Page 7: Historical Events In October - 16
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
1978 Dan Dailey, dancer/actor (Gov Drinkwater-Governor & JJ), dies at 63 on October - 16. 

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

1981 On October - 16 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 October - 16. 

1982 Jacov Gotovac, composer, dies at 86 on October - 16. 

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

1984 On October - 16 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 October - 16. 

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

1986 On this day in history 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 this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

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 On this day in history 2011 Nikki Reed weds Paul McDonald in Malibu 

2012 Conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria, leads to 24 militant deaths and several structures set ablaze on October - 16. 

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

2014 On this day in history new Zealand, Malaysia, Angola, Spain and Venezuela are elected to the United Nations Security Council 

2017 Iraqi army seizes control of oil-rich Kirkuk, from Kurdish peshmerga on this day in history. 

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

2017 On October - 16 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 this day in history 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 Man Booker Prize is won by Anna Burns' "Milkman", the first winner from Northern Ireland on this day in history. 

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

2018 On October - 16 chairman of China's Xinjiang’s government defends its detention camps for Uighur Muslims saying they provided “vocational education and training†

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