Timeline April 1916

Events in April 1916 6

• 1916 – 2003 Gregory Peck (1916-2003) Died 12 June 2003, aged 87 Gregory Peck was a leading Hollywood actor for more than four decades, associated with upright, principled characters. He won the Academy Award for playing the lawyer Atticus Finch in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. He was also active in liberal political causes and the film academy.
• 1916 – 1999 Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999) Died 12 March 1999, aged 82 Yehudi Menuhin was an American-born violinist regarded as one of the greatest of the 20th century. He performed and recorded prolifically for eight decades and later held British citizenship, being made a life peer. He died in Berlin from complications following bronchitis.
• 1916 Easter Rising Irish republicans rebel against British rule in Dublin Irish republicans launched an armed insurrection in Dublin, seizing key buildings and proclaiming an Irish Republic. British forces suppressed the rising within a week, and the subsequent execution of its leaders galvanized support for Irish independence.
• 1916 The Easter Rising Dublin, Ireland Irish republicans seized central Dublin while Britain was at war. The rising failed in six days; the execution of its leaders turned opinion towards independence.
• 1916 The surrender at Kut Kut, Mesopotamia After a five-month siege, 13,000 British and Indian troops surrendered to the Ottomans. Most died in captivity.
• 1916 – 2001 Claude Shannon (1916-2001) Died 24 February 2001, aged 84 Shannon was a mathematician and engineer whose 1948 paper founded information theory and introduced the bit as the unit of information. His earlier master's thesis had shown how Boolean algebra could describe electrical circuits. His ideas underpin all modern digital communication.