Today in History for 16th April 2017:
Historical Events
1862 – Slavery abolished in District of Columbia
1866 – Nitroglycerine at Wells Fargo and Co office explodes
1954 – KVAL TV channel 13 in Eugene, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
1957 – USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1989 – Costa Rica beats US 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1992 – NY Rangers win team record 50th game
Famous Birthdays
1911 – Christine McIntyre, actress (3 Stooges movies)
1911 – William Stearn, botanist
1934 – Robert Stigwood, producer (Saturday Night Fever, Grease), born in Adelaide, South Australia (d. 2016)
1950 – David Graff, Lancaster Ohio, actor (Police Academy 2, 3, 4, 6)
1951 – Mordechai Ben David, Jewish singer
1978 – Lara Dutta, Indian actress
Famous Deaths
1529 – Louis de Berquin, French humanist/reformer/heretic, burned at stake
1888 – Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist (b. 1845)
1928 – Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founder of Henri Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
1992 – Andy Russell, drummer/vocalist (Your Hit Parade), dies of stroke at 72
2007 – Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, American instructor of French (b. 1958)
2010 – Rasim Delic, Bosnian military chief of staff and war criminal (b. 1949)