April 16

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1178 BC	The calculated date of the Greek king Odysseus' return home from the Trojan War.	The Smoke	Odyssey	The Smoke
2	1862	American Civil War: A bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia becomes law.	Tyrannosaurus Rex	Prelude	A Beard of Stars
3	1908	Natural Bridges National Monument was established in Utah.	L'Spaerow	Bridges	L'Spaerow
4	1919	Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Amritsar Massacre by the British.	Danielson Famile	Pray 1,995 Prayers	A Prayer for Every Hour
5	1941	Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians throws the only Opening Day no-hitter in the history of Major League Baseball, beating the Chicago White Sox 1-0.	ExTxA	Two Strikes You Suck	We're Not the Problem
6	1947	Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.	The Microphones	I'm Getting Cold	Don't Wake Me Up
7	1962	Walter Cronkite takes over as the lead news anchor of the CBS Evening News, during which time he would become "the most trusted man in America".	Zola Jesus	Trust Me	Stridulum II
8	1963	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.	Enon	Get the Letter Out	Believo!

(Historical facts about April 16 are from Wikipedia.)