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Daily Calendar for Saturday, October 16, 2021

Born

  • Noah Webster (writer) –
  • Francis Lubbock (Texas governor) –
  • Oscar Wilde (author) –
  • Wallace Rupert Turnbull (Canadian aeronautical engineer) –
  • Eugene O'Neill (playwright) –
  • Angela Lansbury (actress) –
  • Suzanne Somers (actress) –
  • Tim Robbins (actor & director) –
  • Kellie Martin (actress) –
  • John Mayer (musician) –
  • Naomi Osaka (tennis player) –

Died

  • Marie Antoinette (Queen of France) –
  • Gene Krupa (musician) –
  • Deborah Kerr (actress) –
  • Barbara Billingsley (actress) –
  • Dan Wheldon (race car driver) –
  • Ed Lauter (actor) –

Events

  • Cape Breton Island was re-annexed to Nova Scotia–
  • The Tremont House in Boston, considered by many to be the first modern first-class hotel in the US, opens–
  • The first successful demonstration of ether took place at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts–
  • John Brown, U.S. abolitionist, led an unsuccessful raid on government arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, in what is now West Virginia–
  • Cardiff giant discovered in Cardiff, New York (near Syracuse)–
  • First Quebec vs. Ontario football game–
  • The copyright for the melody β€œHappy Birthday to You” was registered–
  • Margaret Sanger and others open the first birth control clinic, in Brooklyn, NY–
  • Sun-Times published first Ann Landers column by Eppie Lederer–
  • Two American black athletes at Olympic Games, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, demonstrate for black power while receiving their medals. They are suspended by the Olympic Committee.–
  • Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize–
  • The Roman Catholic College of Cardinals elected first non-Italian pope in 455 years, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Poland, who took the name John Paul II–
  • 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake, Mojave Desert, California–
  • A magnitude-4.0 earthquake struck about 3 miles west of Hollis Center, Maine and was felt throughout New England–

Weather

  • 88 degrees F in New York City–

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