16-10-2013, 09:38
October 16th
1846 - USA: Anesthesia was given it's first public demonstration before doctors by William T. G. Morton, a Boston dentist. Morton administered sulfuric ether during an operation performed by John Collins Warren at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
1901 - China: Russia signs a new agreement with the Imperial government over Manchuria.
1906 - Australia: British New Guinea becomes part of Australia.
1913 - Portsmouth: "HMS Queen Elizabeth" the world's first oil driven battleship is launched.
1916 - New York: Margaret Sanger and her sister Ethel Byrne open the first birth control clinic in the US.
1925 - USA: Evolutionary theory is prohibited by the Texas State Text Book Board in all of it's school text books.
1927 - UK: Mona Maclennan who claimed to have swam the English Channel in 13 hours 12 mins, admits it was a hoax.
1930 - France: A line of defences known as the Maginot Line is announced to be built along France's frontier with Germany.
1932 - Berlin: Albert Einstein puts the Earth's age at ten billion years.
1936 - London: Lord Beaverbrook calls on the King and agrees to arrange press silence on his relationship with Mrs Wallis Simpson.
1938 - Italy: Many Jews are rounded up and charged with plotting against the government.
1942 - London: The Allies take the first steps towards setting up a commission to investigate war crimes.
1946 - Nuremberg: Hermann Goering commits suicide shortly before he is due for execution by taking a cyanide pill.
1950 - Vietnam: The French abandon 250 miles of the Chinese frontier zone to the Viet Minh.
1955 - Sinai: Egyptian and Israeli troops clash near the El Auja demilitarised zone.
1957 - USA: Leonard Bernstein is appointed to serve as one of the two principal conductors of the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York.
1968 - UK: Labour MP Robert Maxwell launches a £26 million bid for the News of the World organisation.
1970 - Cairo: Anwar Sadat becomes UAR President.
1975 - Morocco: King Hassan announces he will lead an army of 350,000 unarmed Moroccans to claim the Spanish Sahara.
1979 - Ireland: Desmond O'Hare, one of the most wanted men in Ulster is captured.
1983 - London: Norman Tebbit succeeds Cecil Parkinson as Trade and Industry Secretary.
1984 - Oslo: The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Bishop Desmond Tutu.
1991 - UK: A further 99 hospitals and health units become self-governing trusts.
1994 - Virginia Water: Ernie Els wns the World Matchplay Golf Championship.
1995 - Washington: Louis Farakhan, the black Muslim leader, leads 400,000 men in the biggest march of it's kind in US History.
1996 - London: The British government announces plans to outlaw the private possession of hand guns in the wake of the Dunblane massacre.
2005 - China: The re-entry module of the Chinese manned spacecraft "Shenzhou 6" lands safely in Inner Mongolia.
2009 - Uruguay: The country becomes the first to provide a laptop for every child attending state primary school.
2010 - Pacific: Scientists discover a new type of Snailfish in the Peru-Chile trench of the South-East part of the ocean.
1846 - USA: Anesthesia was given it's first public demonstration before doctors by William T. G. Morton, a Boston dentist. Morton administered sulfuric ether during an operation performed by John Collins Warren at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
1901 - China: Russia signs a new agreement with the Imperial government over Manchuria.
1906 - Australia: British New Guinea becomes part of Australia.
1913 - Portsmouth: "HMS Queen Elizabeth" the world's first oil driven battleship is launched.
1916 - New York: Margaret Sanger and her sister Ethel Byrne open the first birth control clinic in the US.
1925 - USA: Evolutionary theory is prohibited by the Texas State Text Book Board in all of it's school text books.
1927 - UK: Mona Maclennan who claimed to have swam the English Channel in 13 hours 12 mins, admits it was a hoax.
1930 - France: A line of defences known as the Maginot Line is announced to be built along France's frontier with Germany.
1932 - Berlin: Albert Einstein puts the Earth's age at ten billion years.
1936 - London: Lord Beaverbrook calls on the King and agrees to arrange press silence on his relationship with Mrs Wallis Simpson.
1938 - Italy: Many Jews are rounded up and charged with plotting against the government.
1942 - London: The Allies take the first steps towards setting up a commission to investigate war crimes.
1946 - Nuremberg: Hermann Goering commits suicide shortly before he is due for execution by taking a cyanide pill.
1950 - Vietnam: The French abandon 250 miles of the Chinese frontier zone to the Viet Minh.
1955 - Sinai: Egyptian and Israeli troops clash near the El Auja demilitarised zone.
1957 - USA: Leonard Bernstein is appointed to serve as one of the two principal conductors of the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York.
1968 - UK: Labour MP Robert Maxwell launches a £26 million bid for the News of the World organisation.
1970 - Cairo: Anwar Sadat becomes UAR President.
1975 - Morocco: King Hassan announces he will lead an army of 350,000 unarmed Moroccans to claim the Spanish Sahara.
1979 - Ireland: Desmond O'Hare, one of the most wanted men in Ulster is captured.
1983 - London: Norman Tebbit succeeds Cecil Parkinson as Trade and Industry Secretary.
1984 - Oslo: The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Bishop Desmond Tutu.
1991 - UK: A further 99 hospitals and health units become self-governing trusts.
1994 - Virginia Water: Ernie Els wns the World Matchplay Golf Championship.
1995 - Washington: Louis Farakhan, the black Muslim leader, leads 400,000 men in the biggest march of it's kind in US History.
1996 - London: The British government announces plans to outlaw the private possession of hand guns in the wake of the Dunblane massacre.
2005 - China: The re-entry module of the Chinese manned spacecraft "Shenzhou 6" lands safely in Inner Mongolia.
2009 - Uruguay: The country becomes the first to provide a laptop for every child attending state primary school.
2010 - Pacific: Scientists discover a new type of Snailfish in the Peru-Chile trench of the South-East part of the ocean.