Today in History - History - April 16th

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

1980Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis

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

1917[OS Apr 3] Lenin arrives back from exile in Russia at Finland Station, Petrograd to join the Russian Revolution

200741st CMT Music Awards: Carrie Underwood & Kenny Chesney wins

1854Franz Liszt's "Mazeppa" premieres

1977Alex Haley finds his Roots in Juffure, Gambia

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

199556th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Ray Floyd wins

1953British royal yacht Britannia launched by Queen Elizabeth II

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

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

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

1965Martin Lawrence, comedian (Martin)

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

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

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

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

2013Pat Summerall, American NFL player and sportscaster, dies from cardiac arrest at 82