October 16

October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). There are 76 days remaining.

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays

Events

456 - Count Ricimer defeats the Roman Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western empire
1775 - Portland, Maine burned by the British
1781 - George Washington captures Yorktown, Virginia
1834 - Houses of Parliament burn down in London
1859 - John Brown leads raid on Harper's Ferry, West Virginia
1869 - Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, discovered.
1934 - Chinese Communists under Mao Zedong begin their Long March
1940 - Benjamin O. Davis Sr named first African-American general in the United States Army
1940 - Warsaw ghetto established
1946 - Ten war criminals of the Second World War, condemned in the Nuremberg trials were hanged: Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Alfred Jodl, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Wilhelm Keitel, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Fritz Sauckel, Arthur Seyss-Inquart and Julius Streicher. Hermann G�ring committed suicide the night before his planned execution.
1964 - People's Republic of China detonates its first nuclear weapon
1970 - Anwar Sadat elected President of Egypt
1973 - Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
1978 - Karol Wojtyla becomes Pope John Paul II
1984 - Desmond Tutu awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Births

1430 - James II of Scotland († 1460)
1663 - Eugene of Savoy, general of the Austrian army.
1714 - Giovanni Arduino, geologist († 1795)
1758 - Noah Webster, American lexicographer.
1854 - Oscar Wilde, Irish writer († 1900)
1886 - David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel († 1973)
1888 - Eugene O'Neill, American playwright († 1953)
1890 - Michael Collins, Irish patriot († 1922)
1890 - Paul Strand, photographer
1898 - William O. Douglas, justice of the United States Supreme Court († 1980)
1925 - Angela Lansbury, actress
1927 - G�nter Grass, German novelist
1931 - Charles Colson, Watergate scandal conspirator
1936 - Andrei Chikatilo, Russian serial killer
1940 - Barry Corbin, actor
1940 - Dave DeBusschere, NBA basketball player († 2003)
1941 - Tim McCarver, baseball star, commentator
1946 - Suzanne Somers, actress
1947 - Bob Weir, musician (The Grateful Dead)
1952 - Boogie Mosson, musician (P Funk)
1958 - Tim Robbins, Americann actor, director, writer
1959 - Gary Kemp, musician, actor
1962 - Flea, bassist (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
1965 - Frank Black, musician, member of the Pixies
1965 - Steve Lamacq, journalist and BBC radio DJ
1984 - Vanina Azar, musician

Deaths

1793 - Marie Antoinette, queen of France
1796 - Victor Amadeus III of Savoy
1877 - Theodore Barri�re, French dramatist
1888 - John Wentworth, mayor of Chicago, United States
1946 - Hans Frank, German war criminal
1946 - Wilhelm Frick, German war criminal
1946 - Alfred Jodl, German military officer
1946 - Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian SS officer
1946 - Wilhelm Keitel, German military officer
1946 - Joachim von Ribbentrop, German politician
1946 - Alfred Rosenberg, Estonian collaborator
1946 - Fritz Sauckel, German war criminal
1946 - Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian Nazi leader, governor of The Netherlands during the German occupation (1940-1945).
1946 - Julius Streicher, German propagandist
1959 - George C. Marshall, general, United States Secretary of State
1972 - Hale Boggs, Congressman from Louisiana
1972 - Leo G. Carroll, actor
1973 - Gene Krupa, musician
1978 - Dan Dailey, actor
1981 - Moshe Dayan, Israeli general
1989 - Cornel Wilde, actor
1990 - Art Blakey, jazz drummer
1992 - Shirley Booth, actress
1997 - James Michener, writer
1998 - Jon Postel, American Internet pioneer
1999 - Jean Shepherd, writer, actor

Holidays

Bahá'í Faith - Feast of 'Ilm (Knowledge) - First day of the 12th month of the Bahá'í Calendar
United States - Boss's Day

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