Page 6: Historical Events In October - 16

1943  On this day in history anti Jewish riot in Rome   

1944  Hungary: Horthy govt falls/nazi count Szalasi becomes premier on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history eric Westberg, composer, dies at 52   

1945  On October - 16 uN's Food & Agriculture Organization comes into existence   

1946  On October - 16 10 Nazi leaders hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg trials   

1946  On October - 16 alfred G Jodl, Col-Gen/German staff chief weather authority, hanged   

1948  "Red Mill" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 831 performances on October - 16.   

1948  Henry Foley, cricketer (one Test for NZ, scored 2 & 2), dies on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history wDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1949  Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1951  On October - 16 the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.   

1951  On this day in history liaquat Ali Khan, PM of Pakistan (1947-51), assassinated by Said Akbar   

1952  Woolworth's opens in San Francisco at Powell & Market street on this day in history.   

1952  Pakistan's 1st Test starts, v India at Delhi on this day in history.   

1953  Fidel Castro sentenced to 15 years (Havana) on October - 16.   

1956  "Love Me Tender" with Elvis Presley premieres on October - 16.   

1957  On October - 16 queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visit Williamsburg Virginia   

1957  On this day in history queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visits Williamsburg Virginia   

1958  Benjamin Britten's "Nocturne," premieres on October - 16.   

1959  On this day in history george C Marshall, US army general, dies at 78   

1960  On this day in history nL votes to admit Houston & NY to league   

1962  Cuban missile crisis began as JFK becomes aware of missiles in Cuba on this day in history.   

1962  Byron R White becomes a Supreme Court Justice on October - 16.   

1962  Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher (Water & Dreams), dies at 78 on October - 16.   

1964  China becomes world's 5th nuclear power on this day in history.   

1969  Soyuz 6 (Russian) returns to Earth on October - 16.   

1970  Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Nasser on October - 16.   

1972  The Commission of Inquiry in the Matter of the Employment Practices Relating to the Running-Trades' Employees in the Railway Industry, the Gallagher Commission publishes its report. This looked at the employment practices, particularly hours of work on October - 16.   

1972  On this day in history leo G Carroll, actor (Topper, Man From Uncle), dies at 80   

1973  Kissinger & Le Duc Tho jointly awarded Nobel peace prize on this day in history.   

1973  Gene Krupa, US swing drummer (Sing Sing Sing), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1976  On October - 16 soyuz 23 (Russian) returns to Earth   

1977  On October - 16 michael Balcon, producer, dies at 81   

1978  On this day in history polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected supreme pontiff-John Paul II   

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1396  On this day in history birth of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450)   

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

1483  Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542) was born on October - 16.   

1535  Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585) was born on this day in history.   

1605  On this day in history birth of charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer   

1663  On October - 16 birth of prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736)   

1679  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer was born on this day in history.   

1708  On October - 16 birth of albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science)   

0775  On this day in history mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

1323  Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74 on October - 16.   

1333  On this day in history 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 October - 16.   

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

1555  On October - 16 death of hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80   

1570  On this day in history death of baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered