6 days ago · 1457 BC Battle of Megiddo: Egyptian forces of Thutmose III defeat a large Canaanite coalition under King of Kadesh. First battle recorded with a reliable account. 1245 Franciscan envoys Giovanni da Pian del Carpine and Benedict to Pole depart Lyon on first Catholic mission to the Mongols.

April 16 is the 106th day of the year (107th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 259 days remain until the end of the year.

What is April 16th? We have 37 holidays listed for April 16. April 16th is the 106th day in the Gregorian calendar; it marks the anniversary of the writing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail and the launch of Apollo 16, the tenth manned space mission in the U.S. Famous April 16th birthdays include Bill Belichick, Martin ...

On This Day In History - April 16: anniversaries, birthdays, major events, and time capsules. This day's facts in the arts, politics, and sciences.

6 days ago · First recorded battle in history, European cooperation, Madame Tussaud's bloody background and other major events, birthdays and deaths from April 16.

On April 16, Charlie Chaplin, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Belichick were born and Francisco Goya, Rosalind Franklin, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan died.

On April 16, 1945, Adolf Hitler proclaims from his underground bunker that deliverance was at hand from encroaching Russian troops—and that his beloved capital city of Berlin would remain...

Jun 20, 2023 · April 16th marks significant historical events, from the tragic sinking of the RMS Titanic to the birth of renowned figures like Charlie Chaplin, highlighting the diversity and impact of this date.

On April 16, 2013, during the annual Boston Marathon, two homemade bombs detonated near the finish line at 2:49 pm, killing 3 people and injuring approximately 264 others. The attackers, brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, carried out the bombings partly in retaliation for U.S. military actions in predominantly Muslim countries.

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