April 16

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[edit] Events

• 73 - Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Jewish Revolt.
• 1799 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Mount Tabor – Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.
• 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his famous Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.

[edit] Births

• 1319 - King John II of France (d. 1364)
• 1682 - John Hadley, British inventor of various Navigation equipment. (d. 1744)
• 1867 - Wilbur Wright, Aviation pioneer (d. 1912)
• 1886 - Ernst Thälmann, German Communist Party politician (d. 1944)
• 1927 - Pope Benedict XVI born Joseph Alois Ratzinger

[edit] Deaths

• 69 - Otho, Roman Emperor (b. 32)
• 1947 - Rudolf Hoess, SS Officer (b. 1900)
• 1946 - Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver and automobile designer (b. 1884)