On this day in history
October 16
American
1859John Brown seizes the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in a doomed raid meant to spark a slave upris…
John Brown seizes the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in a doomed raid meant to spark a slave uprising; he is hanged six weeks later.
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1962President Kennedy is shown the spy plane photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba, beginning thirteen days of secret …
President Kennedy is shown the spy plane photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba, beginning thirteen days of secret crisis deliberations.
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1923Walt and Roy Disney found the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in Hollywood, the company that will become a glob…
Walt and Roy Disney found the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in Hollywood, the company that will become a global empire.
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1987Rescuers pull 18 month old Jessica McClure from an abandoned well in Texas after 58 hours trapped underground.
Rescuers pull 18 month old Jessica McClure from an abandoned well in Texas after 58 hours trapped underground.
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1995Hundreds of thousands of Black men gather in Washington for the Million Man March called by Louis Farrakhan.
Hundreds of thousands of Black men gather in Washington for the Million Man March called by Louis Farrakhan.
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World
1793Marie Antoinette is guillotined in Paris after a show trial, nine months after her husband Louis XVI.
Marie Antoinette is guillotined in Paris after a show trial, nine months after her husband Louis XVI.
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1978Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Poland is elected Pope John Paul II, the first non Italian pope in 455 years.
Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Poland is elected Pope John Paul II, the first non Italian pope in 455 years.
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