On This Day in History — October 16

• 2017 — Hurricane Ophelia makes eerie red sun and yellow sky from Sahara dust and ashes from Iberia causes 200,000 homes in Ireland without power and damage
• 2013 — Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes on approach to Pakse International Airport in Laos, killing 49 people.
• 2002 — Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, is officially inaugurated.
• 1998 — Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a warrant from Spain requesting his extradition on murder charges.
• 1996 — Eighty-four people are killed and more than 180 injured as 47,000 football fans attempt to squeeze into the 36,000-seat Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City.
• 1995 — The so-called Million Man March, which, according to the National Park Service, only about 400,000 attended,[1] takes place in Washington, D.C.

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Notable Births on October 16

• 1994 — Adam Elliott, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 — Amelia Lily, English singer-songwriter
• 1993 — Caroline Garcia, French tennis player
• 1992 — Bryce Harper, American baseball player
• 1992 — Kostas Fortounis, Greek footballer
• 1991 — Jedward, Irish twin singers

Notable Deaths on October 16

• 2017 — Daphne Caruana Galizia, Maltese journalist and blogger (b. 1964)
• 2017 — Roy Dotrice, British actor (b. 1923)
• 2017 — John Dunsworth, Canadian actor (b. 1946)
• 2017 — Sean Hughes, British-born Irish stand-up comedian (b. 1965)
• 2016 — Calvin Carl "Kelly" Gotlieb, Canadian professor and computer scientist (b. 1921)
• 2015 — Richard J. Cardamone, American lawyer and judge (b. 1925)

Sports on October 16

• NHL: Winnipeg Jets @ Chicago Blackhawks — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: San Jose Sharks @ Nashville Predators — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: St. Louis Blues @ Minnesota Wild — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• College Football: Colorado State Rams @ Texas State Bobcats — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Milwaukee Brewers @ Los Angeles Dodgers — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NFL: Seattle Seahawks @ Denver Broncos — 00:15 UTC Scheduled

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On This Day in History — October 17

• 2003 — The pinnacle is fitted on the roof of Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, allowing it to surpass the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur by 56 metres (184 ft) and become the world's tallest highrise.
• 2001 — Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi becomes the first Israeli minister to be assassinated in a terrorist attack.
• 2000 — Train crash at Hatfield, north of London, leading to collapse of Railtrack.
• 1994 — Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.
• 1992 — Having gone to the wrong house for a Halloween party, Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro Hattori is shot and killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• 1989 — The 6.9 Mw Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Sixty-three people were killed.

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Notable Births on October 17

• 2001 — Thomas Strudwick, British motorcycle road racer
• 1990 — Paolo Campinoti, Italian footballer
• 1990 — Saki Kumagai, Japanese footballer
• 1990 — Patrick Lambie, South African rugby player
• 1989 — Oleksandr Isakov, Ukrainian swimmer
• 1987 — Bea Alonzo, Filipino actress and singer

Notable Deaths on October 17

• 2017 — Gord Downie, Canadian musician (b. 1964)
• 2015 — Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (b. 1926)
• 2015 — Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (b. 1946)
• 2015 — Anne-Marie Lizin, Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
• 2015 — Tom Smith, American businessman and politician (b. 1947)
• 2014 — Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (b. 1937)

Sports on October 17

• NBA: Atlanta Hawks @ Dallas Mavericks — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Sacramento Kings @ San Antonio Spurs — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Charlotte Hornets @ Memphis Grizzlies — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Washington Wizards @ New Orleans Pelicans — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves @ Chicago Bulls — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• College Football: Washington Huskies @ Purdue Boilermakers — 00:00 UTC Scheduled

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