16 April It Happened Today
1689 Death of the British novelist Aphra Behn.
1828 Death of Spanish painter Francisco de Goya.
1850 Death of the founder of the London waxworks, Madame Marie Tussaud.
1867 Birth of aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright.
1889 Birth of Charlie Chaplin.
2007 A student kills 32 people at Virginia Tech University.