WHAT HAPPENED ON APRIL 16TH

Have you ever wondered what happened on a particular day in history? What events, what discoveries, what achievements occurred on a specific day? Your birthday perhaps? Well today we are bringing you the major events that happened on April 16th. Do you know someone whose birthday is on April 16th? Why not send them a link to this video to show them the historic events they share their birthday with. Like and subscribe so you don't miss out on the events from your favorite day of the year. Events covered: AD 73 – Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Great Jewish Revolt. 556 - Pelagius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1520 – The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V. 1582 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina. 1705 – Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge. 1799 - The Battle of Mount Tabor: Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre. 1847 – Shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand Wars. 1854 – Franz Liszt’s symphonic poem “Mazeppa” premieres. 1861 – Abraham Lincoln outlaws business with the confederate states. 1881 – In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle. 1912 – Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel. 1922 – Annie Oakley sets women’s record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row. 1932 – Laurel and Hardy’s short film “The Music Box” is released in the US. 1943 – Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. 1945 – More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine. 1972 – Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. 1987 – Michael Jordan becomes the second ever NBA player to score 3000 points in a season. 1990 – "Doctor Death", Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide. 2003 – The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union. 2020 - Nationwide State of Emergency declared in Japan till 6 May due to worsening Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak.