Today in History - 16th of April

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What Happened On This Day – 16 April

• 2012 The trial of Anders Behring Breivik begins in Oslo

  The right-wing extremist had killed 77 people, mostly teenagers, in Oslo with a car bomb and at a youth camp on Utøya island. After doubts about his mental health emerged before the trial, he was sentenced to 21 years in prison.

• 2003 Ten new member states are admitted to the European Union

  The Treaty of Accession admitted countries including Poland, Cyprus, and the Czech Republic to the EU. Its original title contains 99 words.

• 1964 The Rolling Stones release their debut album

  The album The Rolling Stones, released in the United States with the added title “England's Newest Hit Makers”, topped the UK charts for twelve weeks.

• 1917 Vladimir Lenin returns to Russia from exile

  The communist revolutionary became leader of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (SFSR) later that year. From 1922, he was the first Premier of the Soviet Union.

• 1912 Harriet Quimby flies across the English Channel

  The U.S. aviator was the first woman who achieved this feat. She died at the age of 37 when her plane crashed in Massachusetts

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Births On This Day – 16 April

• 1939 Dusty Springfield

  English singer, producer

• 1927 Pope Benedict XVI

• 1918 Spike Milligan

  Indian/Irish actor, singer, screenwriter, author

• 1896 Tristan Tzara

  Romanian/French poet, critic

• 1889 Charlie Chaplin

  English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, composer

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