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Subject: Events for October 16th 2008

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Date Posted: 04:59:36 10/17/08 Fri

October 16 Events in History - October 16 Birthdays - October 16 Deaths

October 16, 1997 "Side Show," opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 91 performances
October 16, 1995 Allan Donald takes 8-71 as South Africa defeat Zimbabwe
October 16, 1995 Brian Lara scores 169 in Sharjah ODI versus Sri Lanka
October 16, 1995 Million Man March held in Washington D.C. (over 800,000 black men attend)
October 16, 1995 ODI in Sharjah WI 7-333 in 50 overs beat Sri Lanka 329 all out
October 16, 1994 Raul Julia, actor (Addams Family), suffers a stroke
October 16, 1993 General Omar al-Bashir appointed Sudan president
October 16, 1993 IRA bomb attack on fish and chips restaurant in Belfast, 10 killed
October 16, 1992 1,700th David Letterman Show
October 16, 1992 1964 "Gilligan's Island" TV pilot 1st shown on TV (TBS)
October 16, 1991 George Jo Hennard, 35, kills 23 and himself and wounds 20 in Texas
October 16, 1991 U.S. Supreme Court begins to hear Joseph Doherty case
October 16, 1991 Dallas Mavericks Roy Tarpley becomes 7th to be banned from NBA for life under the league's anti-drug agreement
October 16, 1990 "Stand Up Tragedy" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 13 performances
October 16, 1990 Reds Eric Davis is 22nd player to homer in his 1st World Series at bat
October 16, 1990 Reds beat A's 7-0, ending Oakland's 10-game post-season winning streak
October 16, 1990 U.S. forces reach 200,000 in Persian Gulf
October 16, 1989 Bikenibau Paeniu installed as premier of Tuvalu
October 16, 1989 Jan Syse becomes premier of Norway
October 16, 1988 Orel Hirsheiser, 1st to pitch shutout in playoff and World Series
October 16, 1987 175-kph winds cause blackout in London, much of southern England
October 16, 1987 338,500,000 shares traded on New York stock exchange (record)
October 16, 1987 Dow Jones for 1st time falls more than 100 pts (108.35)
October 16, 1987 Jessica McClure rescued 58 hours after falling 22' into a well shaft
October 16, 1987 Mike Tyson TKOs Tyrell Biggs in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
October 16, 1987 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
October 16, 1986 "Raggedy Ann" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 5 performances
October 16, 1986 Armand Hammer returns to U.S. with Jewish refusenik David Goldfarb
October 16, 1986 Marie Osmond marries Brian Blosil
October 16, 1986 U.S. government closes down due to budget problems
October 16, 1986 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
October 16, 1985 Challenger vehicle moves to launch pad for STS 61A mission
October 16, 1985 Intel introduces 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip
October 16, 1985 Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals win their league championships
October 16, 1985 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Herbert Hauptman and Jerome Karle
October 16, 1984 Baboon heart transplanted into a 15-day-old baby girl
October 16, 1984 Desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, wins Nobel Peace Prize
October 16, 1983 "Zorba" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 362 performances
October 16, 1983 25th Ryder Cup: U.S., 14 -13 at PGA National GC (Fla)
October 16, 1983 Baltimore Orioles beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 3 in 80th World Series
October 16, 1982 Devils 1st road victory 6-5 over Penguins
October 16, 1982 Mt. Palomar Observatory 1st to detect Halley's comet on 13th return
October 16, 1982 Shultz warns U.S. will withdraw from United Nations if they vote to exclude Israel
October 16, 1982 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
October 16, 1981 2nd Dutch government of Van Agt resigns
October 16, 1981 Harvey Fierstein's "Torch Song Trilogy," premieres in New York City
October 16, 1980 "Brigadoon" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 133 performances
October 16, 1980 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
October 16, 1978 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Herbert A Simon
October 16, 1978 Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected supreme pontiff-John Paul II
October 16, 1978 Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs. Pakistan at Faisalabad
October 16, 1976 Soyuz 23 returns to Earth
October 16, 1976 Toronto Maple Leaf Lanny McDonald scores a hat trick in 2 min 54 sec
October 16, 1974 A's Ken Holtzman, who hasn't batted all season, belts 3rd inning home run in Game 4 and gets the win, 5-2
October 16, 1973 Israeli tanks under Gen Sharon move through Suez Canal
October 16, 1973 Kissinger and Le Duc Tho jointly awarded Nobel peace prize
October 16, 1973 Maynard Jackson elected 1st black mayor of Atlanta
October 16, 1973 Monks Heng Yo and Heng Ju, start 1000 mile San Francisco to Seattle pilgrimage
October 16, 1972 "Pacific Paradise" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 5 performances
October 16, 1972 Creedence Clearwater Revival breaks up
October 16, 1971 Amphitheater in McLaren Park is dedicated in San Francisco
October 16, 1970 Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Gamal Abdel Nasser
October 16, 1969 100-1 shot New York Mets beat Orioles 5-3 and win 66th World Series in 5
October 16, 1969 Soyuz 6 returns to Earth
October 16, 1969 Met Cleon Jones awarded 1st base when shoe polish on ball proves he is hit by a pitch, he scores on a HR in World Series
October 16, 1968 China reports removal of president Li Sjao-tji
October 16, 1968 Czechoslovakia and Russian "accord" rules allies Soviet forces
October 16, 1968 During Olympics Tommie Smith and John Carlos give black power salute
October 16, 1968 Milwaukee Bucks play their 1st game losing 89-84 to Chicago Bulls
October 16, 1968 Jim Dorey sets Toronto Maple Leaf penalty records (48 mins on 9 penalties in a game and 44 minutes on 7 penalties in a period)
October 16, 1967 WETK TV channel 33 in Burlington, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
October 16, 1967 WGNO TV channel 26 in New Orleans, Louisiana (ABC) begins broadcasting
October 16, 1966 Joean Baez and 123 other ani-draft protestors arrested in Oakland
October 16, 1965 "Drat! - The Cat!" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 8 performances
October 16, 1965 Singer Leslie Uggams marries Grahame Pratt in New York City
October 16, 1964 Brezhnev and Kosygin replace Khrushchev as head of Russia
October 16, 1964 China becomes world's 5th nuclear power
October 16, 1964 Harold Wilson's Labour party wins British election
October 16, 1964 Indians' directors vote to keep franchise in Cleveland, rejecting bids by Seattle, Oakland and Dallas
October 16, 1963 2 secret U.S. military satellites launched from Cape Canaveral
October 16, 1963 New York newspaper "Mirror" last edition
October 16, 1962 Byron R. White becomes a Supreme Court Justice
October 16, 1962 Cuban missile crisis began as John F. Kennedy becomes aware of missiles in Cuba
October 16, 1962 KTXT TV channel 5 in Lubbock, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting
October 16, 1962 Yanks (20th championship) beat San Francisco Giants 4 games to 3 in World Series
October 16, 1962 New York Yankees appear in 12 and win 9 of last 14 World Series
October 16, 1960 NL votes to admit Houston and New York to league
October 16, 1958 Benjamin Britten's "Nocturne," premieres
October 16, 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
October 16, 1957 Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visits Williamsburg Virginia
October 16, 1957 USAF sends 2 aluminium bullets into space
October 16, 1956 "Love Me Tender" with Elvis Presley premieres
October 16, 1956 William J. Brennan, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice
October 16, 1952 Pakistan's 1st Test starts, vs. India at Delhi
October 16, 1952 Woolworth's at Powell and Market (SF) opens
October 16, 1949 WDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, Missouri (NBC) begins broadcasting
October 16, 1948 "Red Mill" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 831 performances
October 16, 1948 Demonstration by Moscow Jews honoring Israeli ambassador Golda Meir
October 16, 1946 10 Nazi leaders hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg trials
October 16, 1945 UN's Food and Agriculture Organization comes into existence
October 16, 1944 Hungary: Horthy government falls/nazi count Szalasi becomes premier
October 16, 1943 Anti Jewish riot in Rome
October 16, 1943 Chicago Mayor Ed Kelly opens city's new subway system
October 16, 1943 Jewish quarter of Rome surrounded by Nazis, they are sent to Auschwitz
October 16, 1943 U.S. 1st Army establishes headquarter in Bristol
October 16, 1942 Aaron Copland/de Milles ballet "Rodeo," premieres in New York City
October 16, 1942 Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 south of Calcutta India
October 16, 1942 Natl Boxing Association freezes titles of those serving in armed services
October 16, 1941 "Gordo" comic strip (by Gus Arriola) 1st appears in newspapers
October 16, 1941 Germany advances within 60 miles of Moscow
October 16, 1941 Romanian Legionnaires enter Odessa Russia
October 16, 1940 Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named 1st black general in regular army
October 16, 1940 Lottery for 1st U.S. WW II draftees held; #158 drawn 1st
October 16, 1940 Warsaw Ghetto forms
October 16, 1939 Sugar rationing begins in Netherlands
October 16, 1936 Lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA
October 16, 1934 Mao Tse-tung and 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March
October 16, 1931 Trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd chops 1st
October 16, 1928 Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP honors, edging Heinie Manush by 2 points
October 16, 1926 Mohammed Nadir Khan begins coup in Afghanistan, 1200 killed
October 16, 1926 Troop ship sinks in Yangtze River, killing 1,200
October 16, 1925 Peace accord of Locarno signed (Rhine Pact)
October 16, 1925 Texas School Board prohibits teaching of evolution
October 16, 1923 Disney company founded
October 16, 1923 John Harwood patents self-winding watch (Switzerland)
October 16, 1921 Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel, and Bill Piercy defy Landis ban on World Series
October 16, 1921 Jim Conzelman takes over as coach of Rock Island Independents from Frank Coughlin-only mid-game coaching change in NFL history
October 16, 1916 Dodger manager Wilbert Robinson given $5,000 bonus
October 16, 1916 Margaret Sanger opens 1st birth control clinic (46 Amboy St, Bkln)
October 16, 1916 T. E. Lawrence meets with Fasal Hoessein
October 16, 1915 Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria
October 16, 1913 Booth Theater opens at 222 W 44th St. New York City
October 16, 1912 Arnold Schonberg's "Pierrot Lunaire," premieres
October 16, 1912 Boston beats New York Giants, 4 games to 3 with a tie in 9th World Series
October 16, 1909 Jack Johnson KOs Stanley Ketchel in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
October 16, 1909 Pirates beat Tigers 4 games to 3 in 6th World Series
October 16, 1908 Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as Esquimoux
October 16, 1907 Belasco Theater opens at 111 W 44th St. New York City
October 16, 1907 David Belasco's "Grand Army Man," premieres in New York City
October 16, 1904 Russian Baltic fleet departs to Port Arthur
October 16, 1903 Homel, 1st Jewish self defense organization founded in Russia
October 16, 1900 Queen Wilhelmina leaves duke Heinrich "Henry" von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
October 16, 1876 Race riot at Cainhoy South Carolina (5 whites and 1 black killed)
October 16, 1875 1st Quebec vs Ontario football game, Ontario wins
October 16, 1869 Hotel in Boston becomes 1st to have indoor plumbing
October 16, 1867 Alaska adopts Gregorian calendar, crosses International date line
October 16, 1863 Grant is given command of Union forces in West
October 16, 1861 Confederacy starts selling postage stamps
October 16, 1859 John Brown leads 20 in raid on federal arsenal, Harper's Ferry, Va
October 16, 1852 Dutch Government recognize Catholics right to organize
October 16, 1849 Avery College establishes in Allegheny, Pennsylvania
October 16, 1849 British seize Tigre Island in Gulf of Fonseca from Honduras
October 16, 1848 1st U.S. homeopathic medical college opens in Pennsylvania
October 16, 1847 Charlotte Bronte's book "Jane Eyre" published
October 16, 1846 Dentist William T Morton demonstrates effectiveness of ether
October 16, 1841 Queens University in Kingston is chartered
October 16, 1834 London parliament catches fire; historic documents burn
October 16, 1829 Tremont Hotel, 1st U.S. modern hotel opens (Boston)
October 16, 1813 Battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria and Russia)
October 16, 1795 M von Bohms "Oorlogscantate" premieres
October 16, 1781 Washington takes Yorktown
October 16, 1775 Portland, Maine burned by British
October 16, 1757 Austrian troops occupy Berlin
October 16, 1710 British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia
October 16, 1674 Emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz
October 16, 1600 Olivier van Noorts ships reach Philippines
October 16, 1551 English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested
October 16, 1502 Storm ravages Friese coast
October 16, 1492 Columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas)
October 16, 1311 Council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens

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