October 16 Holidays

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2017 — Hurricane Ophelia makes eerie red sun and yellow sky from Sahara dust and ashes from Iberia causes 200,000 homes in Ireland without... ↗
• 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... ↗
• 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... ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 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