1690 English demand the surrender of Quebec, and French Governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac replies, "I have no reply to make to your general other than from the mouths of my cannon and muskets". ..
1834 The original Houses of Parliament were almost completely destroyed by fire. The blaze, which started from overheated chimney flues, spread rapidly throughout the medieval complex and developed into the biggest conflagration to occur in London since the Great Fire of 1666. Westminster Hall and a few other parts of the old Houses of Parliament survived the blaze and were incorporated into the New Palace of Westminster, which was built over the following decades. …
1854 Abraham Lincoln delivers his Peoria Speech denouncing recent federal legislation extending slavery on the lawn of the Peoria County Courthouse in Peoria, Illinois. …
· … On 16th October 1874, the first issue of Yr Ymwelydd was published in Australia under the editorship of William Meirion Evans. Australian-Welsh periodicals. Emigration from Wales to Australia increased at the beginning of the second half of the 19th century and Welsh-speaking communities grew in the states of Victoria and New South Wales. There were estimated to be over 2000 Welsh people living in Ballarat and Sebastopol in 1858.
In 1865, Yr Ymgeisydd [The Endeavourer] Australia's first Welsh periodical, appeared, but as far as is known only 1 issue was published. Another attempt to found a Welsh publication was made in May 1866 with the appearance of Yr Australydd [The Australian], edited by William Meirion Evans. He was a native of Caernarfonshire and a minister, who also worked in the copper and gold mines of South Australia. Yr Australydd ended in 1872 but in October 1874, Yr Ymwelydd [The Visitor] was established as a monthly newspaper, also edited by W M Evans. This continued to appear until December 1876.
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… On 16th October 1886, there was serious flooding throughout Wales. In Aberystwyth, North Parade was under 6 feet of water and Trefechan Bridge destroyed. Elsewhere, the rivers Mawddach, Dee and Taff all burst their banks causing serious flooding. The previous day, during a violent gale, William Walkey, the keeper of the Mumbles lighthouse had been swept out to sea and drowned. …
1902 Britain opened its first 'Borstal' detention centre, at the village of Borstal in Kent. The institution was designed to keep boys, especially first offenders, away from adult criminals in prisons; to teach them a trade and to reward good behaviour.
The Treorchy Male Voice Choir was reformed on October 16th 1946.
1946: Nazi war criminals Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Alfred Jodl, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Wilhelm Keitel, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Fritz Sauckel, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, and Julius Streicher are executed by hanging after being found guilty of war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials. Hermann Göring would also have been hanged but committed suicide by taking a potassium cyanide capsule the night before.
.. Pobol y Cwm, the Welsh language television soap opera was first screened on October 16th 1974 and is the longest-running television soap opera produced by the BBC. It is now screened by S4C and is regularly its most watched programme. In 1994, it was briefly shown across the whole of the United Kingdom on BBC2 with English subtitles. [media=https://youtu.be/1g7tyeO5Epw]
The setting for the show is the fictional village of Cwmderi, located in the Gwendraeth Valley – the area lying between Carmarthen and Llanelli. Whilst much of the show's early activity took place at a nursing home, storylines are currently centred around the village pub, Y Deri and its adjacent small businesses and houses. Other frequent settings for storylines include the comprehensive school, Ysgol y Mynach, and a local farm, Penrhewl. There are two other imaginary villages close to Cwmderi, namely Llanarthur and Cwrt Mynach. Well-known faces who have appeared include film stars, Rachel Thomas and Ioan Gruffudd. Furry is a viewer and it does come with English subtitles for anyone who wants to watch. Omnibus on S4C on Sundays with onscreen English subtitles. S4C Clic app…
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1967: Joan Baez, her mother and 122 others are arrested for blocking the entrance to an Armed Forces Induction Center in Oakland, California in protest over the drafting of soldiers being sent to fight in Vietnam. Baez would later spend a month in prison.
16 Oct 1972 Creedence Clearwater Revival split up following the failure of their most recent album, 'Mardi Gras'. After limited success as a solo act and some legal hassles with Fantasy Records, John Fogarty would have two big hits in 1985, 'Center Field' and 'Rock and Roll Girls'. John's brother Tom Fogarty died in September, 1990 and the surviving members have been touring as Creedence Clearwater Revisited.
16. oktober: Verdens brøddag Hele verden spiser brød, men ikke nødvendigvis slike som vi her til lands er vant til. Den 16. oktober feirer vi Verdens brøddag, for å markere viktigheten av brød som mat.
Brøddagen er lagt til samme dato som FNs organisasjonen for mat og landbruk (FAO) ble etablert. FAO ble stiftet 16. oktober 1945 med formål å bekjempe sult under mottoet «Fiat panis», som betyr «La det bli brød». Samme dag markerer vi også FNs verdens matvaredag for å skape oppmerksomhet rundt behovet for å skaffe tilstrekkelig og næringsrik mat til alle.
October 16: World Bread Day People all over the world eat bread, though not necessarily the types we are accustomed to here. On October 16, we celebrate World Bread Day to highlight the importance of bread as a food source.
World Bread Day falls on the same date that the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) was established. The FAO was founded on October 16, 1945, with the goal of combating hunger, under the motto "Fiat panis"—meaning "Let there be bread." On this same day, we also observe the UN’s World Food Day, which aims to raise awareness about the need to ensure sufficient and nutritious food for everyone.
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2013 – Erna Solbergs regjering overtok etter Jens Stoltenbergs andre regjering.
2013 – Erna Solberg’s government took over from Jens Stoltenberg’s second government.
