FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2010

Today is Friday, March 16, the 106th day of 2010. There are 259 days left in the year.

1521 _ Martin Luther arrives at Diet of Worms

1724 _ First Easter observed

1789 _ George Washington heads for first presidential inauguration

1917 _ Lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution

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

1962 _ Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News

1962 _ Brazil nationalizes U.S. businesses

1986 _ To dispel rumors he's dead, Moammar Qadhafi appears on TV

1987 _ Michael Jordan, becomes second NBA to score 3,000 points in a season

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