10-16-2007, 05:04 AM
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October 16th
1758 ~ Birthday of Noah Webster, American lexicographer.
1793 ~ Death of Marie Antoinette – guillotined.
1854 ~ Birthday of Oscar Wilde, Irish writer.
1859 ~ In one of the developments towards the American Civil War, John Brown led a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
1916 ~ Planned Parenthood founded by Margaret Sanger.
1925 ~ Birthday of Angela Lansbury, actress.
1964 ~ China detonated its first nuclear weapon.
1970 ~ Anwar Sadat was elected President of Egypt.
1978 ~ Karol Józef Wojtyła became Pope John Paul II. He was the first non Italian to be elevated to the position since 1522.
1981 ~ Death of Moshe Dayan, Israeli general.
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