According to the Gregory calendar, October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in a leap year). There are still 76 days left in the year.
Important events of 16 October
1905 - First partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon.
1939 - Germany invades British territory during World War II.
1951 - Pakistan's first Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan is shot dead in Rawalpindi.
1959 - Establishment of National Council for Women Education.
1964 - China explodes its first nuclear explosion.
1968 - Hargovind Khurana was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine.
1984 - South African social worker Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.
1996 - 84 people killed and more than 180 injured in stampede due to overcrowding in the stadium during a football match in Guatemala's capital, Guatemala City.
1999 - UNO The US banned Pakistan in protest against military rule.
2002 - Sunita Rani of India was stripped of her medal after failing in the dopint test, a gold and a bronze medalist at the 14th Asian Games.
2003 - Malayalam filmmaker Adoor Gopakrishnan received France's second highest civilian honor 'Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters'.
2004 - Death toll in Darfur reaches 70,000. The United States declared the organization of Iraqi Abu Musar Jal Zarkawi a terrorist organization.
2005 - Consensus to reform the G20 countries World Bank and IMF.
2011- 100-year-old Fauja Singh of Indian origin has entered the Guinness Book of World Records, setting the new record by completing the Toronto Waterfront Marathon at the oldest. Fauja Singh, who has scored a 'century', crossed the finish line in more than eight hours amid applause.
2012 - A new planet 'Alpha Century Bibi' is discovered outside the solar system.
2013 - 49 people killed by Lao Airlines plane crash shortly before landing at Pakse International Airport in South East Asian country Laos.
Born on 16 October
1896 - Seth Govind Das - Fighter, MP and Hindi writer.
1944 - Lachhu Maharaj - India's famous tabla player.
1948 - Hema Malini - Famous actress and dancer of Bharatanatyam.
1948- Naveen Patnaik - 14th Chief Minister of Odisha
1905 - Vinay Mohan Sharma (Pt. Shukdev Prasad Tiwari) - Famous writer and critic
1995 - Ved Krishnamurthy - Indian female cricketer
⚫ Died on 16 October
1938 - Prabhashankar Patni - was the chief public worker of Gujarat.
1951 - Liaquat Ali Khan - First Prime Minister of Pakistan
1994 - Ganesh Ghosh - Indian freedom fighter.
🔖 Important occasions and celebrations of 16 October
▪ National Legal Aid Day (Week)
▪ World Food Day
▪World anesthesia day
▪Kanha National Park
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