405 Historic Events for October 16
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"Gordo" comic strip (by Gus Arriola) 1st appears in newspapers
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Tim McCarver, baseball catcher (Phils, Mets)/sportscaster (ABC, CBS)
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Dave Lovelady, rocker
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| 1942 |
Death |
12, Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter/3 NVV-hostages, executed
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| 1942 |
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Natl Boxing Assn freezes titles of those serving in armed services
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| 1942 |
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Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 south of Calcutta India
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| 1942 |
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Aaron Copland/de Milles ballet "Rodeo," premieres in NYC
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| 1943 |
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Jewish quarter of Rome surrounded by Nazis, they are sent to Auschwitz
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| 1943 |
Birth |
C Fred Turner, rock bassist/vocalist (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
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| 1943 |
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Chicago Mayor Ed Kelly opens city's new subway system
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| 1943 |
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US 1st Army establishes headquarter in Bristol
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| 1943 |
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Anti Jewish riot in Rome
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Johnny Washbrook, Toronto, actor (Ken-My Friend Flicka)
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| 1944 |
Death |
John Eigenhuis, writer (The Dike), dies at 78
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| 1944 |
Death |
Eric Westberg, composer, dies at 52
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Bob Cottam, cricketer (England fast-medium on 2 India/Pakistan tours)
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| 1944 |
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Hungary: Horthy govt falls/nazi count Szalasi becomes premier
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| 1945 |
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UN's Food and Agriculture Organization comes into existence
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Paul Monette, writer
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| 1946 |
Death |
Alfred Rosenberg, German war criminal, hanged
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| 1946 |
Death |
Wilhelm Frick, German war criminal, hanged
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| 1946 |
Death |
Julius Streicher, German District Leader (Of StĀrmer), hanged
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| 1946 |
Death |
Joachim von Ribbentrop, German war criminal, hanged
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| 1946 |
Death |
Hans Franc, German war criminal, hanged
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| 1946 |
Death |
Granville Ransome Bantock, English composer/conductor, dies at 78
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