October 16

Thursday 16, 2003:

iTunes released for Windows XP and Windows 2000.

Wednesday 16, 2002:

Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, is officially inaugurated.

Tuesday 16, 2001:

U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: U.S. warplanes mistakenly bomb International Red Cross warehouse in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Monday 16, 2000:

2000 - InuYasha debuts in Japan

Wednesday 16, 1996:

84 are killed and more than 180 injured as 47,000 soccer fans attempt to squeeze into the 36,000-seat Mateo Flores Stadium in Guatemala City.

Monday 16, 1995:

The Million Man March occurs in Washington, DC.

Friday 16, 1992:

Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson files a 1.4 million USD lawsuit against French tabloids for running topless photos taken of her on the French Riviera, including some of Texas millionaire John Bryan suckling on her toes.

Wednesday 16, 1991:

George Hennard runs amok in Killeen, Texas, killing 23 and wounding 19 in Luby's Cafeteria.

Friday 16, 1987:

Great Storm of 1987: hurricane force winds to hit much of the South of England killing 23 people.

Tuesday 16, 1984:

Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

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.

Tuesday 16, 1973:

Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Monday 16, 1972:

Rainbow, a British television programme for children, debuts.

Friday 16, 1970:

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

Thursday 16, 1969:

The "miracle" New York Mets win the World Series.

Wednesday 16, 1968:

Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney Riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country.

Friday 16, 1964:

People's Republic of China detonates its first nuclear weapon

Tuesday 16, 1951:

The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi

Sunday 16, 1949:

Nikos Zakhiariadis, leader of the Communist Party of Greece, announces a "temporary cease-fire", effectively ending the Greek Civil War.

Wednesday 16, 1946:

Ten war criminals of the Second World War, condemned in the Nuremberg trials hanged.

Wednesday 16, 1940:

1940 - Warsaw Ghetto established

Tuesday 16, 1934:

Chinese Communists under Mao Zedong begin their Long March

Wednesday 16, 1912:

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

Tuesday 16, 1906:

The Captain of Köpenick fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.

Monday 16, 1882:

The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.

Saturday 16, 1869:

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

Sunday 16, 1859:

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

Monday 16, 1843:

Sir William Rowan Hamilton invents the concept of quaternions.

Saturday 16, 1841:

Queen's University is founded.

Thursday 16, 1834:

Much of the ancient structures of the Palace of Westminster in London is burnt down

Saturday 16, 1813:

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

Wednesday 16, 1793:

1793 - Battle of Wattignies

Tuesday 16, 1781:

George Washington captures Yorktown, Virginia

Monday 16, 1775:

Portland, Maine burned by the British

Monday 16, 456:

Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Roman Empire

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