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| April 16th, 2008 (April 16 2008) | Event | Start of Papal Journey of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States | |
| April 16th, 2008 (April 16 2008) | Birth | Princess Eleonore of Belgium, Belgian princess | |
| April 16th, 2008 (April 16 2008) | Death | Edward Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (born in 1917) | |
| April 16th, 2008 (April 16 2008) | Death | Joseph Solman, American painter | |
| April 16th, 1998 (April 16 1998) | Death | Fred Davis, English snooker player (born in 1913) | |
| April 16th, 1998 (April 16 1998) | Death | Alberto Calderon, Argentine mathematician (born in 1920) | |
| April 16th, 1988 (April 16 1988) | Event | In Forli, Italy, Red Brigades kill Italian Senator Roberto Ruffilli, an advisor to Prime Minister Ciriaco de Mita. | |
| April 16th, 1978 (April 16 1978) | Birth | Matthew Lloyd, Australian rules footballer | |
| April 16th, 1978 (April 16 1978) | Birth | Lara Dutta, Indian actress | |
| April 16th, 1978 (April 16 1978) | Death | Lucius Clay, American general (born in 1897) | |
| April 16th, 1968 (April 16 1968) | Death | Edna Ferber, American author (born in 1885) | |
| April 16th, 1958 (April 16 1958) | Death | Rosalind Franklin, British chemist (born in 1920) | |
| April 16th, 1948 (April 16 1948) | Birth | Lynne Franks, British public relations consultant | |
| April 16th, 1938 (April 16 1938) | Birth | Gordon Wilson, Scottish politician | |
| April 16th, 1938 (April 16 1938) | Birth | Rich Rollins, American baseballer | |
| April 16th, 1938 (April 16 1938) | Death | Steve Bloomer, English footballer (born in 1874) | |
| April 16th, 1928 (April 16 1928) | Birth | "Night Train" Lane, American football player (died in 2002) | |
| April 16th, 1928 (April 16 1928) | Death | Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founder of Henri Birks and Sons (born in 1840) | |
| April 16th, 1918 (April 16 1918) | Birth | Spike Milligan, Irish comedian (died in 2002) | Spike Milligan Quotes |
| April 16th, 1918 (April 16 1918) | Birth | Joan Alexander, American actress | |
| April 16th, 1918 (April 16 1918) | Birth | Dick Gibson, British racing driver | |
| April 16th, 1888 (April 16 1888) | Death | Zygmunt Florenty Wroblewski, Polish physicist (born in 1845) | |
| April 16th, 1878 (April 16 1878) | Birth | Tip Foster, English cricketer (died in 1914) | |
| April 16th, 1858 (April 16 1858) | Event | The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is wound up. | |
| April 16th, 1848 (April 16 1848) | Birth | Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Social Reformer of Andhra Pradesh, India (died in 1919) | |
| April 16th, 1828 (April 16 1828) | Death | Francisco de Goya, Spanish painter (born in 1746) | Francisco Goya Quotes |
| April 16th, 1788 (April 16 1788) | Death | Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist (born in 1707) | |
| April 16th, 1738 (April 16 1738) | Birth | Henry Clinton, British general (died in 1795) | |
| April 16th, 1728 (April 16 1728) | Birth | Joseph Black, Scottish chemist (died in 1799) | |
| April 16th, 1198 (April 16 1198) | Death | Duke Frederick I of Austria | |
| April 16th, 1178 (April 16 1178) | Event | A solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom after the Trojan War. | |
| April 16th, 1118 (April 16 1118) | Death | Adelaide del Vasto, wife of Roger II of Sicily | |
| April 16th, 0778 (April 16 0778) | Birth | King Louis the Pious (died in 840) | |
