Historical Events In October - 16

1978  On this day in history dan Dailey, dancer/actor (Gov Drinkwater-Governor & JJ), dies at 63   

1980  On this day in history carl PM Romme, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (KVP), dies at 83   

1981  Moshe Dayan, Israel's general/minister of Defense, dies at 66 on October - 16.   

1982  Mt Palomar Observatory first to detect Halley's comet on 13th return on October - 16.   

1982  On October - 16 jacov Gotovac, composer, dies at 86   

1983  George Liberace, violinist (Liberace Show), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1984  Bishop Desmond Tutu awarded the Nobel peace prize on October - 16.   

1984  Desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, wins the Nobel Peace Prize on this day in history.   

1984  On October - 16 ken Carpenter, TV announcer (Lux Video Theater), dies at 84   

1985  Intel introduces 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip(more power more power!!) on October - 16.   

1985  On this day in history claude Stroud, actor (Hobart-Ted Knight Show, Duke), dies at 78   

1986  On this day in history uS govt closes down due to budget problems   

1986  On October - 16 arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist, dies at 65   

1987  175-kph winds cause blackout in London, much of southern England on October - 16.   

1987  Jessica McClure rescued 58 hrs after falling 22 feet into a well shaft on October - 16.   

1987  Dana Suesse, songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1989  Cornel Wilde, actor (Saadia, Comic, Beach Red, Gargoyles), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1990  US forces reach 200,000 in the Persian Gulf on October - 16.   

1990  Art Blakey, jazz drummer (Jazz Messengers), dies of cancer at 71 on this day in history.   

1991  George Jo Hennard, 35, kills 23 & himself & wounds 20 in Texas on October - 16.   

2005  U.S. Helicopters and warplanes bomb two villages near Ramadi in western Iraq, killing about 70 people on this day in history.   

2006  The last MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) was decommissioned on this day in history.   

2011  2011 Nikki Reed weds Paul McDonald in Malibu on October - 16.   

2012  On this day in history conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria, leads to 24 militant deaths and several structures set ablaze   

2013  On this day in history 21 people are killed after a minibus hits a land mine in Nawa, Syria   

2014  New Zealand, Malaysia, Angola, Spain and Venezuela are elected to the United Nations Security Council on October - 16.   

2017  On October - 16 iraqi army seizes control of oil-rich Kirkuk, from Kurdish peshmerga   

2017  Storm formed from Hurricane Ophelia lashes Ireland, killing 3 people on this day in history.   

2017  On this day in history findings published of neutron star collision (17 August), the first cosmic event seen in gravitational waves and light. Confirms heavy elements such as gold the result of such collisions   

2017  On October - 16 panama Papers Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia killed in a suspicious car bomb in Malta   

2018  On this day in history saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman denies knowledge of the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi according to President Trump   

2018  On this day in history man Booker Prize is won by Anna Burns' "Milkman", the first winner from Northern Ireland   

2018  Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Duchess of Sussex begin their first royal tour visiting Australia and New Zealand on October - 16.   

2018  Chairman of China's Xinjiang’s government defends its detention camps for Uighur Muslims saying they provided “vocational education and training” on October - 16.   

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1396  William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450) was born on October - 16.   

1430  King James II of Scotland (d. 1460) was born on this day in history.   

1483  On this day in history birth of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)   

1535  Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585) was born on October - 16.   

1605  On October - 16 birth of charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer   

1663  Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736) was born on October - 16.   

1679  On this day in history birth of jan Dismas Zelenka, composer   

1708  Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science) was born on October - 16.   

0775  On October - 16 mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

1323  On this day in history amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74   

1333  On October - 16 nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies   

1355  Death of Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death on October - 16.   

1473  Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

1553  On October - 16 lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81   

1555  Death of Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80 on October - 16.   

1570  Death of Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered on this day in history.