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October 16 in recent years

October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 76 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

  • 456 – Ricimer defeats Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire.
  • 690 – Empress Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang dynasty and proclaims herself ruler of the Chinese Empire.
  • 912Abd ar-Rahman III becomes the eighth Emir of Córdoba.
  • 955 – King Otto I defeats a Slavic revolt in what is now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
  • 1311 – The Council of Vienne convenes for the first time.
  • 1384Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, although she is a woman.

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1905 – The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
  • 1909William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
  • 1916 – Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
  • 1919 – Adolf Hitler delivers his first public address at a meeting of the German Workers' Party.
  • 1923Walt Disney and his brother, Roy, found the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, today known as The Walt Disney Company.
  • 1934 – Chinese Communists begin the Long March to escape Nationalist encirclement.
  • 1939World War II: No. 603 Squadron RAF intercepts the first Luftwaffe raid on Britain.
  • 1940 – Holocaust in Poland: The Warsaw Ghetto is established.
  • 1943 – Holocaust in Italy: Raid on the Roman Ghetto.
  • 1946Nuremberg trials: Ten defendants found guilty by the International Military Tribunal are executed by hanging.
  • 1947 – The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
  • 1949 – The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
  • 1951 – The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.
  • 1953Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro delivers his "History Will Absolve Me" speech, and is sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment by the Fulgencio Batista government for leading an attack on the Moncada Barracks.
  • 1962Cuban Missile Crisis begins: U.S. President John F. Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point).
  • 1964 – China detonates its first nuclear weapon.
  • 1964 – Leonid Brezhnev becomes leader of the Soviet Communist Party, while Alexei Kosygin becomes the head of government.
  • 1968 – Tommie Smith and John Carlos are ejected from the US Olympic team for participating in the Olympics Black Power salute.
  • 1968 – Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country.
  • 1968 – Yasunari Kawabata becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
  • 1970 – Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invokes the War Measures Act during the October Crisis.
  • 1973Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • 1975 – Indonesian troops kill the Balibo Five, a group of Australian journalists, in Portuguese Timor.
  • 1975 – Three-year-old Rahima Banu, from Bangladesh, is the last known case of naturally occurring smallpox.
  • 1975 – The Australian Coalition sparks a constitutional crisis when they vote to defer funding for the government's annual budget.
  • 1978 – Cardinal Karol Wojtyła is elected to the papacy as Pope John Paul II, he becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.
  • 1984Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • 1995 – The Million Man March takes place in Washington, D.C. About 837,000 attend.
  • 1995 – The Skye Bridge in Scotland is opened.
  • 1996 – Eighty-four football fans die and 180 are injured in a massive crush at a match in Guatemala City.
  • 1998 – Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a murder extradition warrant.
  • 2002 – The Bibliotheca Alexandrina opens in Egypt, commemorating the ancient library of Alexandria.
  • 2013 – Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes on approach to Pakse International Airport in Laos, killing 49 people.
  • 2017 – Storm Ophelia strikes the U.K. and Ireland causing major damage and power loss.

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1903Cecile de Brunhoff, French author and pianist (d. 2003)
  • 1903 – Big Joe Williams, American Delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982)
  • 1904 – Björn Berglund, Swedish actor (d. 1968)
  • 1905 – Ernst Kuzorra, German footballer and manager (d. 1990)
  • 1906León Klimovsky, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1996)
  • 1907 – Richard Titmuss, English sociologist and academic (d. 1973)
  • 1908Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator (d. 2006)
  • 1908 – Enver Hoxha, Albanian general and politician, Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1985)
  • 1911 – Otto von Bülow, German commander (d. 2006)
  • 1912 – Clifford Hansen, American rancher and politician, 26th Governor of Wyoming (d. 2009)
  • 1918Louis Althusser, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (d. 1990)
  • 1918 – Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic (d. 2013)
  • 1918 – Tony Rolt, English race car driver and engineer (d. 2008)
  • 1919Kathleen Winsor, American journalist and author (d. 2003)
  • 1920Paddy Finucane, Irish fighter pilot and flying ace (d. 1942)
  • 1921Matt Batts, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
  • 1921 – Sita Ram Goel, Indian historian, publisher and writer (d. 2003)
  • 1921 – MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder (d. 2010)
  • 1922Max Bygraves, English-Australian actor and singer (d. 2012)
  • 1922 – Leon Sullivan, American minister and activist (d. 2001)
  • 1923Linda Darnell, American actress (d. 1965)
  • 1923 – Bert Kaempfert, German conductor and composer (d. 1980)
  • 1923 – Bill McLaren, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster (d. 2010)
  • 1924 – Gerard Parkes, Irish-Canadian actor (d. 2014)
  • 1925Daniel J. Evans, American politician, 16th Governor of Washington
  • 1925 – Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer (d. 2022)
  • 1926Charles Dolan, American businessman, founded Cablevision and HBO
  • 1926 – Ed Valigursky, American illustrator (d. 2009)
  • 1927Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
  • 1928Mary Daly, American philosopher and theologian (d. 2010)
  • 1928 – Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress (d. 2016)
  • 1929Fernanda Montenegro, Brazilian actress
  • 1930John Polkinghorne, English physicist, theologian and priest (d. 2021)
  • 1930 – Carmen Sevilla, Spanish actress (d. 2023)
  • 1931 – Charles Colson, American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
  • 1931 – Valery Klimov, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 2022)
  • 1931 – Rosa Rosal, Filipino actress
  • 1931 – P. W. Underwood, American football player and coach (d. 2013)
  • 1932John Grant, English journalist and politician (d. 2000)
  • 1932 – Henry Lewis, American bassist and conductor (d. 1996)
  • 1932 – Lucien Paiement, Canadian physician and politician (d. 2013)
  • 1933Nobuyo Ōyama, Japanese voice actress
  • 1934 – Peter Ashdown, English race car driver
  • 1936 – Peter Bowles, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2022)
  • 1936 – Mladen Koščak, Croatian footballer (d. 1997)
  • 1936 – Akira Machida, Japanese lawyer and judge, 15th Chief Justice of Japan (d. 2015)
  • 1938 – Carl Gunter, Jr., American politician (d. 1999)
  • 1938 – Nico, German singer-songwriter, model, and actress (d. 1988)
  • 1940Barry Corbin, American actor and producer
  • 1940 – Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player and coach (d. 2003)
  • 1940 – Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist (d. 2009)
  • 1941 – Mel Counts, American basketball player
  • 1941 – Tim McCarver, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2023)
  • 1941 – Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, English computer programmer and politician
  • 1943 – Fred Turner, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player
  • 1944 – Kaizer Motaung, South African footballer and manager
  • 1944 – Elizabeth Loftus, American psychologist
  • 1945 – Stefan Buczacki, English horticulturalist, botanist, and television host
  • 1945 – Roger Hawkins, American session drummer (d. 2021)
  • 1945 – Paul Monette, American author and poet (d. 1995)
  • 1946Geoff Barnett, English footballer (d. 2021)
  • 1946 – Suzanne Somers, American actress and producer (d. 2023)
  • 1947 – Nicholas Day, English actor
  • 1947 – Terry Griffiths, Welsh snooker player and coach
  • 1947 – Bob Weir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1947 – David Zucker, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1948 – Alison Chitty, English production designer and costume designer
  • 1948 – Bruce Fleisher, American golfer (d. 2021)
  • 1948 – Hema Malini, Indian actress, director, producer, and politician
  • 1948 – Leo Mazzone, American baseball player and coach
  • 1950Angry Grandpa, American internet personality (d. 2017)
  • 1950 – Károly Horváth, Romanian-Hungarian cellist, flute player, and composer (d. 2015)
  • 1952 – Christopher Cox, American lawyer and politician
  • 1952 – Cordell Mosson, American bass player (d. 2013)
  • 1952 – Crazy Mohan, Indian actor, screenwriter, and playwright (d. 2019)
  • 1952 – Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton, English politician
  • 1953 – Tony Carey, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
  • 1953 – Paulo Roberto Falcão, Brazilian footballer and manager
  • 1954 – Lorenzo Carcaterra, American author and blogger
  • 1954 – Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
  • 1954 – Serafino Ghizzoni, Italian rugby player
  • 1954 – Corinna Harfouch, German actress
  • 1955Kieran Doherty, Irish Republican hunger striker and politician (d. 1981)
  • 1955 – Ellen Dolan, American actress
  • 1956Marin Alsop, American violinist and conductor
  • 1956 – John Chavis, American football player and coach
  • 1956 – Meg Rosoff, American-English author
  • 1956 – Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah, Bangladeshi poet, author, and playwright (d. 1992)
  • 1957 – Priidu Beier, Estonian poet and educator
  • 1958 – Roy McDonough, English footballer and manager
  • 1958 – Tim Robbins, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1959 – Kevin Brennan, Welsh journalist and politician
  • 1959 – Brian Harper, American baseball player
  • 1959 – Gary Kemp, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
  • 1959 – Philip Maini, Northern Irish mathematician at the University of Oxford
  • 1959 – Tessa Munt, English lawyer and politician
  • 1959 – Jamie Salmon, English-New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
  • 1959 – Erkki-Sven Tüür, Estonian flute player and composer
  • 1959 – John Whittingdale, English politician
  • 1960Guy LeBlanc, Canadian keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2015)
  • 1960 – Bob Mould, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1961Chris Doleman, American football player (d. 2020)
  • 1961 – Marc Levy, French author
  • 1961 – Randy Vasquez, American actor, director, and producer
  • 1962Manute Bol, Sudanese-American basketball player and activist (d. 2010)
  • 1962 – Flea, Australian-American bass player, songwriter, and actor
  • 1962 – Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian opera singer (d. 2017)
  • 1962 – Nico Lazaridis, German footballer
  • 1962 – Tamara McKinney, American skier
  • 1963 – Brendan Kibble, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1963 – Timothy Leighton, English physicist and academic
  • 1964 – Shawn Little, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
  • 1964 – James Thompson, American-Finnish author (d. 2014)
  • 1965 – Kang Kyung-ok, South Korean illustrator
  • 1965 – German Titov, Russian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1965 – Tom Tolbert, American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 1966Olof Lundh, Swedish journalist
  • 1966 – Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, American voice actress, singer, and director
  • 1967 – Michael Laffy, Australian footballer
  • 1967 – Davina McCall, English television host and actress
  • 1968 – Randall Batinkoff, American actor and producer
  • 1968 – Mark Lee, Singaporean actor and singer
  • 1968 – Francesco Libetta, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor
  • 1968 – Todd Stashwick, American actor and writer
  • 1968 – Elsa Zylberstein, French actress
  • 1969Roy Hargrove, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2018)
  • 1969 – Takao Omori, Japanese wrestler
  • 1969 – Terri J. Vaughn, American actress and producer
  • 1969 – Wendy Wilson, American singer-songwriter
  • 1970 – Kazuyuki Fujita, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
  • 1970 – Mehmet Scholl, German footballer and manager
  • 1971 – Frank Cuesta, Spanish television presenter
  • 1971 – Chad Gray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1971 – Paul Sparks, American actor
  • 1972 – Adrianne Frost, American comedian, actress, and author
  • 1972 – Darius Kasparaitis, Lithuanian-American ice hockey player and coach
  • 1972 – Kordell Stewart, American football player and radio host
  • 1973 – Justin Credible, American wrestler
  • 1973 – David Unsworth, English footballer and manager
  • 1974 – Aurela Gaçe, Albanian singer
  • 1974 – Paul Kariya, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1975 – Ernesto Noel Aquino, Honduran footballer
  • 1975 – Brynjar Gunnarsson, Icelandic footballer
  • 1975 – Jacques Kallis, South African cricketer
  • 1975 – Kellie Martin, American actress, director, and producer
  • 1977John Mayer, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1980Sue Bird, Israeli-American basketball player
  • 1980 – Jeremy Jackson, American actor and singer
  • 1980 – Caterina Scorsone, Canadian-American actress
  • 1980 – Timana Tahu, Australian rugby league player
  • 1981 – Brea Grant, American actress and writer
  • 1981 – Martin Halle, Danish footballer
  • 1981 – Boyd Melson, American boxer
  • 1981 – Anthony Reyes, American baseball player
  • 1982Alan Anderson, American basketball player
  • 1982 – Frédéric Michalak, French rugby player
  • 1982 – Cristian Riveros, Paraguayan footballer
  • 1982 – Prithviraj Sukumaran, Indian actor, singer, and producer
  • 1983Philipp Kohlschreiber, German tennis player
  • 1983 – Loreen, Swedish singer
  • 1983 – Kenny Omega, Canadian wrestler
  • 1984 – François Pervis, French track cyclist
  • 1984 – Rachel Reilly, American talk show host and actress
  • 1985 – Jay Beagle, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1985 – Alexis Hornbuckle, American basketball player
  • 1985 – Verena Sailer, German sprinter
  • 1985 – Casey Stoner, Australian motorcycle racer
  • 1985 – Peter Wallace, Australian rugby league player
  • 1986 – Nicky Adams, English-Welsh footballer
  • 1986 – Derk Boerrigter, Dutch footballer
  • 1986 – Inna, Romanian singer
  • 1988Zoltán Stieber, Hungarian footballer
  • 1989Dan Biggar, Welsh rugby player
  • 1991Jonathan Schoop, Curaçaoan baseball player
  • 1991 – Shardul Thakur, Indian cricketer
  • 1992Kostas Fortounis, Greek footballer
  • 1992 – Viktorija Golubic, Swiss tennis player
  • 1992 – Bryce Harper, American baseball player
  • 1992 – Stuart Lightbody, Irish badminton player
  • 1993Jovit Baldivino, Filipino singer and actor (d. 2022)
  • 1993 – Caroline Garcia, French tennis player
  • 1994Adam Elliott, Australian rugby league player
  • 1994 – Halimah Nakaayi, Ugandan middle-distance runner
  • 1997Charles Leclerc, Monégasque Formula One driver
  • 1997 – Naomi Osaka, Japanese tennis player
  • 1997 – Aliou Dieng, Malian footballer
  • 1999 – Aaron Nesmith, American basketball player

Deaths

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Holidays and observances

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