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Historical Events In October - 16

Monday, 25 September 2023

1943  On October - 16 anti Jewish riot in Rome  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  On this day in history hungary: Horthy govt falls/nazi count Szalasi becomes premier  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  Eric Westberg, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  UN's Food & Agriculture Organization comes into existence on October - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  On this day in history 10 Nazi leaders hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg trials  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  Alfred G Jodl, Col-Gen/German staff chief weather authority, hanged on October - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  "Red Mill" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 831 performances on October - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  On October - 16 henry Foley, cricketer (one Test for NZ, scored 2 & 2), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  WDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer, dies at 85 on October - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1951  The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1951  On October - 16 liaquat Ali Khan, PM of Pakistan (1947-51), assassinated by Said Akbar  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1952  Woolworth's opens in San Francisco at Powell & Market street on October - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1952  Pakistan's 1st Test starts, v India at Delhi on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1953  Fidel Castro sentenced to 15 years (Havana) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1956  "Love Me Tender" with Elvis Presley premieres on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1957  On October - 16 queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visit Williamsburg Virginia  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1957  Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visits Williamsburg Virginia on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  On this day in history benjamin Britten's "Nocturne," premieres  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1959  On October - 16 george C Marshall, US army general, dies at 78  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1960  NL votes to admit Houston & NY to league on October - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  Cuban missile crisis began as JFK becomes aware of missiles in Cuba on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  Byron R White becomes a Supreme Court Justice on October - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher (Water & Dreams), dies at 78 on October - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  On October - 16 china becomes world's 5th nuclear power  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1969  On October - 16 soyuz 6 (Russian) returns to Earth  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1970  Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Nasser on October - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  On this day in history leo G Carroll, actor (Topper, Man From Uncle), dies at 80  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  On October - 16 kissinger & Le Duc Tho jointly awarded Nobel peace prize  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  Gene Krupa, US swing drummer (Sing Sing Sing), dies at 64 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  Soyuz 23 (Russian) returns to Earth on October - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1977  Michael Balcon, producer, dies at 81 on October - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1978  On October - 16 polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected supreme pontiff-John Paul II  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In October - 16

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1396  On October - 16 birth of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1430  On October - 16 birth of king James II of Scotland (d. 1460)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1483  Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542) was born on October - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1535  On October - 16 birth of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1605  On October - 16 birth of charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1663  Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736) was born on October - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1679  On October - 16 birth of jan Dismas Zelenka, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1708  Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In October - 16

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0775  Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1323  On October - 16 amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1333  On this day in history nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1355  Death of Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1473  On this day in history reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1553  On this day in history lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1555  Death of Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1570  Death of Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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