What are the important events that happened on April 16? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 16: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 16 is the 106th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 259 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 3, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,744,761,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectahexagon’ day.
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Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 307 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,499 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 16 Historical Events
- 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 –The University of Münster in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany is founded.
- 1799 –Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor – Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.
- 1908 –Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
- 1912 –Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
- 1925 –During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
- 1947 –Bernard Baruch coins the term “Cold War” to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
- 1953 –Queen Elizabeth II launches the Royal Yacht Ship HMY.
- 1962 –Walter Cronkite takes over as the lead news anchor of the CBS Evening News, during which time he would become “the most trusted man in America”.
- 2003 –The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union.
Who were born on April 16?
- 1907 –August Eigruber, Austrian war criminal (d. 1947)
- 1912 –Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (d. 1997)
- 1946 –Margot Adler, American journalist
- 1950 –David Graf, American actor (d. 2001)
- 1951 –Mordechai Ben David, American Yiddish singer
- 1963 –Saleem Malik, Pakistani cricketer
- 1965 –Jon Cryer, American actor
- 1970 –Walt Williams, American basketball player
- 1979 –Christijan Albers, Dutch Formula One driver
- 1985 –Benjamín Rojas, Argentine actor and singer
Who died on April 16?
- 665 –Fructuosus of Braga
- 1915 –Nelson W. Aldrich, American politician (b. 1841)
- 1938 –Steve Bloomer, English footballer (b. 1874)
- 1995 –Arthur English, English actor and comedian (b. 1919)
- 1996 –Stavros Niarchos, Greek shipping tycoon (b. 1909)
- 2002 –Robert Urich, American actor (b. 1946)
- 2002 –Ruth Fertel, American restaurateur (b. 1927)
- 2005 –Kay Walsh, British actress (b. 1911)
- 2005 –Marla Ruzicka, American humanitarian worker and peace activist (b. 1976)
- 2007 –Liviu Librescu, American Jewish-Romanian professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Holocaust survivor (b. 1930)
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