April 16th
Today in America's Present Past
1808 | Journalist and politician Caleb Blood Smith was born.
1850 | Historian Herbert Baxter Adams was born.
1861 | Civil War: Republican President Lincoln outlaws business (sanctions) with the Confederate States.
1862 | Civil Rights: Slavery abolished in the District of Columbia.
1864 | Inventor Thomas Blanchard died.
1865 | Civil War: Battle of Columbus & West Point, Georgia.
1867 | Aviator Wilbur Wright was born.
1869 | Civil Rights: Ebenezer Bassett becomes the first African American diplomat.
1889 | Entertainer Charlie Chaplin was born.
1912 | American Harriet Quimby becomes the first female pilot to fly across the English Channel.
1914 | Astronomer George William Hill died.
1920 | Outlaw John William Farr was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1922 | Shooter Annie Oakley sets women's record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row.
1924 | Composer Henry Mancini was born.
1935 | Radio: "Fibber McGee & Molly" debutes.
1947 | Basketball Pro Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was born.
1962 | SCOTUS: Justice Byron White is sworn in.
1965 | Comedian Martin Lawrence was born.
1993 | Entertainer Chance the Rapper was born.
1994 | Novelist Ralph Ellison died
2002 | Entrepreneur Ruth Fertel died.
2002 | SCOTUS: Justice Byron White died.
2011 | Columnist William A. Rusher died.