Today is October 16
Born Today
Eugene O’Neill 1888
Oscar Wilde 1854
Noah Webster 1758
Died Today
Moshe Dayan 1981
Pope Gregory XIV 1591
Grigory Potemkin 1791
Events
1978 – Karol Wojtyla elected Pope; changes name to John Paul II; 1st non-Italian since 1522 & first Pole.
1964 – China explodes its first nuclear device becoming 5th nuclear power.
1956 – 11,000 carat emerald found in northern Transvaal, South Africa by Charles Kempt and J. Botes.
