April 16 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for April 16
In the headlines today:

2007	The deadliest mass shooting in American history takes place as a deranged student kills 22 people on the Virginia Tech campus, then takes his own life.
1996	Britain's Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York, announce plans to divorce.
1972	Apollo 16, second-to-last of the US manned lunar missions, lifts off.
1972	Two giant pandas arrive in the US from China.
1962	Walter Cronkite replaces Douglas Edwards as TV anchor of the CBS Evening News.
1945	British planes sink the German battleship Leutzow during WWII.
1940	Bob Feller pitches an opening day baseball no-hitter as Cleveland beats Chicago, 1-0.
1917	Vladimir Lenin returns to Russia after 10 years in exile.
1912	Harriet Quimby becomes the first female pilot to fly across the English Channel.
1905	Tennessee adopts its state flag.
1850	Parisian waxworks museum owner Marie Tussaud dies.
1828	Spanish artist Francisco Goya dies.
1789	George Washington leaves Mount Vernon to attend his inauguration as first US president. (photo credit: NARA)
556	Pelagius is crowned Pope.