On this day in history - Today, April, 16

Today in History

• 1912 Harriet Quimby flies across the English Channel

  The U.S. aviator was the first woman who achieved this feat. She died at the age of 37 when her plan

• 1917 Vladimir Lenin returns to Russia from exile

  The communist revolutionary became leader of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (SFSR)

• 1964 The Rolling Stones release their debut album

  The album The Rolling Stones, released in the United States with the added title “England's Newest H

• 2003 Ten new member states are admitted to the European Union

  The Treaty of Accession admitted countries including Poland, Cyprus, and the Czech Republic to the E

• 2012 The trial of Anders Behring Breivik begins in Oslo

  The right-wing extremist had killed 77 people, mostly teenagers, in Oslo with a car bomb and at a yo