 : Battle of Columbus & West Point, GA (Ft Tyler)
1989 : Berendrechtsluis opens in Antwerp, biggest flood lock in world
1926 : Book of the Month Club sends out its 1st selections "Lolly Willowes"
1962 : Brazil nationalizes US businesses
1953 : British royal yacht Britannica taken out of service
1951 : British submarine Affray sank in English Channel, killing 75
1975 : Cambodian Red Khmer occupy Phnom Penh
1972 : Chicago Cub Burt Hooton no-hits Phillies, 1-0
1924 : Child labor laws strengthened in Holland
1972 : China sends 2 giant pandas to US
1994 : Circus performers Marissa Young (24) & Matt Richardson (21) wed
1940 : Cleve Indian Bob Feller hurls an opening day no-hitter vs Chic, 1-0
1929 : Cleve Indian Earl Averill, becomes 1st AL to hit a HR on 1st at bat
1981 : Columbia space shuttle returns [04/24]
1990 : condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977
1989 : Costa Rica beats US 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1959 : Datu Abdul Rozak inaugurated as premier of Malaysia federation
1874 : Dr David Livingstones corpse arrives in Southampton
1888 : Drentse & Friese peat cutters go on strike
1869 : Ebenezer Bassett, 1st US Negro diplomat, begins service in Haiti
1979 : Failed Palestinian attack on Zaventem Airport in Belgium
1987 : FCC imposes a broader definition of indecency over airwaves
1854 : Franz Liszt's "Mazeppa," premieres
1509 : French army under Louis XII enters Alps
1958 : French govt of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis
1789 : George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration
1964 : Geraldine Mock of US is 1st woman to fly solo round the world
1871 : German Empire ends all anti-Jewish civil restrictions
1945 : German troops in Groningen surrender
1922 : German-Russia treaty signed in Italy, Soviet Union recognized
1938 : Great-Britain recognizes Italian annexation of Abyssinia
1912 : Harriet Quimby becomes 1st woman pilot to cross English Channel
1940 : Heitor Villa-Lobos' opera "Izaht," premieres in Rio de Janeiro
1987 : Howard Stern & Infinity Broadcasting are warned by FCC
1997 : Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Minneapolis/St Paul on WRQC 100.3 FM
1942 : Japanese occupying army on Java installs film censorship
1993 : Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against cop who beat
1866 : Karakozov attempts to assassinate Tsar Alexander II of Russia
1942 : King George VI awards George Cross to Island of Malta
1346 : King Stefanus IX of Serbia proclaims himself czar of Greece
1954 : KVAL TV channel 13 in Eugene, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
1917 : Lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution
1947 : Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated (NYC)
1921 : Liberal Freedom League forms in The Hague
1941 : Little Theater at Adelphi Strand closes
1868 : Louisiana voters approve new constitution
1991 : M Leander & E Seago's musical "Matador," premieres in London
1521 : Martin Luther arrives at Diet of Worms
1947 : Massive explosion & fire kills 522 in Texas City, Tx
1990 : Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $260 per week
1987 : Michael Jordon, becomes 2nd NBA to score 3000 points in a season
1908 : Natural Bridges National Monument forms (Lake Powell Utah)
1866 : Nitroglycerine at Wells Fargo & Co office explodes
1946 : NSB mayor of Rotterdam Neth, FE Mller sentence to 100 years in jail
1929 : NY Yankees become 1st team to wear uniform numbers
1959 : NY Yankees unveil their 1st message scoreboard
1984 : Oakland A Dave Kingman hits 3 HRs including a grand slam
1849 : Opera "Il Profeta," premieres in Paris
1948 : Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) forms in Paris
1883 : Paul Kruger chosen president of Transvaal
1959 : Phils' Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit
1912 : Pirates turn a rare 5-3-7 doubleplay (left fielder covers 2nd base)
1862 : Pres Davis approves conscription act for white males between 18-35
1987 : Pulitzer prize awarded to August Wilson for "Fences"
1984 : Pulitzer prize awarded to Mary Oliver for "American Primitive"
1979 : Pulitzer prize awarded to Sam Shepard for "Buried child"
1705 : Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College
1982 : Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution
1945 : Red Army begins Battle of Berlin
1966 : Rhodesian PM Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain
1993 : Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17th
1854 : San Salvador destroyed by earthquake
1818 : Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot amendment (unarmed US-Canada border)
1994 : Singer Harry Connick Jr (26) weds model Jill Goodare (30)
1862 : Slavery abolished in District of Columbia
1978 : St Louis Card Bob Forsch no-hits Phillies, 5-0
1939 : Stalin requests British, French & Russian anti-nazi pact
1854 : Steamer "Long Beach" sinks off Long Beach NY, 311 die
1990 : Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man, Dalton Prejean,
1965 : Test flight of heavy Saturn S-1C-rocket
1986 : To dispel rumors he's dead, Moammar Gadhafi appears on TV
1862 : US Confederate Congress calls up all white males (18-35 years)
1900 : US Post Office issues 1st books of postage stamps
1861 : US president Lincoln outlaws business with confederate states
1945 : US troops enter Nuremberg, Germany, during WW II
1945 : US troops land on He Shima Okinawa
1870 : Vaudeville Theatre Strand opens in London
1962 : Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News
1953 : WAND TV channel 17 in Decatur, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1986 : West Indies complete 5-0 demolition of England
1967 : Yankees beat Boston 7-6 in 18 innings

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