| 16/4/2018 | Argyris Papathanassopoulos becomes the first Greek athlete to finish first (4.34.36) at the North Pole Marathon at Camp Barneo overcoming 60 opponents and temperatures of -33 degrees Celsius |
| 16/4/1990 | Vassilis Vlahodimitropoulos, director of many sport events and Angelos Piriohos survive a plane crash |
| 16/4/1986 | OFI footballer Alesandro Isis from Chile fails the doping test for the second time in three months after the OFI - PAOK match having used nadrolone. Nevertheless no punishment is inflicted upon him at the request of Dr Manfred Donike, head of Koln Doping Laboratory |
| 16/4/1980 | Tennis player Arthur Ashe retires |
| 16/4/1968 | Baseball's longest night game (6 hours and 6 minutes) is played. The Houston Astros win after 24 innings |
| 16/4/1959 | The NY Yankees unveil their first message scoreboard |
| 16/4/1935 | Babe Ruth plays his first game with the Boston Braves (Braves - New York 4-2) |
| 16/4/1927 | “Achillia” track & field meeting, organized by Ethnikos, Olympiacos, Aek and 10 other clubs, takes place at Panathinaiko Stadium. The British club “Achilefs” participates in the meeting with top rank athletes and takes the first place with 14 gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze medals. Ethnikos wins the second place (2-4-4) and Amaroussion AC the third (2-1-3) |
| 16/4/1912 | Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly over the English Channel |
