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April 16 is the 106th day of the year (107th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 259 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600.
Selena Quintanilla was born on April 16, 1971, at Freeport Community Hospital in Freeport, Texas. [12] [13] She was the youngest child of Marcella Ofelia Quintanilla (née Samora), who was Mexican-American with some Cherokee ancestry, [14] and Abraham Quintanilla Jr., a Mexican American former musician. [15]
April 1: April Fools' Day; Iranian Islamic Republic Day Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos 1871 – The Duke of Buckingham (pictured) opened the first section of the Brill Tramway , a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
April 16 MV Sewol 1520 – A revolt of citizens in Toledo , Castile, opposed to the rule of the foreign-born Charles I began when the royal government attempted to unseat radical city councilors.
The original Famous Birthdays website was created by Edward Morykwas, a Michigan schoolteacher, in 1996. It offered e-cards. [4] [5] The site was updated to its current format in November 7, 2012, by Evan Britton, [6] who has since described the website as "Wikipedia for Generation Z".
Buddy Morrow (February 8, 1919 –September 27, 2010), (born Muni "Moe" Zudekoff) American bandleader and trombonist, would have turned 106 this year. Lonnie Johnson (February 8, 1889 –June 16, 1970), American blues and jazz guitarist with Duke Ellington , Eddie Lang , among others, would have turned 136 this year.
16 – Noël Coward (1899–1973), English playwright, composer, actor, and singer 16 – Kanako Otsuji (1974–), Japanese LGBT rights activist and politician 17 – Deborah Sampson (1760–1827), American soldier who fought in the American Revolutionary War disguised as a man