How Many Days Until April 16?

This day in history: April 16

1. 1945

   Second World War: British and Canadian forces concluded the Liberation of Arnhem in the Netherlands from German occupation.

2. 1947

   American financier and presidential adviser Bernard Baruch first described the post–World War II tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States as a "cold war".

3. 1948

   The Organisation for European Economic Co-operation, headquartered in Paris, was founded.

4. 1963

   In response to an open letter written by white clergymen, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote the Letter from Birmingham Jail in defence of the strategy of nonviolent resistance against racism.

5. 2001

   India and Bangladesh began a six-day conflict over their disputed border, which ended in a stalemate.

6. 2007

   In one of the deadliest shooting incidents in United States history, a gunman killed 32 people and wounded over 20 more before committing suicide at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia.

7. 2014

   The ferry MV Sewol capsized and sank off Donggeochado, South Korea, killing 306 people, mainly students from Danwon High School.

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