Today in History - History - April 16th

1962Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News

1917[OS Apr 4] Lenin issues his radical April Theses calling for Soviets to take power during Russian Revolution

1854Franz Liszt's "Mazeppa" premieres

199556th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Ray Floyd wins

2008Start of Papal Journey of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States

1789George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration

1989Pat Bradley wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic

1705Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge

1993Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against police officer who beat Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17th

1953British royal yacht Britannia launched by Queen Elizabeth II

1918Spike Milligan, India, actor/comedian (Digby, 3 Musketeers)

1952Bill Belichick, Nashville Tennessee, American football coach (New England Patriots, 3 Super Bowls)

1965Martin Lawrence, comedian (Martin)

1927Pope Benedict XVI [Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger], Marktl, Bavaria, Germany, Catholic Pope (2005-2013)

1867Wilbur Wright, Millville Indiana, American aviator (Wright Brothers)

1947Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, [Lew Alcindor], New York City New York, NBA center (Mil Bucks, LA Lakers)

1966Actor and comedian Michael Palin (22) weds Helen Gibbins

1994Singer Harry Connick Jr (26) weds model Jill Goodare (30) at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana

1958Rosalind Franklin, British chemist (b. 1920)

1850Marie [Gresholtz] Tussaud, maker of wax figures, dies at 88