16 October
October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). There are 76 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1430 - James II of Scotland (d. 1460)
- 1483 - Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)
- 1663 - Eugene of Savoy, general of the Austrian army.
- 1714 - Giovanni Arduino, geologist (d. 1795)
- 1758 - Noah Webster, American lexicographer
- 1815 - Francis Lubbock, Governor of Texas (d. 1905)
- 1854 - Oscar Wilde, Irish writer (d. 1900)
- 1861 - J. B. Bury, historian (d. 1927)
- 1878 - Maxey Long, American athlete
- 1886 - David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1973)
- 1888 - Eugene O'Neill, American playwright (d. 1953)
- 1890 - Michael Collins, Irish patriot (d. 1922)
- 1890 - Paul Strand, photographer
- 1898 - William O. Douglas, justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1980)
- 1900 - Primo Conti, Futurist painter
- 1914 - Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan
- 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 (d. 2003)
- 1941 - Tim McCarver, baseball star, commentator
- 1946 - Suzanne Somers, actress
- 1947 - Bob Weir, musician (The Grateful Dead)
- 1947 - Terry Griffiths, Welsh snooker player
- 1952 - Boogie Mosson, musician (P Funk)
- 1958 - Tim Robbins, American actor, director, writer
- 1959 - Gary Kemp, musician, actor
- 1962 - Flea, bassist (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- 1965 - Steve Lamacq, journalist and BBC radio DJ
- 1974 - Paul Kariya, hockey star
- 1980 - Sue Bird, WNBA basketball star
Deaths
- 1591 - Pope Gregory XIV
- 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
- 1900 - Primo Conti, Futurist painter
- 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, Nazi ideologist
- 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
- 1951 - Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan
- 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
- 1983 - Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer
- 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
October 15 - October 17 - September 16 - November 16 - more historical anniversaries
