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What Happened On 16th April 1972 In History

April 16th (1972) was a Sunday. It's the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 260 days left to the end of the year.

Historical Events for 16th April, 1972

  • » Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Famous Birthdays on April 16 in 1972

  • » Conchita Martínez, Spanish-American tennis player
  • » Tracy K. Smith, American poet and educator
  • » John McGuinness (motorcycle racer) named John McGuinness, English motorcycle racer

April 16th Famous Deaths for 1972

  • » Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese author, Nobel Prize in Literature called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)

April 16th Holidays in History

  • » World Voice Day
  • » Public holidays in Denmark known as Birthday of Queen Margrethe II (Denmark)
  • » Christian Feast Day:
  • » Benedict Joseph Labre
  • » Molly Brant known as Molly Brant (Konwatsijayenni) (Anglican Church of Canada, Episcopal Church (USA))
  • » Saint Drogo or Drogo
  • » Fructuosus of Braga
  • » Isabella Gilmore (Church of England)
  • » Bernadette Soubirous
  • » Turibius of Astorga
  • » Martyrs of Zaragoza
  • » April 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • » Emancipation Day Washington.2C D.C. e.g Emancipation Day (Washington, D.C.)

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World History for the 16th April