This Day in History: April 16 — Infoplease.com
1746The Jacobite uprising in England ends when Charles “Bonnie Prince Charlie” Stuart is defeated by the Duke of Cumberland.
1912
Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
1947
Financier Bernard Baruch coined the term “cold war” in a speech in South Carolina.
1947
Most of Texas City, Tex., destroyed when French ship Grandcamp exploded.
1972
China sent President Nixon two giant pandas as a gift.
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