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| Birthday April 16, 1738 General Sir Henry Clinton is born |
| Birthday April 16, 1867 Wilbur Wright, of aeroplane fame |
| Birthday April 16, 1889 Charlie Chaplin, tramp |
| Birthday April 16, 1889 Charlie Chaplin born |
| Birthday April 16, 1897 Frederick William Winterbotham, one of Britain's top code breakers, is born |
| Birthday April 16, 1922 Kingsley Amis is born |
| Birthday April 16, 1947 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, tall person |
| History April 16, 1789 Washington leaves Mt. Vernon for his inauguration |
| History April 16, 1863 Union ships pass Vicksburg |
| History April 16, 1866 Nitroglycerine at the Wells Fargo & Co. office explodes. |
| History April 16, 1881 Bat Masterson's last shootout |
| History April 16, 1917 Lenin returns to Russia from exile |
| History April 16, 1917 Lenin returns |
| History April 16, 1940 Bob Feller throws no-hitter |
| History April 16, 1946 Arthur Chevrolet commits suicide |
| History April 16, 1947 Fertilizer explosion kills 581 in Texas |
| History April 16, 1947 Bernard Baruch coins the term Cold War |
| History April 16, 1947 Texas City explodes |
| History April 16, 1968 Johnson arrives in Honolulu |
| History April 16, 1972 United States resumes bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong |
| History April 16, 1972 Apollo 16 departs for moon |
| History April 16, 1977 David Soul, of Starsky & Hutch, has the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts |
| History April 16, 2007 Massacre at Virginia Tech leaves 32 dead |