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October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years ). There are 76 days remaining.
Events
400-1899 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Roman Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Roman Empire 1775 - Portland, Maine burned by the British 1781 - George Washington captures Yorktown, Virginia 1793 - Marie Antoinette , daughter of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria , and wife of Louis XVI and hence Queen Consort of France , was guillotined at the height of the French Revolution .1793 - Battle of Wattignies 1813 - The Sixth Coalition attacked Napoleon Bonaparte in the Battle of Leipzig , on their way to an invasion of France to restore the House of Bourbon to the French throne .1834 - Much of the ancient structures of the Palace of Westminster in London is burnt down1859 - John Brown leads raid on Harper's Ferry, West Virginia 1869 - Cardiff Giant , one of the most famous American hoaxes, discovered.1869 - England 's first residential college for women, Girton College , is founded in Cambridge . 1882 - The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.
1900-1999 1906 - The Captain of Köpenick fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.1912 - Bulgarian pilots Radul Minkov and Prodan Toprakchiev perform the first bombing with an airplane in history at the railway station of Karaagac near Turkey .1934 - Chinese Communists under Mao Zedong begin their Long March 1940 - Benjamin O. Davis Sr. named first African American general in the United States Army 1940 - Warsaw ghetto was established 1946 - Ten war criminals of the Second World War , condemned in the Nuremberg trials were hanged.1949 - Nikos Zakhiariadis , leader of the Communist Party of Greece , announced a "temporary cease-fire to prevent the complete annihilation of Greece", effectively marking the end of the Greek Civil War .1951 - The first Prime Minister of Pakistan , Liaquat Ali Khan , is assassinated in Rawalpindi 1964 - People's Republic of China detonates its first nuclear weapon 1968 - US-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos are kicked out of the USA's team for performing a raised-fist Black Power salute during the 200m dash medal ceremony.1968 - Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney Riots , inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country.1970 - Anwar Sadat elected President of Egypt 1970 - Canada - In response to the October Crisis terrorist kidnapping, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act imposing martial law . 1973 - Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1975 - The Balibo Five , a group of Australian television journalists based in the town of Balibo in the then Portuguese Timor (now Indonesian troops.1978 - Karol Józef Wojtyła becomes Pope John Paul II 1984 - Desmond Tutu awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1991 - George Hennard runs amok in Killeen , Texas , killing 23 and wounding 19 in Luby's Cafeteria.1992 - Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson files a 1.4 million French tabloids for running topless photos taken of her on the French Riviera , including some of Texas millionaire John Bryan suckling on her toes.1995 - The Million Man March occurs in Washington, DC .1996 - 84 are killed and more than 180 injured as 47,000 soccer fans attempt to squeeze into the 36,000-seat Mateo Flores Stadium in Guatemala City .
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Births
1400-1899 1430 - James II of Scotland (d. 1460 )1483 - Gasparo Contarini , Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542 )1535 - Niwa Nagahide , Japanese retainer, samurai, and daimyo (d. 1585 )1663 - Eugene of Savoy , general of the Austrian army.1714 - Giovanni Arduino , geologist (d. 1795 )1758 - Noah Webster , American lexicographer1815 - Francis Lubbock , Governor of Texas (d. 1905 )1840 - Kuroda Kiyotaka , Japanese politician and prime minister (d. 1900 )1854 - Oscar Wilde , Irish writer (d. 1900 )1861 - J. B. Bury , historian (d. 1927 )1878 - Maxey Long , American athlete1886 - David Ben-Gurion , first Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1973 )1888 - Eugene O'Neill , American playwright (d. 1953 )1890 - Irish patriot (d. 1922 )1890 - Paul Strand , photographer 1898 - William O. Douglas , justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1980 )
1900-1999 1900 - Primo Conti , Futurist painter1914 - Zahir Shah , King of Afghanistan 1925 - Angela Lansbury , actress1927 - Günter Grass , German novelist1931 - Charles Colson , Watergate scandal conspirator1936 - Andrei Chikatilo , Russian serial killer 1940 - Barry Corbin , actor1940 - Dave DeBusschere , NBA basketball player (d. 2003 ) 1941 - Tim McCarver , baseball star, commentator1946 - Suzanne Somers , actress1947 - Bob Weir , musician (The Grateful Dead )1947 - Terry Griffiths , Welsh snooker player 1952 - Boogie Mosson , musician (P Funk )1952 - Ron Taylor , American actor (d. 2002 ) 1958 - Tim Robbins , American actor, director, writer1959 - Gary Kemp , musician, actor1962 - Flea , bassist (Red Hot Chili Peppers )1965 - Steve Lamacq , journalist and BBC radio DJ 1974 - Paul Kariya , hockey star1977 - John Mayer , musician1980 - Sue Bird , WNBA basketball star
Deaths
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1900-1999 1946 - Hans Frank , German war criminal 1946 - Wilhelm Frick , German war criminal 1946 - Alfred Jodl , German military officer 1946 - Ernst Kaltenbrunner , Austrian SS officer 1946 - Wilhelm Keitel , German military officer 1946 - Joachim von Ribbentrop , German politician 1946 - Alfred Rosenberg , Nazi ideologist 1946 - Fritz Sauckel , German war criminal 1946 - Arthur Seyss-Inquart , Austrian Nazi leader, governor of The Netherlands during the German occupation (1940-1945). 1946 - Julius Streicher , German propagandist 1951 - Liaquat Ali Khan , first Prime Minister of Pakistan 1959 - George C. Marshall , general, United States Secretary of State 1972 - Hale Boggs , Congressman from Louisiana 1972 - Leo G. Carroll , actor 1973 - Gene Krupa , musician1978 - Dan Dailey , actor1981 - Moshe Dayan , Israeli general1983 - Jakov Gotovac , Croatian composer1986 - Arthur Grumiaux , Belgian violinist (b. 1921 )1989 - Cornel Wilde , actor1990 - Art Blakey , jazz drummer1992 - Shirley Booth , actress1997 - James Michener , American writer1998 - Jon Postel , American Internet pioneer1999 - Jean Shepherd , writer, actor
2000-2099
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Celebrity Link: Birthdays for October 16 (24 words)
David 'Shark' Fralick born on October 16 , 1962 Ann Eleonora Jørgensen born on October 16 , 1965 Terri J. Vaughn born on October 16 , 1969
Today in History: October 16 (1483 words)
Late on the night of October 16 , 1859 , John Brown and twenty-one armed followers stole into the town of Harper's Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) as most of its residents slept. The upper hand which nighttime surprise had afforded the raiders quickly eroded, and by the evening of October 17, the conspirators who were still alive were holed-up in an engine house. In order to be able to distinguish between insurgents and hostages, marines under Colonel Robert E. Lee waited for daylight on October 18 to storm the building.
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