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What Happened On October 16

Q: What happened on October 16?

1950: The first novel of the The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, was published in the United Kingdom. 1736: Mathematician William Whiston's predicted comet fails to strike the Earth. 1367: Pope Urban V enters Rome, the first pope to do so in more than fifty years since the begin of the Avignon Papacy. 1311: The Council of Vienne convenes for the first time. 1978: Cardinal Karol Wojtyła is elected to the papacy as Pope John Paul II, he becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523. 1909: William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination. 1793: War of the First Coalition: The two-day Battle of Wattignies concluded with Jean-Baptiste Jourdan leading French forces to victory over Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. 1869: The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered". 1869: Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women. 1793: War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge.

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1950 First ever
The first novel of the The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, was published in the United Kingdom.
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1736 Weird
Mathematician William Whiston's predicted comet fails to strike the Earth.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1367 First ever
Pope Urban V enters Rome, the first pope to do so in more than fifty years since the begin of the Avignon Papacy.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1311 First ever
The Council of Vienne convenes for the first time.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1978 First ever
Cardinal Karol Wojtyła is elected to the papacy as Pope John Paul II, he becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1909 First ever
William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1793 First ever
War of the First Coalition: The two-day Battle of Wattignies concluded with Jean-Baptiste Jourdan leading French forces to victory over Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1869 Weird
The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1869 First ever
Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
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1793 First ever
War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

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2017Storm Ophelia strikes the U.K. and Ireland causing major damage and power loss. Wikipedia →
2013Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes on approach to Pakse International Airport in Laos, killing 49 people. Wikipedia →
2002The Bibliotheca Alexandrina opens in Egypt, commemorating the ancient library of Alexandria. Wikipedia →
1999The magnitude 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake strikes Southern California Wikipedia →
1998Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a murder extradition warrant. Wikipedia →
1996Eighty-four football fans die and 180 are injured in a massive crush at a match in Guatemala City. Wikipedia →
1995The Million Man March takes place in Washington, D.C. About 837,000 attend. Wikipedia →
1995The Skye Bridge in Scotland is opened. Wikipedia →
1991George Hennard runs amok in Killeen, Texas, killing 23 and wounding 20. Wikipedia →
1984Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Wikipedia →
1978Cardinal Karol Wojtyła is elected to the papacy as Pope John Paul II, he becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523. Wikipedia →
1975Indonesian troops kill the Balibo Five, a group of Australian journalists, in Portuguese Timor. Wikipedia →
1975Three-year-old Rahima Banu, from Bangladesh, is the last known case of naturally occurring smallpox. Wikipedia →
1975The Australian Coalition sparks a constitutional crisis when they vote to defer funding for the government's annual budget. Wikipedia →
1973Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Wikipedia →
1970Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invokes the War Measures Act during the October Crisis. Wikipedia →
1968Tommie Smith and John Carlos are ejected from the US Olympic team for participating in the Olympics Black Power salute. Wikipedia →
1968Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country. Wikipedia →
1968Yasunari Kawabata becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Wikipedia →
1964China detonates its first nuclear weapon. Wikipedia →
1964Leonid Brezhnev becomes leader of the Soviet Communist Party, while Alexei Kosygin becomes the head of government. Wikipedia →
1962Cuban Missile Crisis begins: U.S. President John F. Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point). Wikipedia →
1953Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro delivers his "History Will Absolve Me" speech, and is sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment by the Fulgencio Batista government for leading an attack on the Moncada Barracks. Wikipedia →
1951The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi. Wikipedia →
1949The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War. Wikipedia →
1947The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom. Wikipedia →
1946Nuremberg trials: Ten defendants found guilty by the International Military Tribunal are executed by hanging. Wikipedia →
1943Holocaust in Italy: Raid on the Roman Ghetto. Wikipedia →
1940Holocaust in Poland: The Warsaw Ghetto is established. Wikipedia →
1939World War II: No. 603 Squadron RAF intercepts the first Luftwaffe raid on Britain. Wikipedia →
1934Chinese Communists begin the Long March to escape Nationalist encirclement. Wikipedia →
1926Háry János, a Hungarian folk opera by Zoltán Kodály is premiered at the Royal Hungarian Opera House in Budapest. Wikipedia →
1923Walt Disney and his brother, Roy, found the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, today known as The Walt Disney Company. Wikipedia →
1919Adolf Hitler delivers his first public address at a meeting of the German Workers' Party. Wikipedia →
1916Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States. Wikipedia →
1909William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination. Wikipedia →
1905The Partition of Bengal in India takes place. Wikipedia →
1891A diplomatic incident between the United States and Chile occurred after U.S. sailors were attacked in Valparaíso, nearly leading to war. Wikipedia →
1882The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business. Wikipedia →
1875Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah. Wikipedia →
1869The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered". Wikipedia →
1869Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women. Wikipedia →
1859Origins of the American Civil War: Abolitionist John Brown and his supporters launch a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). Wikipedia →
1846William T. G. Morton administers ether anesthesia during a surgical operation. Wikipedia →
1843William Rowan Hamilton invents quaternions, a three-dimensional system of complex numbers. Wikipedia →
1841Queen's University is founded in the Province of Canada. Wikipedia →
1836Great Trek: Afrikaner voortrekkers repulse a Matabele attack, but lose their livestock. Wikipedia →
1834Much of the ancient structure of the Palace of Westminster in London burns to the ground. Wikipedia →
1817Italian explorer and archaeologist Giovanni Belzoni, uncovered the Tomb of Seti I in the Valley of the Kings. Wikipedia →
1817Simón Bolívar sentences Manuel Piar to death for challenging the racial-caste in Venezuela. Wikipedia →
1813The Sixth Coalition attacks Napoleon in the four-day Battle of Leipzig. Wikipedia →
1805War of the Third Coalition: Napoleon surrounds the Austrian army at Ulm. Wikipedia →
1793French Revolution: Queen Marie Antoinette is executed. Wikipedia →
1793War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge. Wikipedia →
1780American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England. Wikipedia →
1780The Great Hurricane of 1780 finishes after its sixth day, killing between 20,000 and 24,000 residents of the Lesser Antilles. Wikipedia →
1736Mathematician William Whiston's predicted comet fails to strike the Earth. Wikipedia →
1590Prince Gesualdo of Venosa murders his wife and her lover. Wikipedia →
1384Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, although she is a woman. Wikipedia →
1367Pope Urban V enters Rome, the first pope to do so in more than fifty years since the begin of the Avignon Papacy. Wikipedia →
1311The Council of Vienne convenes for the first time. Wikipedia →
955King Otto I defeats a Slavic revolt in what is now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Wikipedia →
912Abd ar-Rahman III becomes the eighth Emir of Córdoba. Wikipedia →
690Empress Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang dynasty and proclaims herself ruler of the Chinese Empire. Wikipedia →
456Ricimer defeats Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire. Wikipedia →

From The Guardian Archives — On This Day

2018The Guardian
'Privilege doesn't protect you': Facebook exec's brother dead after police encounter
Chinedu Okobi, who was unarmed and living with mental illness, died after being Tasered near San Francisco
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2017The Guardian
China's 'stability maintenance' agents move to silence critics before party congress
As Xi Jinping prepares for major speech, security agents have fanned out across the country to quell any hint of dissent
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