WHAT HAPPENED ON 16. APRIL
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Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier. (16. April 1919)

Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania. (16. April 1919)

The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed. (16. April 1922)

During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded. (16. April 1925)

World War II: The Italian convoy Duisburg, directed to Tunisia, is attacked and destroyed by British ships. (16. April 1941)

Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians throws the only Opening Day no-hitter in the history of Major League Baseball, beating the Chicago White Sox 1-0. (16. April 1941)

Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter. (16. April 1944)

The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights. (16. April 1945)

The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz). (16. April 1945)

More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine torpedo. (16. April 1945)

Texas City Disaster: An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600. (16. April 1947)

Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. (16. April 1947)

Queen Elizabeth II launches the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia. (16. April 1953)

Walter Cronkite takes over as the lead news anchor of the CBS Evening News, during which time he would become "the most trusted man in America". (16. April 1962)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation. (16. April 1963)

Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. (16. April 1972)

The "Doctor of Death", Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide. (16. April 1990)

The Katina P runs aground off of Maputo, Mozambique and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean. (16. April 1992)

India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border. (16. April 2001)

The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union. (16. April 2003)