Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). There are 76 days remaining. Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays Events 456 - Count Ricimer defeats the Roman Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western empire 1775 - Portland, Maine burned by the British 1781 - George Washington captures Yorktown, Virginia 1834 - Houses of Parliament burn down in London 1859 - John Brown leads raid on Harper's Ferry, West Virginia 1869 - Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, discovered. 1934 - Chinese Communists under Mao Zedong begin their Long March 1940 - Benjamin O. Davis Sr named first African-American general in the United States Army 1940 - Warsaw ghetto established 1946 - Ten war criminals of the Second World War, condemned in the Nuremberg trials were hanged: Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Alfred Jodl, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Wilhelm Keitel, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Fritz Sauckel, Arthur Seyss-Inquart and Julius Streicher. Hermann Göring committed suicide the night before his planned execution. 1964 - People's Republic of China detonates its first nuclear weapon 1970 - Anwar Sadat elected President of Egypt 1973 - Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1978 - Karol Wojtyla becomes Pope John Paul II 1984 - Desmond Tutu awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Births 1430 - James II of Scotland († 1460) 1663 - Eugene of Savoy, general of the Austrian army. 1714 - Giovanni Arduino, geologist († 1795) 1758 - Noah Webster, American lexicographer. 1854 - Oscar Wilde, Irish writer († 1900) 1886 - David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel († 1973) 1888 - Eugene O'Neill, American playwright († 1953) 1890 - Michael Collins, Irish patriot († 1922) 1890 - Paul Strand, photographer 1898 - William O. Douglas, justice of the United States Supreme Court († 1980) 1925 - Angela Lansbury, actress 1927 - Günter Grass, German novelist 1931 - Charles Colson, Watergate scandal conspirator 1936 - Andrei Chikatilo, Russian serial killer 1940 - Barry Corbin, actor 1940 - Dave DeBusschere, NBA basketball player († 2003) 1941 - Tim McCarver, baseball star, commentator 1946 - Suzanne Somers, actress 1947 - Bob Weir, musician (The Grateful Dead) 1952 - Boogie Mosson, musician (P Funk) 1958 - Tim Robbins, Americann actor, director, writer 1959 - Gary Kemp, musician, actor 1962 - Flea, bassist (Red Hot Chili Peppers) 1965 - Frank Black, musician, member of the Pixies 1965 - Steve Lamacq, journalist and BBC radio DJ 1984 - Vanina Azar, musician Deaths 1793 - Marie Antoinette, queen of France 1796 - Victor Amadeus III of Savoy 1877 - Theodore Barrière, French dramatist 1888 - John Wentworth, mayor of Chicago, United States 1946 - Hans Frank, German war criminal 1946 - Wilhelm Frick, German war criminal 1946 - Alfred Jodl, German military officer 1946 - Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian SS officer 1946 - Wilhelm Keitel, German military officer 1946 - Joachim von Ribbentrop, German politician 1946 - Alfred Rosenberg, Estonian collaborator 1946 - Fritz Sauckel, German war criminal 1946 - Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian Nazi leader, governor of The Netherlands during the German occupation (1940-1945). 1946 - Julius Streicher, German propagandist 1959 - George C. Marshall, general, United States Secretary of State 1972 - Hale Boggs, Congressman from Louisiana 1972 - Leo G. Carroll, actor 1973 - Gene Krupa, musician 1978 - Dan Dailey, actor 1981 - Moshe Dayan, Israeli general 1989 - Cornel Wilde, actor 1990 - Art Blakey, jazz drummer 1992 - Shirley Booth, actress 1997 - James Michener, writer 1998 - Jon Postel, American Internet pioneer 1999 - Jean Shepherd, writer, actor Holidays Bahá'í Faith - Feast of 'Ilm (Knowledge) - First day of the 12th month of the Bahá'í Calendar United States - Boss's Day See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December October 15 - October 17 - September 16 - November 16 - more historical anniversaries This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.