Historical Events In October - 16

1943  On October - 16 anti Jewish riot in Rome  

1944  On this day in history hungary: Horthy govt falls/nazi count Szalasi becomes premier  

1944  Eric Westberg, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1945  UN's Food & Agriculture Organization comes into existence on October - 16.  

1946  On this day in history 10 Nazi leaders hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg trials  

1946  Alfred G Jodl, Col-Gen/German staff chief weather authority, hanged on October - 16.  

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

1948  On October - 16 henry Foley, cricketer (one Test for NZ, scored 2 & 2), dies  

1949  WDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

1949  Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer, dies at 85 on October - 16.  

1951  The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi on this day in history.  

1951  On October - 16 liaquat Ali Khan, PM of Pakistan (1947-51), assassinated by Said Akbar  

1952  Woolworth's opens in San Francisco at Powell & Market street on October - 16.  

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

1953  Fidel Castro sentenced to 15 years (Havana) on this day in history.  

1956  "Love Me Tender" with Elvis Presley premieres on this day in history.  

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

1957  Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visits Williamsburg Virginia on this day in history.  

1958  On this day in history benjamin Britten's "Nocturne," premieres  

1959  On October - 16 george C Marshall, US army general, dies at 78  

1960  NL votes to admit Houston & NY to league on October - 16.  

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  On October - 16 china becomes world's 5th nuclear power  

1969  On October - 16 soyuz 6 (Russian) returns to Earth  

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

1972  On this day in history 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.  

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

1973  On October - 16 kissinger & Le Duc Tho jointly awarded Nobel peace prize  

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

1976  Soyuz 23 (Russian) returns to Earth on October - 16.  

1977  Michael Balcon, producer, dies at 81 on October - 16.  

1978  On October - 16 polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected supreme pontiff-John Paul II  

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1396  On October - 16 birth of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450)  

1430  On October - 16 birth of king James II of Scotland (d. 1460)  

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

1535  On October - 16 birth of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585)  

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 October - 16 birth of jan Dismas Zelenka, composer  

1708  Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science) was born on this day in history.  

0775  Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on this day in history.  

1323  On October - 16 amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74  

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 this day in history.  

1473  On this day in history reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies  

1553  On this day in history lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81  

1555  Death of Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80 on this day in history.  

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