On This day October 16th

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October 16th is the two hundred eighty-ninth day of the year, and there are 76 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Events

1311 – The Council of Vienne convenes for the first time.

1736 – Mathematician William Whiston's predicted comet fails to strike the Earth.

1780 – The Great Hurricane of 1780 finishes after its sixth day, killing 20,000 and 24,000 residents of the Lesser Antilles.

1793 – French Revolution: Queen Marie Antoinette is executed.

1817 – Italian explorer and archaeologist Giovanni Belzoni uncovered the Tomb of Seti I in the Valley of the Kings.

1846 – William T. G. Morton administers ether anesthesia during a surgical operation.

1859 – John Brown leads a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

1923 – Walt Disney and his brother, Roy, found the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, today known as The Walt Disney Company.

1962 – Cuban 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).

1995 – The Skye Bridge in Scotland is opened.

 

Birthdays

1729 – Pierre van Maldere, Belgian violinist and composer (d. 1768)

1758 – Noah Webster, American lexicographer (d. 1843)

1815 – Francis Lubbock, American colonel and politician, 9th Governor of Texas (d. 1905)

1831 – Lucy Stanton, American activist (d. 1910)

1854 – Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist, and poet (d. 1900)

1888 – Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)

1903 – Big Joe Williams, American Delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982)

1925 – Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer (d. 2022)

1941 – Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, English computer programmer and politician

1947 – Bob Weir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1962 – Manute Bol, Sudanese-American basketball player and activist (d. 2010)

1971 – Chad Gray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1992 – Bryce Harper, American baseball player

 

 Holiday Spotlight

National Feral Cat Day

The global spread of cats is believed to have originated in Egypt. Traders and monks brought them to Europe and Asia to help control rat populations. Feral cats sometimes live in groups called colonies, and there are managed colonies where humans provide care for the cats. Conservationists consider feral cats harmful to the environment and advocate for trap-and-neuter initiatives to control their population.

 

Holidays And Observance.

Department Store Day

Global Dignity Day

Hagfish Day

Love Your Body Day National Boss Day

National Cut Up Your Credit Card Day

National Dictionary Day

National Feral Cat Day - (Also known as Global Cat Day)

National Fossil Day - October 16, 2024 (Wednesday of Earth Science Week)

National Learn a Word Day

National Liqueur Day

National Take Your Parents to Lunch Day

Steve Jobs Day

Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce

Thank Your Cleaner Day - October 16, 2024

Unity Day

World Anesthesia Day

World Food Day

World Spine Day        

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