October 16

Thursday 16, 2003:

iTunes released for Windows XP and Windows 2000.

Monday 16, 1978:

Karol Józef Wojtyła becomes Pope John Paul II

Thursday 16, 1975:

The Balibo Five, a group of Australian television journalists based in the town of Balibo in the then Portuguese Timor (now East Timor), are killed by Indonesian troops.

Friday 16, 1970:

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

Sunday 16, 1859:

John Brown leads raid on Harper's Ferry, West Virginia

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