October 16th, 2008

Today in History

1972:
Rainbow, a British television programme for children, debuts.

456:
Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Roman Empire

1978:
Karol Józef Wojtyła becomes Pope John Paul II

2002:
Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, is officially inaugurated.

2000:
2000 - InuYasha debuts in Japan

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