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This Day In History: April 16th

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Communication
 
 
Crime and Corruption
1992
Italian financier Carlo de Benedetti and 32 others were convicted of fraud in connection with the 1982 collapse of Banco Ambrosiano.
1996
An Italian court found former Prime Minister Bettino Craxi guilty on charges of corruption. He was sentenced to eight years and three months in prison.
Defence
 
 
Disasters
1854
San Salvador was destroyed by an earthquake.
1947
In Texas City, TX, the French ship Grandcamp, carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer, caught fire and blew up. The explosions and resulting fires killed 576 people.
1951
75 people were killed when the British submarine Affray sank in the English Channel.
1978
In Orissa, India, 180 people died when a tornado hit.
Discovery
 
 
Education
1905
Andrew Carnegie donated $10,000,000 of personal money to set up the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
 
Film, Television and Radio
1935
"Fibber McGee and Molly" premiered.
1962
Walter Cronkite began anchoring "The CBS Evening News".
1987
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sternly warned U.S. radio stations to watch the use of indecent language on the airwaves.
Heads of State
1705
Queen Anne of England knighted Isaac Newton.
1883
Paul Kruger became president of the South African Republic.
Health and Social Welfare
 
 
Industry
 
 
Law
1175
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, signed the Treaty of Montebello with the Lombard League.
1818
The U.S. Senate ratified Rush-Bagot amendment to form an unarmed U.S.-Canada border.
1862
Confederate President Jefferson Davis approved conscription act for white males between 18 and 35.
1862
In the U.S., slavery was abolished by law in the District of Columbia.
1922
The Soviet Union and Germany signed the Treaty of Rapallo under which Germany recognized the Soviet Union and diplomatic and trade relations were restored.
1982
Queen Elizabeth proclaimed Canada's new constitution in effect. The act severed the last colonial links with Britain.
2002
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned major parts of a 1996 child pornography law based on rights to free speech.
Motor Sport
 
 
People
1912
  Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
1996
Britain's Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah, the Duchess of York, announced that they were in the process of getting a divorce.
Politics
1065
The Norman Robert Guiscard took Bari. Five centuries of Byzantine rule in southern Italy ended.
1917
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin returned to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution after years of exile.
Publishing
1900
The first book of postage stamps was issued. The two-cent stamps were available in books of 12, 24 and 48 stamps.
 
Religion
0556
Pelagius I began his reign as Catholic Pope.
 
Science
1947
  The Zoomar lens, invented by Dr. Frank Back, was demonstrated in New York City. It was the first lens to exhibit zooming effects.
1972
Apollo 16 blasted off on a voyage to the moon. It was the fifth manned moon landing.
Sport
1922
Annie Oakley shot 100 clay targets in a row, to set a women's record.
1940
The first no-hit, no-run game to be thrown on an opening day of the major league baseball season was earned by Bob Feller. The Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 1-0.
1968
Major league baseball’s longest night game was played. The 24 innings took six hours, six minutes to play.
1985
Mickey Mantle was reinstated after being banned from baseball for several years.
1999
Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement from the National Hockey League (NHL).
Technology
1987
The U.S. Patent Office began allowing the patenting of new animals created by genetic engineering.
 
The Arts
 
 
The Environment
1972
Two giants pandas arrived in the U.S. from China.
1995
The European Union and Canada agreed to protect threatened fish stocks in the north Atlantic.
The Law
 
 
The Workforce
 
 
Trade and Economy
1948
The European Union and Canada agreed to protect threatened fish stocks in the north Atlantic.
1992
The House ethics committee listed 303 current and former lawmakers who had overdrawn their House bank accounts.
Transport
1953
The British royal yacht Britannia was launched.
 
War
0069
Otho committed suicide after being defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum.
1746
The Duke of Cumberland defeated Bonnie Prince Charlie (and his Jacobites) at the battle of Culloden.
1942
The Island of Malta was awarded the George Cross in recognition for heroism under constant German air attack.
1944
The destroyer USS Laffey survived immense damage from attacks by 22 Japanese aircraft off Okinawa.
1945
American troops entered Nuremberg, Germany.
1968
The Pentagon announced that troops would begin coming home from Vietnam.
1975
The Khmer Rouge Rebels won control of Cambodia after a five years of civil war. They renamed the country Kampuchea and began a reign of terror.
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