Historical Events In April - 16

1949  Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings for the Stanley Cup on April - 16.   

1949  Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games on this day in history.   

1949  On April - 16 sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka, Indon communist, executed at 54   

1951  British submarine Affray sank in English Channel, killing 75 on April - 16.   

1951  On this day in history emile Erens, Dutch hagiographer (Pastor of Ars), dies at 85   

1952  "4 Saints in 3 Acts" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 15 performances on April - 16.   

1953  Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup on April - 16.   

1953  British royal yacht Britannica taken out of service on this day in history.   

1954  Detroit Red Wings beat Mont Canadiens 4 games to 3 for the Stanley Cup on April - 16.   

1954  KVAL TV channel 13 in Eugene, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1955  On April - 16 the birth of Ellen Barkin, American actress   

1955  Abdullah Seif el-Islam, brother of Yemenite king Ahmed, beheaded on this day in history.   

1956  On April - 16 1st solar powered radios go on sale   

1957  Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup on this day in history.   

1957  On April - 16 stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1   

1958  Arnold Palmer wins his first Masters golf tournament on April - 16.   

1958  On April - 16 french govt of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis   

1959  On April - 16 helicopters from USS Edisto begin rescue operations in Montevideo, Uruguay. By 26 April they had carried 277 flood victims to safety.   

1959  "Party with Comden & Green" opens at John Golden NYC for 44 perfs on this day in history.   

1959  Charles Halton, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1961  Chic Black Hawks beat Det Red Wings 4 games to 2 for the Stanley Cup on April - 16.   

1961  On this day in history 15th Tony Awards: Becket & Bye Bye Birdie win   

1962  On this day in history walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News   

1966  On April - 16 rhodesian PM Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain   

1968  Edna Ferber, American author (American Beauty), dies at 82 on April - 16.   

1970  70 die in a snow crush (France) on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history 2 giants pandas arrive in the US, from China   

1972  On April - 16 apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)   

1972  On April - 16 yasunari Kawabata, Japanese author (Nobel 1968), dies at 72   

1974  200,000 attend rock concert Calif Jam I in Ontario Calif on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history alex Haley finds his Roots in Juffure, Gambia   

1978  Lucius D Clay, gen/gov US zone W-Germany (airlift), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history l Brozek discovers asteroid #2696 Magion   

1981  On this day in history columbia space shuttle returns [04/24]   

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0778  On this day in history birth of king Louis the Pious (d. 840)   

1319  On April - 16 birth of king John II of France (d. 1364)   

1495  On April - 16 birth of petrus Apianus, German mathematician (d. 1557)   

1628  Cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice admiral of Zealand was born on this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history birth of frans van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch painter   

1646  Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.   

1648  John Luyken, poet/etcher (Duytse Lyre) was born on April - 16.   

1652  Clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], Italy, Pope (1730-40) was born on April - 16.   

0069  On this day in history death of otho, Roman Emperor (b. 32)   

0744  Death of al-Walid II, Umayyad caliph on April - 16.   

0924  On April - 16 death of berengar of Friuli, King of Italy   

1113  On this day in history death of sviatopolk II of Kiev, Russian prince (b. 1050)   

1115  Svjatopolk II, great monarch of Kiev, dies [or 1113] on April - 16.   

1118  Death of Adelaide del Vasto, wife of Roger II of Sicily on April - 16.   

1198  Death of Duke Frederick I of Austria on this day in history.   

1446  Filippo Brunelleschi, architect, dies on April - 16.