sábado, 16 de abril de 2011

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ON THIS DAY

On This Day: April 16

On April 16, 1947, America's worst harbor explosion occurred in Texas City, Texas, when the French ship Grandcamp, carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer, caught fire and blew up, devastating the town. Another ship, the Highflyer, exploded the following day. The explosions and resulting fires killed more than 500 people and left 200 others missing.
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On April 16, 1889, Sir Charlie Chaplin, the British-born actor and director who became internationally famous for his role in American silent movies, was born. Following his death on Dec. 25, 1977, his obituary appeared in The Times.

On This Date

1808A law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States went into effect.
1892The Ellis Island Immigrant Station in New York opened.
1898New York City was consolidated into five buroughs.
1901The Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed.
1919J.D. Salinger, author of "The Catcher in the Rye," was born in New York City.
1953Country singer Hank Williams Sr., 29, died of a drug and alcohol overdose.
1958Treaties establishing the European Economic Community went into effect.
1959Fidel Castro led Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista.
1979The United States and China established diplomatic relations.
1984AT&T was divested of its 22 Bell System companies under terms of an antitrust agreement.
1990David Dinkins was sworn in as New York City's first African-American mayor.
1993Czechoslovakia peacefully split into two new countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
1994The North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect.
1999The euro became the official currency of 11 European countries.

Current Birthdays

Frank Langella, Actor (“Frost/Nixon”)
Actor Frank Langella ("Frost/Nixon") turns 73 years old today.
AP Photo/Evan Agostini
Robert Menendez, U.S. senator, D-N.J.
Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., turns 57 years old today.
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
1922Ernest Hollings, Former U.S. senator, D-S.C., turns 89
1942Country Joe McDonald, Rock singer, musician (Country Joe and the Fish), turns 69
1943Don Novello, Comedian, turns 68
1947Jon Corzine, Former governor of New Jersey, turns 64
1958Grandmaster Flash, Rapper, turns 53
1964Dedee Pfeiffer, Actress, turns 47
1966Embeth Davidtz, Actress, turns 45
1969Verne Troyer, Actor ("Austin Powers" movies), turns 42

Historic Birthdays

70Henry Mancini 4/16/1924 - 6/14/1994
American composer
73Sir Kingsley Amis 4/16/1922 - 10/22/1995
English novelist, poet and critic
67Nikolay P. Akimov 4/16/1901 - 9/6/1968
Russian scenic designer and producer
38John M. Synge 4/16/1871 - 3/24/1909
Irish poetic dramatist
45Wilbur Wright 4/16/1867 - 5/30/1912
American inventor and aviation pioneer
80Anatole France 4/16/1844 - 10/12/1924
French writer; won the Nobel Prize for Literature (1921)
72Ford Madox Brown 4/16/1821 - 10/6/1893
English painter
61Sir John Franklin 4/16/1786 - 6/11/1847
English rear admiral and explorer
87Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun 4/16/1755 - 3/30/1842
French painter
93Sir Hans Sloane 4/16/1660 - 1/11/1753
English physician and naturalist

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