On This Day in History

April 16

Historical Events

Egyptian forces led by Pharaoh Thutmose III battle a large rebellious coalition of Canaanite vassal states

1457 BC Battle of Megiddo: Egyptian forces of Thutmose III defeat a large Canaanite coalition under King of Kadesh. First battle recorded with a reliable account.

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

1746 Battle of Culloden, the last battle on British soil: Royalist troops under the Duke of Cumberland defeat the Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart.

1900 US Post Office issues its first stamp booklets, containing 12, 24, or 48 two-cent stamps.

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

1948 Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) forms in Paris.

2003 Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens, admitting 10 new member states to the European Union.

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Famous Birthdays

Wilbur Wright 1867 - 1912 Charlie Chaplin 1889 - 1977

Spike Milligan 1918 - 2002 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 77th Birthday

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Famous Deaths

Francisco Goya 1746 - 1828 Rosalind Franklin 1920 - 1958

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Madame Tussaud's Bloody Background

Madame Tussaud, famous for her waxworks, perfected her art in the grimmest of 'schools' – the French Revolution - where she made models of guillotined heads.

Madame Tussaud and her Waxwork