^B{^#!16!16 April^N! Feast day of St Bernadette, St Magnus, St Paternus of Avranches, St Encratis, St Fructuosus Braga, St Turibius of Astorga, St Drogo, St Joseph Benedict Labre, and St Optatus and the Martyrs of Saragossa.
^B{1746^B} Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) was defeated at the Battle of Culloden. ^B{1883^B} Paul Kruger became president of South Africa. ^B{1912^B} US pilot Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel. ^B{1951^B} Seventy-five people died when the British submarine ^I{Affray^I} sank in the English Channel. ^B{1954^B} The first stock-car race meeting was held in Britain, at the Old Kent Road stadium, London. ^B{1972^B} The US spacecraft ^I{Apollo 16^I} was launched.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}John Franklin, English Arctic explorer who discovered the Northwest Passage, ^B{1786^B}; Wilbur Wright, US aviator, ^B{1867^B}; Charlie Chaplin, English-born film actor and director, ^B{1889^B}; Spike Milligan, English comedian and writer, ^B{1918^B}; Peter Ustinov, English actor and novelist, ^B{1921^B}; Kingsley Amis, English novelist, ^B{1922^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Aphra Behn, English playwright, ^B{1689^B}; Francisco de Goya, Spanish painter, ^B{1828^B}; Marie Tussaud, French wax-modeler, ^B{1850^B}; St Bernadette of Lourdes, French saint, ^B{1879^B}; Samuel Smiles, Scottish social reformer and author of ^I{Self-Help^I}, ^B{1904^B}; David Lean, English film director, ^B{1991^B}.
