October 16

Friday 16, 1970:

In response to the October Crisis terrorist kidnapping, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invokes the War Measures Act.

Wednesday 16, 1912:

Bulgarian pilots Radul Milkov and Prodan Toprakchiev perform the first bombing with an airplane in history.

Saturday 16, 1869:

England's first residential college for women, Girton College, Cambridge, is founded.

Saturday 16, 1813:

The Sixth Coalition attacks Napoleon Bonaparte in the Battle of Leipzig.

Wednesday 16, 1793:

1793 - Battle of Wattignies

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