October 16

People born on this day are Libra.

On this day in history01

1975
Indonesian troops kill the Balibo Five, a group of Australian journalists, in Portuguese Timor.
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1975
Three-year-old Rahima Banu, from Bangladesh, is the last known case of naturally occurring smallpox.
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1975
The Australian Coalition sparks a constitutional crisis when they vote to defer funding for the government's annual budget.
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1978
Cardinal Karol Wojtyła is elected to the papacy as Pope John Paul II, he becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.
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1984
Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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1991
George Hennard runs amok in Killeen, Texas, killing 23 and wounding 20.
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1995
The Million Man March takes place in Washington, D.C. About 837,000 attend.
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1995
The Skye Bridge in Scotland is opened.
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1998
Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a murder extradition warrant.
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2002
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina opens in Egypt, commemorating the ancient library of Alexandria.
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2013
Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes on approach to Pakse International Airport in Laos, killing 49 people.
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2017
Storm Ophelia strikes the U.K. and Ireland causing major damage and power loss.
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