October 16

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on October 16. From 1900 until now. October 16 is under the sign of Libra. Famous birthdays on this day include John Mayer (1977), Andrei Chikatilo (1936) and Christophe Maé (1975). Several movies were released around October 16 over the years, such as The Great Dictator in 1940 directed by Charles Chaplin and Le cercle rouge in 1970 directed by Jean-Pierre Melville.
But much more happened on October 16 over the years: find out below

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2018 Somali Civil War (2009–present): The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) says that a U.S. airstrike has killed around 60 al-Shabaab militants near Harardhere in central Somalia. (BBC)
2017 War in Somalia: 14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings: Somalis march to demonstrate their anger at the presence of al-Shabaab, the group believed to be responsible for a recent bombing attack. (BBC)Battle of Kirkuk (2017): Iraqi government forces have captured key installations outside the disputed city of Kirkuk from Kurdish fighters. (BBC)Concern over oil supplies from Iraq has pushed crude prices higher as the country's government continues its move against Kurdish forces. (BBC)
2016 Turkey–ISIL conflict: A suicide bomber kills three police officers and wounds at least nine people in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep during a police raid on a suspected ISIL safehouse. (Reuters)
2015 Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian political violence: Palestinian rioters set fire to the building containing Joseph's Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus causing heavy damage to the structure before the fire is put out. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas condemns the attack. (Times of Israel) (Jerusalem Post)An Israeli soldier is stabbed shortly after the fire by a Palestinian posing as a journalist with a camera and a "PRESS" vest; the attacker is shot dead. (Reuters)
2014 War in North-West Pakistan: The Pakistan Air Force claims to have killed at least 27 militants in overnight airstrikes. (AFP via Hindustan Times)
2013 Syrian civil war:: At least 21 civilians are killed when their minibus hits a land mine in southern Syrian town of Nawa, with opposition activists blaming the Syrian army. (Reuters), (BBC)
2012 Senkaku Islands dispute: Seven People's Liberation Army Navy warships are spotted by Japanese helicopters outside Japanese territorial waters near Yonaguni. (Japan Daily Press)
2011 Libyan Civil War (2011): Fighting continues in the city of Bani Walid, one of the few remaining towns loyal to the ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi, between pro-Gaddafi fighters and besieging forces loyal to the National Transitional Council. (BBC)
2010 Three blasts rocked southern Afghanistan's restive city of Kandahar, killing at least four people and injuring two others. (Xinhua)
2009 Voters in Botswana take part in a general election. (IOL) (Al Jazeera)
2008 American second largest bank Citigroup posts its fourth straight quarterly loss of $13 billion due to write-downs and credit losses. The bank has recorded US$71 billion in losses over five quarters.
2007 Irish writer Anne Enright wins the 2007 Man Booker Prize for her novel ''The Gathering''. (BBC News)
2006 Hawaii Earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocks Hawaii, causing property damage, injuries, landslides, power outages, and the closure of Honolulu International Airport.
2005 Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, addresses the Millions More event in Washington DC and condemns George W. Bush for the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina. (BBC)
2004 The Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses, under The United States Department of Veterans Affairs, concludes in a report that "a substantial proportion of Gulf War veterans are ill with multisymptom conditions not explained by wartime stress or psychiatric illness" and a "probable link" to exposure to neurotoxins. (BBC) (NY Times)
2003 Occupation of Iraq: The UN Security Council unanimously approves a new US resolution on Iraq. Russia, Germany and France back the resolution but will not provide troops or money. A survey indicates poor morale amongst the US troops serving in Iraq.
2002 US President George W. Bush signs the Iraq War Resolution.
1999 In Southern California, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurs. Few injuries, light damage.
1998 Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a warrant from Spain requesting his extradition on murder charges.
1997 Side Show, opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 91 performances
1996 Eighty-four people are killed and more than 180 injured as 47,000 football fans attempt to squeeze into the 36,000-seat Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City.
1995 Allan Donald takes 8-71 as South Africa defeat Zimbabwe
1994 Raul Julia, actor (Addams Family), suffers a stroke
1993 General Omar al-Bashir appointed Sudan President
1992 1,700th David Letterman Show
1991 US Supreme Court begins to hear Joseph Doherty case
1990 Stand Up Tragedy closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 13 performances
1989 Bikenibau Paeniu installed as Premier of Tuvalu
1988 Smile Jamaica concert for Hurricane Gilbert victims held in London
1987 338,500,000 shares traded on New York stock exchange (record)
1986 Raggedy Ann opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 5 performances
1985 Challenger vehicle moves to launch pad for STS 61A mission
1984 Baboon heart transplanted into a 15-day-old baby girl
1983 Zorba opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 362 performances
1982 Devils 1st road victory 6-5 over Penguins
1981 2nd Dutch government of Van Agt resigns
1980 Brigadoon opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 133 performances
1979 A tsunami in Nice, France kills 23 people.
1978 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Herbert A Simon
1976 Toronto Maple Leafs' Lanny McDonald scores a hat trick in 2 minutes 54 seconds.
1975 The Balibo Five, a group of Australian television journalists based in the town of Balibo in the then Portuguese Timor (now East Timor), are killed by Indonesian troops.
1973 Israeli tanks under General Sharon move through Suez Canal
1972 Pacific Paradise opens at Palace Theater NYC for 5 performances
1971 Amphitheater in McLaren Park is dedicated in San Francisco, California.
1970 In response to the October Crisis terrorist kidnapping, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of Canada invokes the War Measures Act.
1969 100-1 shot New York Mets beat Orioles 5-3 and win 66th World Series in 5
1968 China reports removal of President Li Sjao-tji
1967 WETK TV channel 33 in Burlington, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 Joean Baez and 123 other ani-draft protestors arrested in Oakland
1965 Drat! - The Cat! closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 8 performances
1964 Brezhnev and Kosygin replace Khrushchev as head of Russia
1963 2 secret US military satellites launched from Cape Canaveral
1962 Byron R White becomes a Supreme Court Justice
1960 NL votes to admit Houston and New York to league
1958 First broadcast of the long-running BBC Television children's programme ''Blue Peter''.ref name=quotPocket On This Dayquot
1957 Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visits Williamsburg Virginia
1956 William J Brennan Jr becomes a US Supreme Court Justice.
1953 Fidel Castro sentenced to 15 years (Havana)
1952 ''Limelight'' opens in London writer/actor/director/producer Charlie Chaplin arrives by ocean liner in transit his re-entry permit to the USA is revoked by J. Edgar Hoover.
1951 The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.
1949 WDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
1948 Red Mill opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 831 performances
1946 10 Nazi leaders hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg trials
1945 The Food and Agriculture Organization is founded in Quebec City, Canada.
1944 Hungary: Horthy government falls / Nazi count Szalasi becomes Premier
1943 Anti Jewish riot in Rome
1942 Aaron Copland / de Milles ballet Rodeo, premieres in New York City
1941 Gordo comic strip (by Gus Arriola) 1st appears in newspapers
1940 Lottery for 1st US WWII draftees held; #158 drawn 1st
1939 Sugar rationing begins in the Netherlands
1938 Winston Churchill, in a broadcast address to the United States, condemns the Munich Agreement as a defeat and calls upon America and western Europe to prepare for armed resistance against Hitler.
1936 Lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA
1934 Mao Tse-tung and 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March
1931 Trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd chops first victim.
1928 Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP honors, edging Heinie Manush by 2 points
1926 Mohammed Nadir Khan begins coup in Afghanistan, 1200 killed
1925 Peace accord of Locarno signed (Rhine Pact)
1923 Disney Co founded
1921 Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel, and Bill Piercy defy Landis ban on World Series
1916 Dodger manager Wilbert Robinson given $5,000 bonus
1915 Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria
1913 Booth Theater opens at 222 W 44th St, New York City
1912 Boston beats New York Giants, 4 games to 3 with a tie in 9th World Series.
1911 Mexican Revolution: Felix Diaz, nephew of Porfirio Diaz, occupies the port of Veracruz as a sign of rebellion against Madero.
1909 Jack Johnson KOs Stanley Ketchel in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1908 Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as Esquimoux
1907 Belasco Theater opens at 111 W 44th St, New York City
1906 Imposter Wilhelm Voigt impersonates a Prussian officer and takes over the city hall in Köpenick for a short time.
1905 The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
1904 Russian Baltic fleet departs to Port Arthur
1903 Homel, 1st Jewish self defense organization founded in Russia
1902 The first Borstal (youth offenders' institution) opens in Borstal, Kent, U.K.
1900 Queen Wilhelmina leaves Duke Heinrich Henry von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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