April 16 - Hood

Hood

This Day In History

1178 BC

The calculated date of the Greek king Odysseus' return home from the Trojan War.^*

1521

Martin Luther's first appearance before the Diet of Worms to be examined by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the other estates of the empire.

1746

Battle of Culloden

1912

Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.

1941

Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians throws the only Opening Day no-hitter in the history of Major League Baseball, beating the Chicago White Sox 1-0.

1972

Launch of Apollo 16

Famous Birthdays

1682

John Hadley, British inventor (d. 1744)

1786

John Franklin, British navy officer and Arctic explorer (d. 1847)

1867

Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer (d. 1912)

1882

Seth Bingham, American organist and prolific composer (d. 1972)

1889

Charlie Chaplin, English actor and filmmaker (d. 1977)

1907

Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman (d. 1964)

1918

Spike Milligan, Irish comedian (d. 2002)

1921

Peter Ustinov, English actor (d. 2004)

1924

Henry Mancini, American composer (d. 1994)

1927

Pope Benedict XVI

1928

Dick "Night Train" Lane, American football player (d. 2002)

1939

Dusty Springfield, English singer (d. 1999)

1947

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player
Gerry Rafferty, Scottish musician and songwriter (d. 2011)

1975

Sean Maher, American actor

* - My mother taught me when I was very small that the real hero of the story is Penelope. Also, calculated by whom?