This Day in History October 16: Notable Historical Events on October 16
This Day in History October 16th. The most notable events that took place on October 16th range from political historical events to cultural and social events.
Domestic events taking place on October 16
October 16, 1948:Traditional Day of the Party Inspection Sector. In the Viet Bac resistance base, the Central Party Standing Committee issued Resolution No. 29QN/TW on the establishment of the Central Inspection Committee. The first leaders of the Central Inspection Committee included comrades: Tran Dang Ninh, member of the Party Central Committee; Nguyen Thanh Binh, member of the Standing Committee of the Regional Party Committee; Ha Xuan My (Ha Minh Quoc), member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee; Comrade Tran Dang Ninh was appointed by the Central Committee to hold the position of Head of the Committee.
October 16, 1957:Revolutionary activist Tran Quoc Thao died in Saigon. His real name was Ho Xuan Luu, born in 1914 in Quang Tri province. He was appointed Secretary of the Saigon - Cho Lon Regional Party Committee and helped develop the political struggle movement in the inner city. In the same year, he was arrested, brutally tortured and died heroically.
October 16, 1968:Con Co Island made an outstanding achievement when it shot down 3 American enemy planes in less than 1 hour.
October 16, 1973:The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Vietnamese advisor Le Duc Tho and Henry Kissinger, special advisor to the US President. The eminent diplomat Le Duc Tho later refused the award, saying that he could only "consider" receiving the prize when the Paris Agreement was respected, the war ended and real peace was established in South Vietnam.
October 16, 2007:Death of linguist Cao Xuan Hao. He was known as a linguist and translator, and was a member of the Vietnam Writers Association.
October 16, 2007:Vietnam, Burkina Faso and Libya have officially become non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council for the 2008-2009 term, replacing the non-permanent members from the Asia-Africa region whose terms ended at the end of 2007.
October 16, 2018:Opening of the first Tissue Bank in Vietnam located at Viet Duc Hospital (Hanoi)
International events taking place on October 16
October 16, 690:After deposing her son, Emperor Ruizong, as "royal heir", Wu Zetian ascended the throne and changed the country's name from "Tang" to "Zhou".
October 16, 1847:The famous novel Jane Eyre by English writer Charlotte Brontë was published in London. This autobiography is one of the classics of romantic literature, loved by many readers for decades.
October 16, 1923:The Walt Disney Company was founded by brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney. From a small motion picture studio, Walt Disney has become one of the largest media corporations in the world.
October 16, 1945:The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was established at the Quebec Conference (Canada). As of May 2015, FAO has a total of 194 members. October 16 has also been chosen as World Food Day since 1981.
October 16, 1953:During a separate trial for “rioting,” the great Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro delivered a four-hour speech in his defense. With the eloquence of a lawyer, Fidel improvised a defense with strong arguments, ending with the sentence “History will prove me.” This important document later became the political platform of the revolutionary army at that time.
October 16, 1972:Israeli Mossad agents assassinate Wael Zwaiter in Rome, the first individual to be retaliated against for his involvement in the Munich massacre. Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, who approved Operation Wrath of God.
October 16, 1978:Cardinal Karol Józef Wojtyła was elected pope, taking the name John Paul II, the first Slavic and the first non-Italian pope since the 16th century.
October 16, 2019:The United Arab Emirates (UAE) established the Mohammad Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), considered the world's first university in this field.
