On This Day: April 16th

The historic Børsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, is severely damaged by a fire.

The New York Times and The New Yorker win the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for breaking news of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal.

Ecuador's worst earthquake in nearly 40 years kills 676 and injures more than 230,000.

The South Korean ferry MV Sewol capsizes and sinks near Jindo Island, killing 304 passengers and crew and leading to widespread criticism of the South Korean government, media, and shipping authorities.

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Sistan and Balochistan province, Iran, killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others.

The 2013 Baga massacre is started when Boko Haram militants engage government soldiers in Baga.

The trial for Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, begins in Oslo, Norway.

The Pulitzer Prize winners are announced. It was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize.

The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the Baze v. Rees decision that execution by lethal injection does not violate the Eighth Amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment.

Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho murders 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.