Historical Events for 16th April 2023

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1917 - 21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy in 2:28:37.2
1918 - The British House of Commons passes a new Military Service Bill, taking men up to 55 years old and extending to Ireland
1923 - 27th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar in 2:23:37.4 for second straight year; 3rd race victory
1953 - Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0 for a 4-1 series win
1970 - Protestant Unionist Ian Paisley wins seat formerly held by Terence O'Neill in the Stormont (North Ireland Parliament)
1974 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1983 - Steve Garvey sets NL record by playing in 1,118 consecutive games
1984 - 88th Boston Marathon: Englishman Geoff Smith wins men's event in 2:10:34; Lorraine Moller of New Zealand women's champion in 2:29:28
1993 - David Lee Roth arrested in NYC for purchasing marijuana for $10
2007 - Virginia Tech massacre: The deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. The gunman, Seung-Hui Cho, kills 32 people and injures 23 others before committing suicide.

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