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16 October
October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). There are 76 days remaining.
Events
- 456 - Count Ricimer defeats the Roman Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western empire
- 1775 - Portland, Maine burned by the British
- 1781 - George Washington captures Yorktown, Virginia
- 1834 - Houses of Parliament burn down in London
- 1859 - John Brown leads raid on Harper's Ferry, West Virginia
- 1869 - Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, discovered.
- 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 established
- 1946 - Ten war criminals of the Second World War, condemned in the Nuremberg trials were hanged: Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Alfred Jodl, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Wilhelm Keitel, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Fritz Sauckel, Arthur Seyss-Inquart and Julius Streicher. Hermann Göring committed suicide the night before his planned execution.
- 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
- 1970 - Anwar Sadat elected President of Egypt
- 1973 - Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1978 - Karol Wojtyla becomes Pope John Paul II
- 1984 - Desmond Tutu awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Births
- 1430 - James II of Scotland († 1460)
- 1663 - Eugene of Savoy, general of the Austrian army.
- 1714 - Giovanni Arduino, geologist († 1795)
- 1758 - Noah Webster, American lexicographer.
- 1854 - Oscar Wilde, Irish writer († 1900)
- 1886 - David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel († 1973)
- 1888 - Eugene O'Neill, American playwright († 1953)
- 1890 - Michael Collins, Irish patriot († 1922)
- 1890 - Paul Strand, photographer
- 1898 - William O. Douglas, justice of the United States Supreme Court († 1980)
- 1914 - Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan
- 1925 - Angela Lansbury, actress
- 1927 - Günter Grass, German novelist
- 1931 - Charles Colson, Watergate scandal conspirator
- 1936 - Andrei Chikatilo, Russian serial killer
- 1940 - Barry Corbin, actor
- 1940 - Dave DeBusschere, NBA basketball player († 2003)
- 1941 - Tim McCarver, baseball star, commentator
- 1946 - Suzanne Somers, actress
- 1947 - Bob Weir, musician (The Grateful Dead)
- 1952 - Boogie Mosson, musician (P Funk)
- 1958 - Tim Robbins, American actor, director, writer
- 1959 - Gary Kemp, musician, actor
- 1962 - Flea, bassist (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- 1965 - Frank Black, musician, member of the Pixies
- 1965 - Steve Lamacq, journalist and BBC radio DJ
- 1984 - Vanina Azar, musician
Deaths
- 1793 - Marie Antoinette, queen of France
- 1796 - Victor Amadeus III of Savoy
- 1877 - Theodore Barrière, French dramatist
- 1888 - John Wentworth, mayor of Chicago, United States
- 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, Estonian collaborator
- 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, musician
- 1978 - Dan Dailey, actor
- 1981 - Moshe Dayan, Israeli general
- 1983 - Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer
- 1989 - Cornel Wilde, actor
- 1990 - Art Blakey, jazz drummer
- 1992 - Shirley Booth, actress
- 1997 - James Michener, writer
- 1998 - Jon Postel, American Internet pioneer
- 1999 - Jean Shepherd, writer, actor
Holidays
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
October 15 - October 17 - September 16 - November 16 - more historical anniversaries
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