What Happened on October 16?
All
events
births
deaths
holidays
EVENTS ON OCTOBER 16
Origins of the American Civil War
Year:
1859
Origins of the American Civil War: Abolitionist John Brown and his supporters launch a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia).
Like
Girton College, Cambridge
Year:
1869
Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
Like
William T. G. Morton
Year:
1846
William T. G. Morton administers ether anesthesia during a surgical operation.
Like
William Rowan Hamilton
Year:
1843
William Rowan Hamilton invents quaternions, a three-dimensional system of complex numbers.
Like
Burning of Parliament
Year:
1834
Much of the ancient structure of the Palace of Westminster in London burns to the ground.
Like
Queen's University at Kingston
Year:
1841
Queen's University is founded in the Province of Canada.
Like
Cardiff Giant
Year:
1869
The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
Like
Brigham Young University
Year:
1875
Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
Like
Margaret Sanger
Year:
1916
Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
Like
German Workers' Party
Year:
1919
Adolf Hitler delivers his first public address at a meeting of the German Workers' Party.
Like
BIRTHS ON OCTOBER 16
Tim McCarver
Year of birth:
1941
Tim McCarver, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023)
Like
Mel Counts
Year of birth:
1941
Mel Counts, American basketball player
Like
Emma Nicholson
Year of birth:
1941
Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, English computer programmer and politician
Like
Barry Corbin
Year of birth:
1940
Barry Corbin, American actor and producer
Like
Dave DeBusschere
Year of birth:
1940
Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player and coach (died 2003)
Like
Fred Turner (musician)
Year of birth:
1943
Fred Turner, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player
Like
Elizabeth Loftus
Year of birth:
1944
Elizabeth Loftus, American psychologist
Like
William Forster (Australian politician)
Year of birth:
1818
William Forster, Indian-Australian politician, 4th Premier of New South Wales (died 1882)
Like
Suzanne Somers
Year of birth:
1946
Suzanne Somers, American actress and producer (died 2023)
Like
Roger Hawkins (drummer)
Year of birth:
1945
Roger Hawkins, American session drummer (died 2021)
Like
DEATHS ON OCTOBER 16
Julius Streicher
Year of death:
1946
Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
Like
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Year of death:
1946
Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
Like
Jean de Brunhoff
Year of death:
1937
Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (born 1899)
Like
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Year of death:
1946
Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
Like
Fritz Sauckel
Year of death:
1946
Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
Like
Wilhelm Keitel
Year of death:
1946
Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
Like
Alfred Rosenberg
Year of death:
1946
Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
Like
Effie Adelaide Rowlands
Year of death:
1936
Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (born 1859)
Like
Ralph Rose
Year of death:
1913
Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (born 1885)
Like
Théodore Barrière
Year of death:
1877
Théodore Barrière, French playwright (born 1823)
Like
HOLIDAYS ON OCTOBER 16
Margaret Mary Alacoque
Christian feast day: Marguerite Marie Alacoque
Like
Bulgarian Air Force
Air Force Day (Bulgaria)
Like
Hugh Latimer
Christian feast day: Hugh Latimer (Anglicanism)
Like
Marie-Marguerite d'Youville
Christian feast day: Marie-Marguerite d'Youville
Like
Nicholas Ridley (martyr)
Christian feast day: Nicholas Ridley (Anglicanism)
Like
October 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: October 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Like
Pope Victor III
Christian feast day: Pope Victor III
Like
Beatification
Christian feast day: Blessed Thevarparampil Kunjachan (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church / Catholic Church)
Like
Hedwig of Silesia
Christian feast day: Hedwig of Silesia
Like
Gerard Majella
Christian feast day: Gerard Majella
Like