Page 7: Historical Events In October - 16
Tuesday, 21 January 2025
1978 On October - 16 dan Dailey, dancer/actor (Gov Drinkwater-Governor & JJ), dies at 63
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 On this day in history mt Palomar Observatory first to detect Halley's comet on 13th return
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 Bishop Desmond Tutu awarded the Nobel peace prize on October - 16.
1984 Desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, wins the Nobel Peace Prize on October - 16.
1984 On this day in history 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 Claude Stroud, actor (Hobart-Ted Knight Show, Duke), dies at 78 on this day in history.
1986 On October - 16 uS govt closes down due to budget problems
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 On October - 16 jessica McClure rescued 58 hrs after falling 22 feet into a well shaft
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 October - 16.
1990 On October - 16 uS forces reach 200,000 in the Persian Gulf
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 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 Conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria, leads to 24 militant deaths and several structures set ablaze on October - 16.
2013 On this day in history 21 people are killed after a minibus hits a land mine in Nawa, Syria
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 this day in history.
2017 Storm formed from Hurricane Ophelia lashes Ireland, killing 3 people on October - 16.
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 Panama Papers Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia killed in a suspicious car bomb in Malta on this day in history.
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 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 this day in history.
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€