April 16 Events AD 73 - Masada , a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the First Jewish–Roman War . 1346 - Stefan Dušan , "the Mighty", is crowned Emperor of the Serbs at Skopje , his empire occupying much of the Balkans . 1520 - The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V . 1582 - Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta , Argentina . 1746 - The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland , in Scotland. After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants. 1780 - Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster . 1799 - French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor: Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre . 1818 - The United States Senate ratifies the Rush–Bagot Treaty , limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. 1847 - Shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand Wars . 1853 - The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane . 1858 - The Wernerian Natural History Society , a former Scottish learned society , is wound up. 1862 - American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia . 1862 - American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act , a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia , becomes law. 1863 - American Civil War: During the Vicksburg Campaign , gunboats commanded by acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate artillery batteries at Vicksburg. 1881 - In Dodge City, Kansas , Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle. 1908 - Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah . 1910 - The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena , opens for the first time . 1912 - Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel . 1917 - Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd , Russia , from exile in Switzerland. 1919 - Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier. 1919 - Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania . 1922 - The Treaty of Rapallo , pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations , is signed. 1925 - During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia , Bulgaria , 150 are killed and 500 are wounded. 1941 - World War II: The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships. 1941 - World War II: The Nazi-affiliated Ustaše is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis powers after Operation 25 is effected. 1943 - Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD . He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19 . 1944 - World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade , killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter. 1945 - World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights . 1945 - The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C . 1945 - More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship Goya submarine . 1947 - An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas , to catch fire, killing almost 600. 1947 - Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. 1961 - In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism . 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation. 1972 - Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida . 1990 - "Doctor Death", Jack Kevorkian , participates in his first assisted suicide . 2001 - India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict , but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border . 2003 - The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union . 2007 - Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide. 2012 - The trial for Anders Behring Breivik , the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks , begins in Oslo , Norway. 2012 - The Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, it was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize . 2013 - A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Sistan and Baluchestan Province , Iran , killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others. 2013 - The 2013 Baga massacre is started when Boko Haram militants engage government soldiers in Baga . 2014 - The South Korean ferry MV Sewol capsizes and sinks near Jindo Island , killing 304 passengers and crew and leading to widespread criticism of the South Korean government, media, and shipping authorities.Births 1435 - Jan II the Mad , Duke of Żagań 1488 - Jungjong of Joseon 1495 - Petrus Apianus , German mathematician and astronomer 1516 - Tabinshwehti , Burmese king 1569 - John Davies , English poet and lawyer 1635 - Frans van Mieris the Elder , Dutch painter 1646 - Jules Hardouin-Mansart , French architect, designed the Château de Dampierre and Grand Trianon 1660 - Hans Sloane , Irish-English physician and academic 1661 - Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax , English poet and politician, First Lord of the Treasury 1682 - John Hadley , English mathematician, invented the octant 1697 - Johann Gottlieb Görner , German organist and composer 1728 - Joseph Black , French-Scottish physician and chemist 1730 - Henry Clinton , English general and politician 1755 - Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun , French painter 1786 - John Franklin , English admiral and politician, 4th Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land 1800 - George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan , English field marshal and politician 1808 - Caleb Blood Smith , American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Interior 1821 - Ford Madox Brown , French-English soldier and painter 1823 - Gotthold Eisenstein , German mathematician and academic 1826 - Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet , British politician 1827 - Octave Crémazie , Canadian poet and bookseller 1839 - Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì , Italian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Italy 1834 - Charles Lennox Richardson , English merchant 1844 - Anatole France , French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate 1847 - Hans Auer , Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland 1848 - Kandukuri Veeresalingam , Indian author and activist 1851 - Ponnambalam Ramanathan , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 3rd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka 1864 - Rose Talbot Bullard , American medical doctor and professor 1865 - Harry Chauvel , Australian general 1866 - José de Diego , Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician 1867 - Wilbur Wright , American inventor 1871 - John Millington Synge , Irish author, poet, and playwright 1874 - Jōtarō Watanabe , Japanese general 1878 - R. E. Foster, English cricketer and footballer 1882 - Seth Bingham , American organist and composer 1884 - Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell , English cricketer, journalist, and politician 1885 - Leó Weiner , Hungarian composer and educator 1886 - Michalis Dorizas , Greek-American football player and javelin thrower 1886 - Ernst Thälmann , German politician 1888 - Billy Minter , English footballer and manager 1889 - Charlie Chaplin , English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer 1890 - Fred Root , English cricketer and umpire 1890 - Gertrude Chandler Warner , American author and educator 1891 - Dorothy P. Lathrop, American author and illustrator 1892 - Howard Mumford Jones , American author, critic, and academic 1893 - Germaine Guèvremont , Canadian journalist and author 1893 - John Norton , American hurdler 1895 - Ove Arup , English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded Arup 1896 - Robert Henry Best , American journalist 1896 - Árpád Weisz , Hungarian footballer 1899 - Osman Achmatowicz , Polish chemist and academic 1900 - Polly Adler , Russian-American madam and author 1903 - Paul Waner , American baseball player and manager 1904 - Fifi D'Orsay , Canadian-American vaudevillian, actress, and singer 1905 - Frits Philips , Dutch businessman 1907 - Joseph-Armand Bombardier , Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. 1907 - August Eigruber , Austrian-German politician 1908 - Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman and activist 1908 - Ray Ventura , French jazz bandleader 1910 - Berton Roueché , American journalist and author 1911 - Guy Burgess , English-Russian spy 1913 - Les Tremayne , English actor 1914 - John Hodiak , American actor 1915 - Robert Speck , Canadian politician, 1st Mayor of Mississauga 1916 - Behçet Necatigil , Turkish author, poet, and translator 1917 - Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli 1917 - Barry Nelson , American actor 1918 - Dick Gibson , English racing driver 1918 - Hsuan Hua , Chinese-American monk and author 1918 - Juozas Kazickas , Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist 1918 - Spike Milligan , Irish actor, comedian, and writer 1919 - Merce Cunningham , American dancer and choreographer 1919 - Nilla Pizzi , Italian singer 1919 - Pedro Ramírez Vázquez , Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center and National Museum of Anthropology 1919 - Thomas Willmore , English geometer and academic 1920 - Ananda Dassanayake , Sri Lankan politician 1920 - Prince George Valdemar of Denmark 1921 - Arlin M. Adams, American lawyer and judge 1921 - Wolfgang Leonhard , German historian and author 1921 - Peter Ustinov , English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1922 - Kingsley Amis , English novelist, poet, and critic 1922 - John Christopher , English author 1922 - Lawrence N. Guarino, American colonel 1922 - Leo Tindemans , Belgian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium 1923 - Warren Barker , American composer 1923 - Arch A. Moore Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of West Virginia 1924 - John Harvey-Jones , English academic and businessman 1924 - Henry Mancini , American composer and conductor 1924 - Rudy Pompilli , American saxophonist 1924 - Madanjeet Singh , Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist 1926 - Pierre Fabre , French pharmacist, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre 1927 - Edie Adams , American actress and singer 1927 - Pope Benedict XVI 1927 - Rolf Schult , German actor 1928 - Dick Lane , American football player and soldier 1929 - Roy Hamilton , American singer 1929 - Ralph Slatyer , Australian biologist and ecologist 1929 - Ed Townsend , American singer-songwriter and producer 1930 - Doug Beasy , Australian footballer and educator 1930 - Herbie Mann , American flute player and composer 1932 - Maury Meyers , American lawyer and politician 1933 - Marcos Alonso Imaz , Spanish footballer 1933 - Joan Bakewell , English journalist and author 1933 - Perry Botkin Jr., American composer, arranger and musician 1933 - Vera Krepkina , Russian long jumper 1933 - Ike Pappas , American journalist and actor 1934 - Vince Hill , English singer-songwriter 1934 - Robert Stigwood , Australian producer and manager 1934 - Barrie Unsworth , Australian politician, 36th Premier of New South Wales 1934 - Vicar , Chilean cartoonist 1935 - Marcel Carrière , Canadian director and screenwriter 1935 - Sarah Kirsch , German poet and author 1935 - Lennart Risberg , Swedish boxer 1935 - Dominique Venner , French journalist and historian 1935 - Bobby Vinton , American singer 1936 - Vadim Kuzmin , Russian physicist and academic 1937 - Gert Potgieter , South African hurdler and coach 1938 - Rich Rollins , American baseball player 1938 - Gordon Wilson , Scottish lawyer and politician 1939 - John Amabile , American football player and coach 1939 - Dusty Springfield , English singer and record producer 1940 - Benoît Bouchard , Canadian academic and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Transport 1940 - David Holford , Barbadian cricketer 1940 - Queen Margrethe II of Denmark 1940 - Joan Snyder , American painter 1940 - Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys , English banker and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom 1941 - Allan Segal , American director and producer 1942 - Jim Lonborg , American baseball pitcher 1942 - Sir Frank Williams , English businessman, founded the Williams F1 Racing Team 1943 - Lonesome Dave Peverett , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1943 - Petro Tyschtschenko , Austrian-German businessman 1943 - John Watkins , Australian cricketer 1945 - Tom Allen , American lawyer and politician 1946 - Margot Adler , American journalist and author 1946 - Ernst Bakker , Dutch politician 1946 - Johnnie Lewis , Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia 1946 - R. Carlos Nakai, American flute player 1947 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , American basketball player and coach 1947 - Gerry Rafferty , Scottish singer-songwriter 1948 - Reg Alcock , Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Canadian President of the Treasury Board 1950 - David Graf , American actor 1950 - Colleen Hewett , Australian singer and actress 1951 - Ioan Mihai Cochinescu , Romanian author and photographer 1951 - David Nutt , English psychiatrist and academic 1952 - Bill Belichick , American football player and coach 1952 - Michel Blanc , French actor and director 1952 - Esther Roth-Shahamorov , Israeli sprinter and hurdler 1952 - Billy West , American voice actor, singer-songwriter, and comedian 1953 - Peter Garrett , Australian singer-songwriter and politician 1953 - Jay O. Sanders, American actor 1954 - Ellen Barkin , American actress 1954 - John Bowe , Australian racing driver 1954 - Mike Zuke , Canadian ice hockey player 1955 - Bruce Bochy , American baseball player and manager 1955 - Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1956 - David M. Brown, American captain, pilot, and astronaut 1956 - T Lavitz , American keyboard player, composer, and producer 1956 - Lise-Marie Morerod , Swiss skier 1957 - Patricia De Martelaere , Belgian philosopher, author, and academic 1958 - Tim Flach , English photographer and director 1958 - Ulf Wakenius , Swedish guitarist 1959 - Alison Ramsay , English-Scottish field hockey player and lawyer 1960 - Wahab Akbar , Filipino politician 1960 - Rafael Benítez , Spanish footballer and manager 1960 - Pierre Littbarski , German footballer and manager 1961 - Jarbom Gamlin , Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh 1961 - Linda Ruth Williams , British film studies academic 1962 - Anna Dello Russo , Italian journalist 1962 - Douglas Elmendorf , American economist and politician 1962 - Ian MacKaye , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1963 - Saleem Malik , Pakistani cricketer 1963 - Jimmy Osmond , American singer 1964 - David Kohan , American screenwriter and producer 1964 - Dave Pirner , American singer, songwriter and producer 1964 - Esbjörn Svensson , Swedish pianist 1965 - Yves-François Blanchet , Canadian politician 1965 - Jon Cryer , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1965 - Martin Lawrence , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1966 - Jarle Vespestad , Norwegian drummer 1966 - Jeff Varner , American newscaster and reality television personality 1968 - Vickie Guerrero , American wrestler and manager 1968 - Rüdiger Stenzel , German runner 1969 - Patrik Järbyn , Swedish skier 1969 - Fernando Viña , American baseball player and sportscaster 1970 - Dero Goi , German singer-songwriter and drummer 1970 - Walt Williams , American basketball player 1971 - Cameron Blades , Australian rugby player 1971 - Selena , American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer 1971 - Seigo Yamamoto , Japanese racing driver 1971 - Natasha Zvereva , Belarusian tennis player 1972 - Conchita Martínez , Spanish-American tennis player 1972 - Tracy K. Smith, American poet and educator 1973 - Akon , Senegalese-American singer, rapper and songwriter 1973 - Charlotta Sörenstam , Swedish golfer 1973 - Teddy Cobeña , Spanish-Ecuadorian expressionist and representational sculptor 1975 - Keon Clark , American basketball player 1976 - Lukas Haas , American actor and musician 1976 - Kelli O'Hara , American actress and singer 1977 - Freddie Ljungberg , Swedish footballer 1979 - Christijan Albers , Dutch racing driver 1979 - Lars Börgeling , German pole vaulter 1979 - Daniel Browne , New Zealand rugby player 1981 - Anestis Agritis , Greek footballer 1981 - Maya Dunietz , Israeli singer-songwriter and pianist 1981 - Matthieu Proulx , Canadian football player 1982 - Gina Carano , American mixed martial artist and actress 1982 - Boris Diaw , French basketball player 1982 - Jonathan Vilma , American football player 1983 - Marié Digby , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress 1983 - Cat Osterman , American softball player 1984 - Teddy Blass , American composer and producer 1984 - Claire Foy , English actress 1984 - Tucker Fredricks , American speed skater 1984 - Paweł Kieszek , Polish footballer 1984 - Kerron Stewart , Jamaican sprinter 1985 - Luol Deng , Sudanese-English basketball player 1985 - Brendon Leonard , New Zealand rugby player 1985 - Benjamín Rojas , Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor 1985 - Taye Taiwo , Nigerian footballer 1986 - Paul di Resta , Scottish racing driver 1986 - Shinji Okazaki , Japanese footballer 1986 - Peter Regin , Danish ice hockey player 1986 - Epke Zonderland , Dutch gymnast 1987 - Cenk Akyol , Turkish basketball player 1987 - Aaron Lennon , English international footballer 1988 - Kyle Okposo , American ice hockey player 1990 - Reggie Jackson , American basketball player 1990 - Vangelis Mantzaris , Greek basketball player 1990 - Tony McQuay , American sprinter 1990 - Travis Shaw , American baseball player 1991 - Nolan Arenado , American baseball player 1991 - Kim Kyung-jung , South Korean footballer 1993 - Mirai Nagasu , American figure skater 1993 - Chance the Rapper , American rapper 1994 - Albert Almora , American baseball player 1994 - Will Fuller , American football player 2002 - Sadie Sink , American actressDeaths AD 69 - Otho , Roman emperor 665 - Fructuosus of Braga , French archbishop and saint 1090 - Sikelgaita , duchess of Apulia 1113 - Sviatopolk II of Kiev 1118 - Adelaide del Vasto , regent of Sicily, mother of Roger II of Sicily , queen of Baldwin I of Jerusalem 1198 - Frederick I, Duke of Austria 1234 - Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke 1375 - John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke , English nobleman and soldier 1496 - Charles II, Duke of Savoy 1587 - Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset 1640 - Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau 1645 - Tobias Hume , Scottish soldier, viol player, and composer 1687 - George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham , English poet and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire 1689 - Aphra Behn , English author and playwright 1742 - Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino , Italian poet and translator 1756 - Jacques Cassini , French astronomer 1783 - Christian Mayer , Czech astronomer and educator 1788 - Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon , French mathematician, cosmologist, and author 1828 - Francisco Goya , Spanish-French painter and illustrator 1846 - Domenico Dragonetti , Italian bassist and composer 1850 - Marie Tussaud , French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum 1859 - Alexis de Tocqueville , French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs 1879 - Bernadette Soubirous , French nun and saint 1888 - Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski , Polish physicist and chemist 1899 - Emilio Jacinto , Filipino journalist and activist 1904 - Maximilian Kronberger , German poet and author 1904 - Samuel Smiles , Scottish-English author 1914 - George William Hill , American astronomer and mathematician 1915 - Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician 1925 - Stefan Nerezov , Bulgarian general 1928 - Henry Birks , Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons 1928 - Roman Steinberg , Estonian wrestler 1930 - José Carlos Mariátegui , Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist 1935 - Panait Istrati , Romanian journalist and author 1937 - Jay Johnson Morrow , American military engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone 1938 - Steve Bloomer , English footballer and manager 1941 - Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp , English economist and civil servant 1942 - Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1942 - Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player 1946 - Arthur Chevrolet , Swiss-American race car driver and engineer 1947 - Rudolf Höss , German SS officer 1950 - Eduard Oja , Estonian composer, conductor, and critic 1950 - Anders Peter Nielsen , Danish target shooter 1955 - David Kirkwood , Scottish engineer and politician 1958 - Rosalind Franklin , English biophysicist and academic 1960 - Mihály Fekete , Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director 1961 - Carl Hovland , American psychologist and academic 1965 - Francis Balfour , English soldier and colonial administrator 1965 - Sydney Chaplin , English actor, comedian, brother of Charlie Chaplin 1966 - Eric Lambert , Australian author 1968 - Fay Bainter , American actress 1968 - Edna Ferber , American novelist, short story writer , and playwright 1969 - Hem Vejakorn , Thai illustrator and painter 1970 - Richard Neutra , Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records 1970 - Péter Veres , Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence 1972 - Yasunari Kawabata , Japanese novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate 1972 - Frank O'Connor , Australian public servant 1973 - István Kertész , Hungarian conductor and educator 1978 - Lucius D. Clay, American officer and military governor in occupied Germany 1980 - Morris Stoloff , American composer 1985 - Scott Brady , American actor 1988 - Khalil al-Wazir , Palestinian commander, founded Fatah 1988 - Youri Egorov , Russian pianist 1989 - Jocko Conlan , American baseball player and umpire 1989 - Kaoru Ishikawa Japanese author and educator 1989 - Miles Lawrence , English cricketer 1989 - Hakkı Yeten , Turkish footballer and manager 1991 - David Lean , English director, producer, and screenwriter 1992 - Neville Brand , American actor 1992 - Alexandru Nicolschi , Romanian spy and activist 1992 - Andy Russell , American singer and actor 1994 - Paul-Émilien Dalpé , Canadian labor unionist 1994 - Ralph Ellison , American novelist and critic 1996 - Lucille Bremer , American actress and dancer 1996 - Stavros Niarchos , Greek-Swiss businessman 1997 - Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid , Colombian politician 1997 - Roland Topor , French actor, director, and painter 1998 - Alberto Calderón , Argentinian-American mathematician and academic 1998 - Fred Davis , English snooker player 1998 - Marie-Louise Meilleur , Canadian super-centenarian 1999 - Skip Spence , Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist 2001 - Robert Osterloh , American actor 2001 - Michael Ritchie , American director, producer, and screenwriter 2001 - Alec Stock , English footballer and manager 2002 - Billy Ayre , English footballer and manager 2002 - Ruth Fertel , American businesswoman, founded Ruth's Chris Steak House 2002 - Robert Urich , American actor 2003 - Graham Jarvis , Canadian actor 2003 - Graham Stuart Thomas , English horticulturalist and author 2005 - Kay Walsh , English actress, singer, and dancer 2007 - Frank Bateson , New Zealand astronomer 2007 - Gaétan Duchesne , Canadian ice hockey player 2007 - Maria Lenk , Brazilian swimmer 2007 - Chandrabose Suthaharan , Sri Lankan journalist 2008 - Edward Norton Lorenz , American mathematician and meteorologist 2010 - Rasim Delić , Bosnian general and convicted war criminal 2010 - Daryl Gates , American police officer, created the D.A.R.E. Program 2011 - Gerry Alexander , Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian 2011 - Allan Blakeney , Canadian scholar and politician, 10th Premier of Saskatchewan 2011 - Sol Saks , American screenwriter and producer 2012 - Sári Barabás , Hungarian soprano 2012 - Marian Biskup , Polish author and academic 2012 - Alan Hacker , English clarinet player and conductor 2012 - George Kunda , Zambian lawyer and politician, 11th Vice-President of Zambia 2012 - Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller , Danish businessman 2012 - Carlo Petrini , Italian footballer and coach 2013 - Charles Bruzon , Gibraltarian politician 2013 - Ali Kafi , Algerian colonel and politician 2013 - Siegfried Ludwig , Austrian politician, 18th Governor of Lower Austria 2013 - Pentti Lund , Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player 2013 - George Beverly Shea , Canadian-American singer-songwriter 2013 - Pat Summerall , American football player and sportscaster 2013 - Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center and National Museum of Anthropology 2014 - Gyude Bryant , Liberian businessman and politician 2014 - Aulis Rytkönen , Finnish footballer and manager 2014 - Ernst Florian Winter , Austrian-American historian and political scientist 2015 - Valery Belousov , Russian ice hockey player and coach 2015 - Attaphol Buspakom , Thai footballer and manager 2015 - Oles Buzina , Ukrainian journalist and author 2015 - Stanislav Gross , Czech lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic 2016 - Charlie Hodge , Canadian ice hockey player 2018 - Harry Anderson , American actor and magician 2018 - Jim Caine , British jazz pianistHolidays and observances Christian feast day: *Benedict Joseph Labre *Bernadette Soubirous *Drogo *Fructuosus of Braga *Isabella Gilmore *Martyrs of Zaragoza *Molly Brant *Turibius of Astorga *April 16 Birthday of José de Diego Birthday of Queen Margrethe II Emancipation Day Foursquare Day Memorial Day for the Victims of the Holocaust National Healthcare Decisions Day Remembrance of Chemical Attack on Balisan and Sheikh Wasan World Voice Day
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