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Selena Quintanilla was born on April 16, 1971, at Freeport Community Hospital in Freeport, Texas. [10] [11] She was the youngest child of Marcella Ofelia Quintanilla (née Samora), who was Mexican-American with some Cherokee ancestry, [12] and Abraham Quintanilla Jr., a Mexican American former musician. [13]
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci[ b ] (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. [ 3 ] While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he has also become known for his notebooks, in which he made ...
Gian Maria Volonté (1933–1994), actor. Known outside of Italy for his roles in A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and For a Few Dollars More (1965) Luca Zingaretti (born 1961), actor and film director, known for playing Salvo Montalbano in the Inspector Montalbano series. Marta Abba (1900–1988) actress.
April 16 is the 106th day of the year ... 1858 – The Wernerian Natural History Society, ... Seung-Hui Cho guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.
Antonia Brico (born Wilhelmina Wolthius) classical pianist, first woman conductor of New York Philharmonic Chris Broderick – musician, lead guitarist for the heavy metal band Megadeth Peter Buck – musician, guitarist and co-founder of the alternative rock band R.E.M.
April 16. MV Sewol. 1520 – A revolt of citizens of Toledo in Castile, opposed to the rule of the foreign-born Charles I, began when the royal government attempted to unseat radical city councilors. 1862 – Slavery in Washington, D.C., ended when the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act became law.
Caroline M. Sawyer – poet, biographer, editor. Daniel Scott – author, Some of Us Have to Get Up in the Morning, Pay This Amount (Braintree) Horace Scudder – man of letters, editor. Dr. Seuss – born Theodor Seuss Geisel, author, poet and illustrator (Springfield) Anne Sexton – poet (Newton) Mark Shasha – author.
bef. 23 April 1459 (elected) 178 John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley: 1400–1487 bef. 23 April 1459 (elected) 179 John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners: d. 1474 bef. 23 April 1459 (elected) 180 Jasper Tudor, 1st Earl of Pembroke: 1431–1495 bef. 23 April 1459 (elected) Later Duke of Bedford; Degraded 1461; Restored 1485 181 Richard Neville, 16th Earl ...