Saturday, April 16, 2022

History for April 16

History for April 16 - On-This-Day.com
Kingsley Amis 1922 - Novelist
  • 1818 - The U.S. Senate ratified Rush-Bagot amendment to form an unarmed U.S.-Canada border.
  • 1917 - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin returned to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution after years of exile.
  • 1922 - Annie Oakley shot 100 clay targets in a row, to set a women's record.
  • 1947 - The Zoomar lens, invented by Dr. Frank Back, was demonstrated in New York City. It was the first lens to exhibit zooming effects.
  • 1972 - Two giants pandas arrived in the U.S. from China.
  • 1975 - The Khmer Rouge Rebels won control of Cambodia after a five years of civil war. They renamed the country Kampuchea and began a reign of terror.

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