MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2012

Today is Monday, April 16, the 107th day of 2012. There are 259 days left in the year.

1521 ― Martin Luther arrives at Diet of Worms

1705 ― Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College

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

1983 ― Steve Garvey sets National League record by playing in 1,118 consecutive games

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