Today in History - History - April 16th

1935Babe Ruth's 1st NL game, for Boston Braves, included a HR

1953British royal yacht Britannia launched by Queen Elizabeth II

1789George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration

1977Alex Haley finds his Roots in Juffure, Gambia

1799Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor - Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.

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

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

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

1922Annie Oakley sets women's record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row

1874Dr David Livingstone's body arrives in Southampton

1965Martin Lawrence, comedian (Martin)

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

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

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

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

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

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