Daily Calendar for April 16th, 2019

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

60s

• Died 69: Otho (Roman emperor)

1700s

• 1705: Scientist Isaac Newton was knighted

1790s

• Died 1796: Mary "Molly" Brant (Native American leader)

1820s

• Born 1821: Ford Madox Brown (painter)

1840s

• Born 1844: Anatole France (writer)

1850s

• Born 1850: Herbert Baxter Adams (historian)

1860s

• Born 1865: Grace Livingston Hill (author)

• Born 1867: Wilbur Wright (aviator)

1870s

• 1874: Agricultural College founded in Guelph, Ontairo

1880s

• Born 1889: Charlie Chaplin (entertainer)

1890s

• 1899: Magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred west of Eureka, California

1920s

• 1922: Annie Oakley hit 100 clay targets in a row, setting women's record

• Born 1924: Henry Mancini (composer)

• Born 1927: Pope Benedict XVI

1930s

• Born 1939: Dusty Springfield (singer)

1940s

• 1947: Two ships exploded in harbor, Texas City, Texas

• Born 1947: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (basketball player)

• 1949: Toronto Maple Leafs won third consecutive NHL Stanley Cup

1950s

• Born 1952: Bill Belichick (football coach)

1960s

• 1962: Walter Cronkite joined CBS Evening News as anchorman

• Born 1965: Jon Cryer (actor)

• Born 1965: Martin Lawrence (actor)

1970s

• 1972: Two giant pandas, given to the U.S. by China, arrived at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

1990s

• Died 1994: Ralph Ellison (writer)

• 1996: Britain's Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah, the Duchess of York, announced their plans to divorce25 Years Ago

• 1999: Sputnik-99 launched by hand from Mir space station

2000s

• Died 2002: Robert Urich (actor)