Page 7: Historical Events In October - 16

1978  Dan Dailey, dancer/actor (Gov Drinkwater-Governor & JJ), dies at 63 on October - 16.   

1980  Carl PM Romme, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (KVP), dies at 83 on October - 16.   

1981  On this day in history moshe Dayan, Israel's general/minister of Defense, dies at 66   

1982  Mt Palomar Observatory first to detect Halley's comet on 13th return on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history jacov Gotovac, composer, dies at 86   

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

1984  On this day in history bishop Desmond Tutu awarded the Nobel peace prize   

1984  On October - 16 desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, wins the Nobel Peace Prize   

1984  Ken Carpenter, TV announcer (Lux Video Theater), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history intel introduces 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip(more power more power!!)   

1985  Claude Stroud, actor (Hobart-Ted Knight Show, Duke), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1986  US govt closes down due to budget problems on October - 16.   

1986  Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

1987  On this day in history jessica McClure rescued 58 hrs after falling 22 feet into a well shaft   

1987  On October - 16 dana Suesse, songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures), dies at 75   

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 this day in history.   

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

1991  On this day in history george Jo Hennard, 35, kills 23 & himself & wounds 20 in Texas   

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

2006  On October - 16 the last MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) was decommissioned.   

2011  2011 Nikki Reed weds Paul McDonald in Malibu on this day in history.   

2012  On October - 16 conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria, leads to 24 militant deaths and several structures set ablaze   

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

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

2017  Iraqi army seizes control of oil-rich Kirkuk, from Kurdish peshmerga on October - 16.   

2017  Storm formed from Hurricane Ophelia lashes Ireland, killing 3 people on October - 16.   

2017  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 on October - 16.   

2017  Panama Papers Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia killed in a suspicious car bomb in Malta on October - 16.   

2018  On October - 16 saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman denies knowledge of the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi according to President Trump   

2018  Man Booker Prize is won by Anna Burns' "Milkman", the first winner from Northern Ireland on October - 16.   

2018  On this day in history britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Duchess of Sussex begin their first royal tour visiting Australia and New Zealand   

2018  Chairman of China's Xinjiang’s government defends its detention camps for Uighur Muslims saying they provided “vocational education and training” on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

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

1663  Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736) was born on this day in history.   

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  Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1333  Nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies on October - 16.   

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  Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 on October - 16.   

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.