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 290th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 76 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 3, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 480,288 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 ‘dihectaenneacontagon’ day.
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 105 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 4,317 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 16 Historical Events
- 1590 –Carlo Gesualdo, composer, Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, murders his wife, Donna Maria d'Avalos, and her lover Fabrizio Carafa, the Duke of Andria at the Palazzo San Severo in Naples.
- 1846 –William TG Morton first demonstrated ether anesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital in the Ether Dome.
- 1859 –John Brown leads a raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
- 1923 –The Walt Disney Company is founded by Walt Disney and his brother, Roy Disney.
- 1939 –World War II: First attack on British territory by the German Luftwaffe.
- 1946 –Nuremberg Trials: Execution of the convicted Nazi leaders of the Main Trial.
- 1964 –The People’s Republic of China detonates its first nuclear weapon.
- 1993 –Anti-Nazi riot breaks out in Welling in Kent, after police stop protesters approaching the British National Party headquarters.
- 1995 –The Million Man March occurs in Washington, D.C.
- 1995 –The Skye Bridge is opened.
Who were born on October 16?
- 1430 –King James II of Scotland (d. 1460)
- 1804 –Benjamin Russell, American artist (d. 1885)
- 1900 –Primo Conti, Italian painter (d. 1988)
- 1952 –Boogie Mosson, American musician (P Funk)
- 1952 –Ron Taylor, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1969 –Danny Hesp, Dutch footballer
- 1975 –Jacques Kallis, South African cricketer
- 1981 –Anthony Reyes, American baseball player
- 1982 –Vincy Chan, Hong Kong singer
- 2003 –Princess Kritika of Nepal, daughter of Crown Prince Paras
Who died on October 16?
- 1594 –William Allen, English Catholic cardinal (b. 1532)
- 1621 –Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dutch composer (b. 1562)
- 1810 –Nachman of Breslov, founder of Breslov Hasidut (b. 1772)
- 1971 –Robin Boyd, Australian architect (b.1919)
- 1974 –Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, Carnatic musician (b. 1895)
- 1997 –Audra Lindley, American actress (b. 1918)
- 2002 –Dawson family, American murder victims
- 2004 –Pierre Salinger, John F. Kennedy’s White House Press Secretary (b. 1925)
- 2006 –John Murra, Ukrainian-American anthropologist (b. 1916)
- 2007 –Toše Proeski, Macedonian music star and humanitarian (b. 1981)
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