What are the important events that happened on October 16? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 16: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 16 is the 289th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 76 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 3, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 489,048 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaoctacontaenneagon’ day.
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Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 124 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,682 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 16 Historical Events
- 1780 –Royalton, Vermont and Tunbridge, Vermont are the last major raids of the American Revolutionary War.
- 1793 –The Battle of Wattignies ends in a French victory.
- 1869 –Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England’s first residential college for women.
- 1946 –Nuremberg Trials: Execution of the convicted Nazi leaders of the Main Trial.
- 1949 –The diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and the German Democratic Republic are established.
- 1951 –The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.
- 1968 –United States athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos are kicked off the US team for participating in the 1968 Olympics Black Power salute.
- 1970 –In response to the October Crisis terrorist kidnapping, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of Canada invokes the War Measures Act.
- 1993 –Anti-Nazi riot breaks out in Welling in Kent, after police stop protesters approaching the British National Party headquarters.
- 2002 –Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, is officially inaugurated.
Who were born on October 16?
- 1430 –King James II of Scotland (d. 1460)
- 1726 –Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (d. 1801)
- 1888 –Eugene O'Neill, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
- 1898 –William O. Douglas, American jurist (d. 1980)
- 1928 –Mary Daly, American feminist philosopher and theologian (d. 2010)
- 1938 –Nico, German musician, fashion model and actress (d. 1988)
- 1941 –Tim McCarver, American baseball player and commentator
- 1971 –Chad Gray, American singer
- 1973 –David Unsworth, English footballer
- 1979 –Erin Brown, American actress, model, filmmaker, and musician
Who died on October 16?
- 1628 –François de Malherbe, French poet and critic (b. 1555)
- 1796 –Victor Amadeus III of Savoy (b. 1726)
- 1810 –Nachman of Breslov, founder of Breslov Hasidut (b. 1772)
- 1822 –Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian ballet dancer (b. 1724)
- 1964 –Patsy Callighen, Canadian Hockey Player (b. 1906)
- 1972 –Leo G. Carroll, English actor (b. 1886)
- 1973 –Gene Krupa, American jazz drummer (b. 1909)
- 1990 –Jorge Bolet, Cuban-American classical pianist (b. 1914)
- 1996 –Eric Malpass, English novelist (b. 1910)
- 2002 –Dawson family, American murder victims
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