Daily Calendar for Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Died

  • Otho (Roman emperor ) –
  • Mary "Molly" Brant (Native American leader) –
  • Ralph Ellison (writer) –
  • Robert Urich (actor) –

Born

  • Ford Madox Brown (painter) –
  • Anatole France (writer) –
  • Herbert Baxter Adams (historian) –
  • Grace Livingston Hill (author) –
  • Wilbur Wright (aviator) –
  • Charlie Chaplin (entertainer) –
  • Henry Mancini (composer) –
  • Pope Benedict XVI –
  • Dusty Springfield (singer) –
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (basketball player) –
  • Bill Belichick (football coach) –
  • Martin Lawrence (actor) –
  • Jon Cryer (actor) –

Events

  • Scientist Isaac Newton was knighted–
  • Agricultural College founded in Guelph, Ontario –
  • Magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred west of Eureka, California–
  • Annie Oakley hit 100 clay targets in a row, setting women’s record–
  • Two ships exploded in harbor, Texas City, Texas–
  • Toronto Maple Leafs won third consecutive NHL Stanley Cup–
  • Walter Cronkite joined CBS Evening News as anchorman–
  • Two giant pandas, given to the U.S. by China, arrived at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.–
  • Britain’s Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah, the Duchess of York, announced their plans to divorce–
  • Sputnik-99 launched by hand from Mir space station–

Weather

  • A severe freeze from Georgia to Texas killed cotton crops–
  • Snow in Dublin, New Hampshire–
  • Three tornadoes struck Nashville, Tennessee–
  • Heavy rainfall led to flooding and a landslide in Wilton, New Hampshire–

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