Historical Events In October - 16

1943  Anti Jewish riot in Rome on October - 16.   

1944  On October - 16 hungary: Horthy govt falls/nazi count Szalasi becomes premier   

1944  Eric Westberg, composer, dies at 52 on October - 16.   

1945  On this day in history uN's Food & Agriculture Organization comes into existence   

1946  On this day in history 10 Nazi leaders hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg trials   

1946  On this day in history alfred G Jodl, Col-Gen/German staff chief weather authority, hanged   

1948  "Red Mill" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 831 performances on October - 16.   

1948  Henry Foley, cricketer (one Test for NZ, scored 2 & 2), dies on October - 16.   

1949  WDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1949  Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1951  The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi on October - 16.   

1951  On October - 16 liaquat Ali Khan, PM of Pakistan (1947-51), assassinated by Said Akbar   

1952  On this day in history woolworth's opens in San Francisco at Powell & Market street   

1952  Pakistan's 1st Test starts, v India at Delhi on this day in history.   

1953  On October - 16 fidel Castro sentenced to 15 years (Havana)   

1956  "Love Me Tender" with Elvis Presley premieres on October - 16.   

1957  On October - 16 queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visit Williamsburg Virginia   

1957  On this day in history queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visits Williamsburg Virginia   

1958  Benjamin Britten's "Nocturne," premieres on October - 16.   

1959  On October - 16 george C Marshall, US army general, dies at 78   

1960  On October - 16 nL votes to admit Houston & NY to league   

1962  Cuban missile crisis began as JFK becomes aware of missiles in Cuba on October - 16.   

1962  On October - 16 byron R White becomes a Supreme Court Justice   

1962  Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher (Water & Dreams), dies at 78 on October - 16.   

1964  China becomes world's 5th nuclear power on this day in history.   

1969  On October - 16 soyuz 6 (Russian) returns to Earth   

1970  Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Nasser on this day in history.   

1972  On October - 16 the Commission of Inquiry in the Matter of the Employment Practices Relating to the Running-Trades' Employees in the Railway Industry, the Gallagher Commission publishes its report. This looked at the employment practices, particularly hours of work.   

1972  On October - 16 leo G Carroll, actor (Topper, Man From Uncle), dies at 80   

1973  On October - 16 kissinger & Le Duc Tho jointly awarded Nobel peace prize   

1973  Gene Krupa, US swing drummer (Sing Sing Sing), dies at 64 on October - 16.   

1976  On this day in history soyuz 23 (Russian) returns to Earth   

1977  On October - 16 michael Balcon, producer, dies at 81   

1978  On October - 16 polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected supreme pontiff-John Paul II   

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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 October - 16.   

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

1535  Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585) was born on October - 16.   

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

1663  On October - 16 birth of prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736)   

1679  On October - 16 birth of jan Dismas Zelenka, composer   

1708  On this day in history birth of albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science)   

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

1323  On October - 16 amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74   

1333  On this day in history nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies   

1355  Death of Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death on October - 16.   

1473  Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies on October - 16.   

1553  Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1555  On this day in history death of hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80   

1570  Death of Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered on October - 16.