{"id":20003,"date":"2020-04-16T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T04:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=20003"},"modified":"2020-04-16T11:31:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T06:01:29","slug":"history-of-16-april-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-16-april-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 16 April"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>History of 16 April<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong> &#8211; Italian financier Carlo de Benedetti and 32 others were convicted of fraud in connection with the 1982 collapse of Banco Ambrosiano.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong> &#8211; The House ethics committee listed 303 current and former lawmakers who had overdrawn their House bank accounts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1995<\/strong> &#8211; The European Union and Canada agreed to protect threatened fish stocks in the North Atlantic.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1996<\/strong> &#8211; Britain&#8217;s Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah, the Duchess of York, announced that they were in the process of getting a divorce.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1996<\/strong> &#8211; An Italian court found former Prime Minister Bettino Craxi guilty on charges of corruption. He was sentenced to eight years and three months in prison.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1999<\/strong> &#8211; Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement from the\u00a0National Hockey League (NHL).<\/li>\n<li><strong>2002<\/strong> &#8211; The\u00a0U.S.\u00a0Supreme Court overturned major parts of a 1996 child pornography law based on rights to free speech.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2007<\/strong> &#8211; In Blacksburg, VA, a student killed 33 people at Virginia Tech before killing himself.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0trial\u00a0for\u00a0Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the\u00a02011 Norway attacks, begins in\u00a0Oslo, Norway.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012<\/strong> \u2013 The\u00a0Pulitzer Prize\u00a0winners were announced, it was the first time\u00a0since 1977\u00a0that no book won the\u00a0Fiction Prize.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2013<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A 7.8-magnitude\u00a0earthquake\u00a0strikes\u00a0Sistan and Baluchestan Province,\u00a0Iran, killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2013<\/strong> \u2013 The\u00a02013 Baga massacre\u00a0is started when\u00a0Boko Haram\u00a0militants engage government soldiers in\u00a0Baga.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2014<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0South Korean\u00a0ferry\u00a0MV\u00a0<em>Sewol<\/em>\u00a0capsizes and sinks\u00a0near\u00a0Jindo Island, killing 304 passengers and crew and leading to widespread criticism of the South Korean government, media, and shipping authorities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Celebrating Birthday Today<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Anestis Agritis, Greek footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Maya Dunietz, Israeli singer-songwriter and pianist<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Matthieu Proulx, Canadian football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Gina Carano, American mixed martial artist and actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Boris Diaw, French basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jonathan Vilma, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mari\u00e9 Digby, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Cat Osterman, American softball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Teddy Blass, American composer and producer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Claire Foy, English actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Tucker Fredricks, American speed skater<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Pawe\u0142 Kieszek, Polish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Kerron Stewart, Jamaican sprinter<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Luol Deng, Sudanese-English basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Brendon Leonard, New Zealand rugby player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Benjam\u00edn Rojas, Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Taye Taiwo, Nigerian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Paul di Resta, Scottish racing driver<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Shinji Okazaki, Japanese footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Peter Regin, Danish ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Epke Zonderland, Dutch gymnast<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Cenk Akyol, Turkish basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Aaron Lennon, English international footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Kyle Okposo, American ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Reggie Jackson, American basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Vangelis Mantzaris, Greek basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Tony McQuay, American sprinter<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Travis Shaw, American baseball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Nolan Arenado, American baseball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Kim Kyung-jung, South Korean footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mirai Nagasu, American figure skater<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Chance the Rapper, American rapper<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Albert Almora, American baseball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Will Fuller, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>2002<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Sadie Sink, American actress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of 16 April 1992 &#8211; 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