April 16
People born on this day are Aries.
- 1963
U.S. civil rights campaigner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. writes his open letter from Birmingham Jail, sometimes known as "The Negro Is Your Brother", while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama, for protesting against segregation.
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Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
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The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union.
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Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho murders 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.
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The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the Baze v. Rees decision that execution by lethal injection does not violate the Eighth Amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment.
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The trial for Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, begins in Oslo, Norway.
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The Pulitzer Prize winners are announced. It was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize.
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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.
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Ecuador's worst earthquake in nearly 40 years kills 676 and injures more than 230,000.
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The New York Times and The New Yorker win the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for breaking news of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal.
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The historic Børsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, is severely damaged by a fire.
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2002Sadie Sink, American actress
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1996Anya Taylor-Joy, Argentine-British actress
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1996Taylor Townsend, American tennis player
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1993Chance the Rapper, American rapper
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1993Mirai Nagasu, Japanese-American figure skater
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1992Brian Poe Llamanzares, Filipino journalist and politician
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1991Nolan Arenado, American baseball player
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1991Kim Kyung-jung, South Korean footballer
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1990Reggie Jackson, American basketball player
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1990Vangelis Mantzaris, Greek basketball player
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1990Tony McQuay, American sprinter
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1988Kyle Okposo, American ice hockey player
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