Saturday, 16 April 2011
On This Day - 16th April
1867 - Wilbur Wright born
1889 - Charlie Chaplin born
1919 - Merce Cunningham born
1920 - Barry Nelson born
1921 - Peter Ustinov born
1924 - Henry Mancini born
1929 - Edie Adams born
1930 - Herbie Mann born
1935 - Bobby Vinton born
1939 - Dusty Springfield born
1947 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar born
1953 - Thousands welcome the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh when they arrived in Scotland to launch the new royal yacht, Britannia.
1955 - Ellen Barkin born
1964 - Some of the longest sentences in British criminal history are imposed on the men involved in the so-called "Great Train Robbery".
1965 - Martin Lawrence born
1970 - Protestant right-winger Ian Paisley wins a seat in Northern Ireland's parliament.
1971 - Selena Quintanilla born
1987 - Conservative MP Harvey Proctor appears in court charged with indecency.
1993 - The United Nations Security Council votes to create a safe haven for Bosnian Muslims under siege in the town of Srebrenica.
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