WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IN HISTORY
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IN HISTORY
I thought it was interesting to find that today, Monday, April 16th is the 106th day of the year when it’s not a leap year and it’s more likely to fall on a Monday, Thursday or Saturday. I found some fun history facts about what happened today in history.
While searching for this date in history, this is some of what I found:
1900 – The first book of postage stamps was issued. The two-cent stamps were available in books of 12, 24 and 48 stamps.
1940 – The first no-hit, no-run game to be thrown on an opening day of the major league baseball season was earned by Bob Feller. The Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 1-0.
1951 – 75 people were killed when the British submarine Affray sank in the English Channel.
1962 – Walter Cronkite began anchoring “The CBS Evening News”. I REMEMBER THIS DATE!!!
1972 – Apollo 16 blasted off on a voyage to the moon. It was the fifth manned moon landing.
1999 – Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement from the National Hockey League.
2007 – In Blacksburg, VA, a student killed 33 people at Virginia Tech before killing himself.
2016 – I wrote my “NEVER FORGET” blog. http://themarthareview.com/never-forget/
April 16th also has some great Music history:
1956 – Buddy Holly released his first single, “Blue Days, Black Nights.”
Buddy Holly had some great songs in his short life, have you listened to “Blue Days, Black Nights”?
1966 – Percy Sledge’s “When A Man Loves A Woman” was released.
1973 – Paul McCartney starred in his first TV special, “James Paul McCartney.”
1999 – Shania Twain became the first woman to be named as songwriter/artist of the year by the Nashville Songwriters Association International.
These are a few of the events in history for Monday, April 16th. Do you remember any of them? What other events can you think of that happened today, April 16th?
“When a man loves a woman, he can’t keep his mind on nothing else…”
Those were interesting! I didn’t know the date for any of them.
It’s interesting to check “what happened when” to see if I remember any of them Jeanine. Percy must have written that song for my hubby!
I forgot about the Blacksburg murders. In Virginia, it was all over the place!
You know what else is famous about 16 April? This year the Boston Marathon was won by a woman!
I like to check back on “what happened when in history” Roy. While your forgot about Blacksburg, I forgot about the Boston Marathon, even though I watched it! Thanks for traveling back through time with me.