<- [[04-15]] | [[04-17]] -> ## Events - [[1.1862-04-16 - D.C. Compensated Emancipation Act abolishes slavery in D.C.]] - [[1.1867-04-16 - Wilbur Wright born]] - [[1.1889-04-16 - Charlie Chaplin born]] - [[1.1910-04-16 - Boston Arena opens for first time]] - [[1.1917-04-16 - Vladimir Lenin returns from exile]] - [[1.1919-04-16 - Mohandas Gandhi organizes day of 'prayer and fasting' in response to killing of protestors]] - [[1.1943-04-16 - Albert Hofmann discovers hallucinogenic properties of LSD]] - [[1.1946-04-16 - Peteris Vasks born]] - [[1.1947-04-16 - Bernard Baruch coins 'Cold War']] - [[1.1961-04-16 - Fidel Castro declares communism]] - [[1.1963-04-16 - MLK Jr. writes 'Letter from Birmingham Jail']] - [[1.1965-04-16 - Martin Lawrence born]] - [[1.1971-04-16 - Selena born]] - [[1.1972-04-16 - Apollo 16 launches]] - [[1.1973-04-16 - Akon born]] - [[1.1982-04-16 - Gina Carano born]] - [[1.1990-04-16 - Jack Kevorkian performs first assisted suicide]] - [[1.1993-04-16 - Chance the Rapper born]] - [[1.2003-04-16 - Michael Jordan plays final NBA match]] - [[1.2007-04-16 - Virginia Tech shooting]] - [[1.2018-04-16 - NYT and New Yorker win Pulitzer Prize for Harvey Weinstein story]]