Saturday, April 16, 2011

April 16' 2011 - Saturday

Famous Historical Events:

1853 - The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane.

1854 - San Salvador, Central America, destroyed by earthquake, 800 Lives Lost and $12,000,000 of Property Destroyed.


1862 - Slavery abolished in District of Columbia


1871 - German Empire ends all anti-Jewish civil restrictions


1900 - US Post Office issues 1st books of postage stamps


1912 - Harriet Quimby becomes 1st woman pilot to cross English Channel


1924 - Child labor laws strengthened in Holland


1939 - Stalin requests British, French & Russian anti-nazi pact


1945 - US troops enter Nuremberg, Germany, during WW II


1947 - Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated (NYC)


1948 - Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) forms in Paris


1956 - 1st solar powered radios go on sale


1964 - 9 men sentenced 25-30 years for Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery"


1964 - Geraldine Mock of US is 1st woman to fly solo round the world


1966 - Rhodesian PM Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain


1972 - Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)


2007 - Virginia Tech massacre: The deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. The gunman, Seung-Hui Cho, shoots 32 people to death and injures 23 others before committing suicide.



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