Some people may remember that on April 16, 1380, the king of Yan Zhu Di became Fan Peiping; on April 16, 1889, the birthday of the comedy master Chaplin; and on April 16, 1948, the European Economic Cooperation Organization was established. So what other historical stories happened during this period?
- The rule of the Eastern Roman Empire (the Byzantine Empire) in Italy officially ended (April 16, 1071)
- Zhu Dijuu Fan Beiping (April 16, 1380)
- Zheng Zhilong, the only power in the Eastern Ocean World, was born (April 16, 1604)
- Emperor Qianlong’s fifth son Aixinjueluo Yongqi dies (April 16, 1766)
- French naturalist Buffon (also translated as “Pu Feng”) dies (April 16, 1788)
- Qing government dismissed Qishan and appointed Lin Zexu to co-organize coastal defense (April 16, 1841)
- American aircraft designer Wilbur Wright was born (April 16, 1867)
- Danish astronomer Hans Law is born (April 16, 1879)
- The birth of Ernst Thalmann, the leader of the German Communist Party (April 16, 1886)
- Comedy Master Chaplin’s Birthday (April 16, 1889)
- German mathematician Helmut Knezer was born (April 16, 1898)
- Cruel massacre in Kishnio (April 16, 1903)
- From a movie star to the birthday of China’s first beautiful pilot Li Xiaqing (April 16, 1912)
- The U.S. proposes that Shandong Province be jointly managed by five countries (April 16, 1919)
- Germany and Russia sign the Treaty of Laballow (April 16, 1922)
- Japan once again sent troops to Shandong (April 16, 1928)
- The birthday of Queen Margaret II of Denmark (April 16, 1940)
- The Battle of Berlin begins (April 16, 1945)
- The Soviet Army launched a general offensive on Berlin (April 16, 1945)
- Wang Jingwei’s wife Chen Bijun was tried in public (April 16, 1946)
- The famous NBA star and the most scoring “Sky Hook” Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was born (April 16, 1947)
- Truman approves foreign aid bill (April 16, 1948)
- European Economic Cooperation Organization established (April 16, 1948)
- The battle to liberate Hainan Island begins (April 16, 1950)
- Famous Taiwanese cartoonist Zhu Deyong was born (April 16, 1960)
- World-class football coach Rafael Benitez was born (April 16, 1960)
- Cuban rebels failed to land in Bay of Pigs (April 16, 1961)
- Soviet-made riots in Ili and Tacheng (April 16, 1964)
- “Sanjia Village Notes” and “Yanshan Night Talks” Criticized (April 16, 1966)
- Mao Zedong’s statement supporting the struggle of black Americans is published (April 16, 1968)
- Japanese writer Kawabata Yasunari commits suicide (April 16, 1972)
- Famous Chinese actress and director Xu Jinglei was born (April 16, 1974)
- Famous Chinese actress Shu Qi was born (April 16, 1976)
- Taiwan’s first test-tube baby was born (April 16, 1985)
- Deng Xiaoping meets with members of the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee (April 16, 1987)
- Palestinian leader Jehad was assassinated and killed (April 16, 1988)
- Hu Juewen, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, dies (April 16, 1989)
- The thieves in a partnership in Huzhou, Zhejiang were arrested (April 16, 1991)
- The death of ecologist Hou Xueyu (April 16, 1991)
- China sends UN peacekeepers to Phnom Penh for the first time (April 16, 1992)
- Afghan guerrilla organization takes over power (April 16, 1992)
- The State Council notified the prohibition of the use of various token shopping vouchers (April 16, 1993)
- News educator Gu Zhizhong dies (April 16, 1995)
- U.S. rebuilds post-Cold War alliance (April 16, 1996)
- Japan and the U.S. sign the “Japan-U.S. Security Joint Declaration” (April 16, 1996)
- Opening of the third annual meeting of the Peace Association; adoption of the “Chongqing Declaration” (April 16, 2002)
- The worst school shooting in U.S. history (April 16, 2007)
- Edward Norton Lorenz, American meteorologist and discoverer of the butterfly effect, dies (pril 16, 2008)
- Russia cancels the state of anti-terrorism operations in the Chechen Republic (April 16, 2009)
- China stock index futures officially listed for trading (April 16, 2010)
- Huang Yang, a victim of the Fudan poisoning case, dies (April 16, 2013)
- Snap on Weibo in the air (April 16, 2014)
- South Korean passenger ship with 450 people sinks (April 16, 2014)
