October 16 in History

Historical Events on October 16

1859 John Brown leads a raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

1923 The Walt Disney Company is founded by Walt Disney and his brother, Roy Disney.

1939 World War II: No. 603 Squadron RAF intercepts the first Luftwaffe raid on Britain.

1940 The Holocaust in Poland: The Warsaw Ghetto is established.

1947 Republic of the Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.

1973 Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

1978 Karol Wojtyla is elected Pope John Paul II after the October 1978 Papal conclave, the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.

1984 Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

1998 Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a warrant from Spain requesting his extradition on murder charges.

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Famous Birthdays on October 16

1854 Oscar Wilde

1974 Paul Kariya

1977 John Mayer

1983 Kenny Omega

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Famous Deaths on October 16

1793 Marie Antoinette

1946 Joachim von Ribbentrop

1959 George Marshall

2011 Dan Wheldon

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