1746
\nThe Jacobite uprising in England ends when Charles \u201cBonnie Prince Charlie\u201d Stuart is defeated by the Duke of Cumberland.<\/p>\n
1912
\nHarriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.<\/p>\n
1917
\nLenin returned to Russia after 10 years in exile in Switzerland.<\/p>\n
1947
\nMost of Texas City, Tex., destroyed when French ship Grandcamp exploded.<\/p>\n
1972
\nChina sent President Nixon two giant pandas as a gift.<\/p>\n
1999
\nHockey great Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement.<\/p>\n
2007
\nA male student, Cho Seung-Hui, killed two in a Virginia Tech dorm, then killed 30 more 2 hours later in a classroom building. His suicide brought the death toll to 33, making the shooting rampage the most deadly in U.S. history. Fifteen others were wounded.<\/p>\n
April 16
\nCharlie Chaplin
\n(Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin), 1889\u20131977, English film actor, director, producer, writer, and composer, born in London.<\/p>\n
Chaplin began on the music hall stage and then joined a pantomime troupe.<\/p>\n
Wilbur Wright
\nairplane inventor (1867)<\/p>\n
John Millington Synge
\ndramatist (1871)<\/p>\n
Merce Cunningham
\nchoreographer (1919)<\/p>\n
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
\nbasketball player (1947)<\/p>\n
Selena Quintanilla Perez
\nsinger (1971)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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