Page 7: Historical Events In October - 16

1978  Dan Dailey, dancer/actor (Gov Drinkwater-Governor & JJ), dies at 63 on October - 16.   

1980  On October - 16 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  On this day in history jacov Gotovac, composer, dies at 86   

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

1984  Bishop Desmond Tutu awarded the Nobel peace prize on October - 16.   

1984  Desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, wins the Nobel Peace Prize on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1986  On October - 16 uS govt closes down due to budget problems   

1986  On October - 16 arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist, dies at 65   

1987  On this day in history 175-kph winds cause blackout in London, much of southern England   

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  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 October - 16.   

1991  George Jo Hennard, 35, kills 23 & himself & wounds 20 in Texas on October - 16.   

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

2006  The last MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) was decommissioned on this day in history.   

2011  2011 Nikki Reed weds Paul McDonald in Malibu on this day in history.   

2012  Conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria, leads to 24 militant deaths and several structures set ablaze on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

2017  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 on this day in history.   

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  Man Booker Prize is won by Anna Burns' "Milkman", the first winner from Northern Ireland on October - 16.   

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

2018  Chairman of China's Xinjiang’s government defends its detention camps for Uighur Muslims saying they provided “vocational education and training” on October - 16.   

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1396  William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450) was born on this day in history.   

1430  On this day in history birth of king James II of Scotland (d. 1460)   

1483  Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542) was born on October - 16.   

1535  On October - 16 birth of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585)   

1605  Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer was born on October - 16.   

1663  Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736) was born on October - 16.   

1679  On this day in history birth of jan Dismas Zelenka, composer   

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

0775  Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on this day in history.   

1323  Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1333  On October - 16 nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies   

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.