Thursday, October 16, 2014

October 16th or HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRISTIN!

 

 

1793 – Marie Antoinette, Austrian wife of Louis XVI of France is executed.

marie antoinette execution

1831 – Lucy Stanton, American abolitionist, is born.

Lucy_Stanton

1846 – William T. G. Morton first demonstrates ether anesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital in the Ether Dome.

ether dome

1854 – Oscar Wilde, Irish author, poet, and playwright is born.

oscar wilde

1869 – The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is “discovered”.

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1884 – Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor is born.

Rembrandt-Bugatti-Veyron-will-cost-you-INR-18-crore-17bugatti_royale

1888 – American playwright and Nobel Prize laureate Eugene O’Neill is born.

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1916 – Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States in Brooklyn, New York.

sanger

1923 – Roy & Walt Disney found the Walt Disney Company.

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1940 – The Warsaw Ghetto is established.

warsaw ghetto

1946 – Nuremberg Trials: Execution of the convicted Nazi leaders of the Main Trial.

nazi execution

1947 – American singer-songwriter and guitarist Bob Weir is born.

bob weir

1958 – Tim Robbins is born.

tim robbins

1962 – Flea is born.

flea

1977 – John Mayer is born.

john mayer

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