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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