Page 6: Historical Events In April - 16

1949  Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings for the Stanley Cup on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games   

1949  Sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka, Indon communist, executed at 54 on April - 16.   

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

1951  Emile Erens, Dutch hagiographer (Pastor of Ars), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

1953  On this day in history montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup   

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

1954  On April - 16 detroit Red Wings beat Mont Canadiens 4 games to 3 for the Stanley Cup   

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

1955  On this day in history the birth of Ellen Barkin, American actress   

1955  On April - 16 abdullah Seif el-Islam, brother of Yemenite king Ahmed, beheaded   

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 April - 16.   

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

1958  On this day in history arnold Palmer wins his first Masters golf tournament   

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

1959  Helicopters from USS Edisto begin rescue operations in Montevideo, Uruguay. By 26 April they had carried 277 flood victims to safety on this day in history.   

1959  On April - 16 "Party with Comden & Green" opens at John Golden NYC for 44 perfs   

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

1961  On April - 16 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  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  On April - 16 70 die in a snow crush (France)   

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

1972  On this day in history apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)   

1972  Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese author (Nobel 1968), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

1977  Alex Haley finds his Roots in Juffure, Gambia on April - 16.   

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

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

1981  Columbia space shuttle returns [04/24] on this day in history.   

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

1319  King John II of France (d. 1364) was born on April - 16.   

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

1628  On April - 16 birth of cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice admiral of Zealand   

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  On April - 16 birth of john Luyken, poet/etcher (Duytse Lyre)   

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

0069  Death of Otho, Roman Emperor (b. 32) on April - 16.   

0744  On this day in history death of al-Walid II, Umayyad caliph   

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

1113  On April - 16 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 this day in history.   

1198  Death of Duke Frederick I of Austria on April - 16.   

1446  Filippo Brunelleschi, architect, dies on this day in history.