16th October anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1758
  • "Birth of Noah Webster, American lexicographer ."
  • 1908
  • "Birth of Enver Hoxha, Albanian dictator ."
• event
  • 1759
  • Eddystone Lighthouse (John Smeaton's) completed
  • 1834
  • The Palace of Westminster (the Houses of Parliament) in London was almost completely destroyed in a fire. It took over 30 years to rebuild
  • 1859
  • "John Brown, anti-slavery activist, led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry."
  • 1869
  • Great Britain
  • "Girton College Cambridge founded, the first residential college for women." more
  • 1923
  • United States
  • Walt and Roy Disney found The Walt Disney Company. more
  • 1934
  • "The Long March: Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong and his followers began a two-year, 8,000 mile march that put the Communists into power and led to the founding of the Peoples Republic of China"
  • 1939
  • "WWII: The German Luftwaffe carried out the first aerial attack on British territory, bombing ships in the Firth of Forth, Scotland"
  • 1958
  • "The BBC broadcast the first episode of ‘Blue Peter’, the popular, longrunning children’s television programme."
  • 1984
  • South Africa
  • South African Anglican bishop Desmond Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the opposition to apartheid
  • 1987
  • The 'Hurricane' sweeps southern England
  • 1998
  • David Trimble and John Hume were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for brokering the Northern Ireland peace accord.
• Death
  • 1793
  • France
  • Execution by guillotine of Marie Antoinette. more
  • 1959
  • United States
  • "Death of George Marshall, US Secretary of State (19479), won the Nobel Peace Prize for developing the Marshall Plan for European recovery"
  • 1998
  • "Death of Jonathan (‘Jon’) Postel, American Internet pioneer ."