Page 6: 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 April - 16.   

1949  On this day in history 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  On April - 16 "4 Saints in 3 Acts" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 15 performances   

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

1953  On this day in history british royal yacht Britannica taken out of service   

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 April - 16.   

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 this day in history 1st solar powered radios go on sale   

1957  Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup on April - 16.   

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

1958  On April - 16 arnold Palmer wins his first Masters golf tournament   

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 April - 16.   

1959  On April - 16 charles Halton, dies at 83   

1961  On this day in history chic Black Hawks beat Det Red Wings 4 games to 2 for the Stanley Cup   

1961  15th Tony Awards: Becket & Bye Bye Birdie win on April - 16.   

1962  Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history rhodesian PM Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain   

1968  On April - 16 edna Ferber, American author (American Beauty), dies at 82   

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

1972  On April - 16 2 giants pandas arrive in the US, from China   

1972  Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands) on April - 16.   

1972  Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese author (Nobel 1968), dies at 72 on April - 16.   

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

1977  On April - 16 alex Haley finds his Roots in Juffure, Gambia   

1978  On April - 16 lucius D Clay, gen/gov US zone W-Germany (airlift), dies at 80   

1980  On April - 16 l Brozek discovers asteroid #2696 Magion   

1981  On April - 16 columbia space shuttle returns [04/24]   

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0778  On April - 16 birth of king Louis the Pious (d. 840)   

1319  King John II of France (d. 1364) was born on this day in history.   

1495  On this day in history 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  Frans van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

1646  Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (d. 1708) was born on April - 16.   

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

1652  On this day in history birth of clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], Italy, Pope (1730-40)   

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

0744  Death of al-Walid II, Umayyad caliph on this day in history.   

0924  Death of Berengar of Friuli, King of Italy on this day in history.   

1113  On April - 16 death of sviatopolk II of Kiev, Russian prince (b. 1050)   

1115  On April - 16 svjatopolk II, great monarch of Kiev, dies [or 1113]   

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

1198  On April - 16 death of duke Frederick I of Austria   

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