October 16

October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). There are 76 days remaining.

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Events

• 1978 - Karol Wojtyla becomes Pope John Paul II.

Births

• 1663 - Eugene of Savoy, general of the Austrian army.
• 1758 - Noah Webster, American lexicographer.
• 1854 - Oscar Wilde, Irish writer.
• 1886 - David Ben-Gurion, first prime minister of Israel.
• 1888 - Eugene O'Neill, American dramatist.
• 1890 - Paul Strand, American photographer.
• 1927 - Günter Grass, German novelist.
• 1958 - Tim Robbins, American actor.

Deaths

• 1793 - Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (executed).
• 1946 - Artur Seiss-Inquart, Austrian national-socialist leader, governor of The Netherlands during the German occupation (1940-1945).
• 1981 - Moshe Dayan, Israeli general.
• 1990 - Art Blakey, jazz drummer.

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