Today is Tuesday, April 16, the 106th day of 2013. 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
1854 ― Franz Liszt's “Mazeppa”, premieres
1917 ― Lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution
1947 ― Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated (New York City)
1948 ― Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) forms in Paris, France
1962 ― Brazil nationalizes U.S. businesses
1986 ― To dispel rumors he’s dead, Moammar Gadhafi appears on TV