In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism. Date: April 16, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: April 16, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 1963…
Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Date: April 16, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border. Date: April 16, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union. Date: April 16, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)
Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho murders 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide. Date: April 16, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: April 16, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Pulitzer Prize winners are announced. It was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize. Date: April 16, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
The trial for Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, begins in Oslo, Norway. Date: April 16, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 2013 Baga massacre is started when Boko Haram militants engage government soldiers in Baga. Date: April 16, 2013 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 2013 📅 On This Day (Today)