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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_16" title="April 16">April 16</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1520" title="1520">1520</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolt_of_the_Comuneros" title="Revolt of the Comuneros">A revolt of citizens</a></b> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo,_Spain" title="Toledo, Spain">Toledo</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Castile" title="Kingdom of Castile">Castile</a>, opposed to the rule of the foreign-born <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles I</a>, began when the royal government attempted to unseat radical city councilors.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1862" title="1862">1862</a> – Slavery in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, ended when the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Compensated_Emancipation_Act" title="District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act">District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act</a></b> became law.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>: British and Canadian forces concluded the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_of_Arnhem" title="Liberation of Arnhem">Liberation of Arnhem</a></b> in the Netherlands from German occupation.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948" title="1948">1948</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OECD" title="OECD">Organisation for European Economic Co-operation</a></b>, headquartered in Paris, was founded.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a> – The ferry <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Sewol" title="MV Sewol">MV <i>Sewol</i></a></b> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_MV_Sewol" title="Sinking of MV Sewol">capsized and sank</a></b> off <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donggeochado" title="Donggeochado">Donggeochado</a>, South Korea, killing 306 people, mainly students from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danwon_High_School" title="Danwon High School">Danwon High School</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_I,_Duke_of_Austria_(Babenberg)" title="Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg)">Frederick I, Duke of Austria</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1198); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Brant" title="Molly Brant">Molly Brant</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1796); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponnambalam_Ramanathan" title="Ponnambalam Ramanathan">Ponnambalam Ramanathan</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1851)</p>
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