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1947 - Texas City Disaster: An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600. 1947 - Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pens his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail ...
April 16 is the 106th day of the year (107th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... Seung-Hui Cho guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.
The park was established in 1956 next to PS 156; the school closed in 1981. [2] The land that the park is on was once the site of the 8th Avenue Railroad Company. [2] Since 1974, the park has been named after Holcombe Rucker, a local teacher and a playground director for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. [3]
World Voice Day. World Voice Day (WVD) is a worldwide annual event that takes place on April 16 devoted to the celebration of the phenomenon of voice. [1] The aim is to demonstrate the enormous importance of the voice in the daily lives of all people. Voice is a critical aspect of effective and healthy communication, and World Voice Day brings ...
The ferry MV Sewol sank on the morning of April 16, 2014, en route from Incheon towards Jeju in South Korea. [14] The 6,825-ton vessel sent a distress signal from about 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi; 1.5 nmi) north of Byeongpungdo at 08:58 KST (23:58 UTC, April 15, 2014). [15] Out of 476 passengers and crew, 304 died in the disaster, including around ...
A merry-go-round at a park in Georgia. A roundabout (British English), merry-go-round (American English), or carousel (Australian English), is a piece of playground equipment, a flat disk, frequently about 2 to 3 metres (6 ft 7 in to 9 ft 10 in) in diameter, with bars on it that act as both hand-holds and something to lean against while riding.
Washington A16, 2000. Washington A16, 2000 was a series of protests in Washington, D.C. against the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, that occurred in April 2000. [1][2] The annual IMF and World Bank meetings were the scene for follow-on protests of the 1999 WTO protests. In April 2000, between 10,000 and 15,000 [3] protesters ...
Playground. A playground, playpark, or play area is a place designed to provide an environment for children that facilitates play, typically outdoors. While a playground is usually designed for children, some are designed for other age groups, or people with disabilities.