This Day in History: April 16, 2024
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1746
The Jacobite uprising in England ends when Charles “Bonnie Prince Charlie” Stuart is defeated by the Duke of Cumberland.
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1912
Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
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1917
Lenin returned to Russia after 10 years in exile in Switzerland.
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1947
Most of Texas City, Tex., destroyed when French ship Grandcamp exploded.
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1972
China sent President Nixon two giant pandas as a gift.
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1999
Hockey great Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement.
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2007
A male student, Cho Seung-Hui, killed two in a Virginia Tech dorm, then killed 30 more 2 hours later in a classroom building. His suicide brought the death toll to 33, making the shooting rampage the most deadly in U.S. history. Fifteen others were wounded.
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