16 April

Events which occurred on the 16th of April.

Events

1746: The Battle of Culloden ends, ending a Jacobite revolt led by Charles Edward Stuart.
1808: Politician Caleb B. Smith is born.
1867: Powered flight co-inventor Wilbur Wright is born.
1972: NASA's Apollo 16 launches.
1994: Author Ralph Ellison dies.
2151: During her maiden voyage, the Earth Starfleet starship
Enterprise
tracks a Suliban starship that departed from Rigel X. (ENT episode: "Broken Bow")
2356: The first complete computer model of the USS Enterprise is tested at Utopia Planitia as part of the Galaxy Class Starship Development Project. (TNG reference: Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual)
2384: The USS Rhea beams up a Collector obelisk while surveying an unnamed planet. (ST - DTI eBook: The Collectors)

1977: TOS comic: "The Ghost Planet", part 6 is reprinted in Mighty TV Comic, Issue 1322.
1980: The 39th installment of TOS comic: "The Real McCoy" is published in daily newspapers by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
1981: The 26th installment of TOS comic: "It's a Living" is published.
1982: The 47th installment of TOS comic: "The Wristwatch Plantation" is published.
1983: The 54th installment of TOS comic: "Send in the Clones" is published.
2003: ENT episode: "Horizon" airs.
2008: TOS - Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment comic: "Part 1" is published.
2014: The Official Starships Collection, Issue 18, featuring the Bajoran lightship, is released by Eaglemoss Collections.
2019: Star Trek Adventures RPG module: The Sciences Division is released by Mōdiphiüs Entertainment.
2020: Graphic Novel Collection, Volume 108 is released.
2024: LD season 4 is released on DVD, region 1.