1965

On April 16, 2003, arguably the greatest player to ever step
foot on a basketball court retired for the third and final time.

After 15 seasons in the league and six NBA championships, Michael Jordan walked off the hardwood floor for the last
time.

On April 16th, 1964, The Rolling Stones released their debut
album. As they looked to enter the race against The Beatles,
they appeared on the record sleeve in mop-top hairstyles
and smart suits as directed by Oldham. But what the group
lacked on The Beatles was original material. The Rolling
Stones consisted of 12 songs in total, and only three were
original compositions by the band. 

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr.
(16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977)

On April 16, 1889, future Hollywood legend Charlie Chaplin 
was born Charles Spencer Chaplin in London, England.

Chaplin, one of the most financially successful stars of early
Hollywood, was introduced to the stage when he was five.

The Virginia Tech shooting was a spree shooting that occurred on
April 16, 2007, comprising two attacks on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Seung-Hui Cho (above) an undergraduate student at the university 
and a U.S. resident of South Korean descent, killed 32 people and
wounded 17 others with two semi-automatic pistols. Six others
were injured jumping out of windows to escape Cho.