Page 7: Historical Events In October - 16
Friday, 21 February 2025
1978 Dan Dailey, dancer/actor (Gov Drinkwater-Governor & JJ), dies at 63 on this day in history.
1980 On this day in history carl PM Romme, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (KVP), dies at 83
1981 On this day in history moshe Dayan, Israel's general/minister of Defense, dies at 66
1982 On this day in history mt Palomar Observatory first to detect Halley's comet on 13th return
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 this day in history 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 October - 16 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 this day in history 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 October - 16.
1987 Dana Suesse, songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures), dies at 75 on October - 16.
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 George Jo Hennard, 35, kills 23 & himself & wounds 20 in Texas on October - 16.
2005 On October - 16 u.S. Helicopters and warplanes bomb two villages near Ramadi in western Iraq, killing about 70 people.
2006 On this day in history the last MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) was decommissioned.
2011 On October - 16 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 October - 16.
2014 On October - 16 new Zealand, Malaysia, Angola, Spain and Venezuela are elected to the United Nations Security Council
2017 On this day in history iraqi army seizes control of oil-rich Kirkuk, from Kurdish peshmerga
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 Panama Papers Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia killed in a suspicious car bomb in Malta on this day in history.
2018 Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman denies knowledge of the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi according to President Trump on October - 16.
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 On this day in history chairman of China's Xinjiang’s government defends its detention camps for Uighur Muslims saying they provided “vocational education and trainingâ€