Historical Events In October - 16

1978  On this day in history dan Dailey, dancer/actor (Gov Drinkwater-Governor & JJ), dies at 63   

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 this day in history.   

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

1983  On October - 16 george Liberace, violinist (Liberace Show), dies at 72   

1984  On October - 16 bishop Desmond Tutu awarded the Nobel peace prize   

1984  Desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, wins the Nobel Peace Prize on October - 16.   

1984  On October - 16 ken Carpenter, TV announcer (Lux Video Theater), dies at 84   

1985  Intel introduces 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip(more power more power!!) on October - 16.   

1985  On October - 16 claude Stroud, actor (Hobart-Ted Knight Show, Duke), dies at 78   

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

1986  Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist, dies at 65 on October - 16.   

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

1987  Jessica McClure rescued 58 hrs after falling 22 feet into a well shaft on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history 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 October - 16.   

1990  US forces reach 200,000 in the Persian Gulf on this day in history.   

1990  On October - 16 art Blakey, jazz drummer (Jazz Messengers), dies of cancer at 71   

1991  On October - 16 george Jo Hennard, 35, kills 23 & himself & wounds 20 in Texas   

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

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

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

2012  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

2017  On this day in history storm formed from Hurricane Ophelia lashes Ireland, killing 3 people   

2017  On this day in history 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 October - 16 panama Papers Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia killed in a suspicious car bomb in Malta   

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  On this day in history man Booker Prize is won by Anna Burns' "Milkman", the first winner from Northern Ireland   

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

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 this day in history birth of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450)   

1430  King James II of Scotland (d. 1460) was born on this day in history.   

1483  On October - 16 birth of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)   

1535  Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585) was born on this day in history.   

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  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0775  On this day in history mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

1323  Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74 on October - 16.   

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

1355  On October - 16 death of louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death   

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

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.