Day of the year
October 16
Born on October 16? You're a Libra with the Opal birthstone.
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October 16 Zodiac Sign
Libra (September 23 – October 22)
Element: Air
diplomaticcharmingfair-mindedsocialbalanced
Birthstone
Opal
Birth Flower
Marigold
Season
Fall
Numerology 8
A number of ambition, power, and material achievement.
October 16: This Day in History
- 1793— Marie Antoinette was executed by guillotine in Paris during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.
- 1859— Abolitionist John Brown led a raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry in an attempt to start a slave uprising.
- 1964— China successfully detonated its first nuclear bomb, becoming the fifth nuclear power.
- 1968— Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the Black Power salute at the Mexico City Olympic Games medal ceremony.
Famous Birthdays on October 16
- Oscar Wilde (1854) — Irish writer and wit
- Eugene O'Neill (1888) — playwright and Nobel laureate
- Angela Lansbury (1925) — actress and singer
- Tim Robbins (1958) — actor and director
- John Mayer (1977) — guitarist and singer-songwriter
What Happens on October 16?
World Food DayBoss's Day
Did You Know? October 16 Fun Facts
- Oscar Wilde reportedly quipped on his deathbed, 'Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.'
- The Black Power salute by Smith and Carlos led to their expulsion from the Olympic Games but became an iconic image of civil rights protest.
- World Food Day marks the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945.
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