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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_16" title="October 16">October 16</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1793" title="1793">1793</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_First_Coalition" title="War of the First Coalition">War of the First Coalition</a>: The two-day <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wattignies" title="Battle of Wattignies">Battle of Wattignies</a></b> concluded with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Jourdan" title="Jean-Baptiste Jourdan">Jean-Baptiste Jourdan</a> leading French forces to victory over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Josias_of_Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld" title="Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld">Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1841" title="1841">1841</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a> established <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_University_at_Kingston" title="Queen's University at Kingston">Queen's College</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston,_Ontario" title="Kingston, Ontario">Kingston, Ontario</a>, in Canada.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923" title="1923">1923</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_O._Disney" title="Roy O. Disney">Roy</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney" title="Walt Disney">Walt Disney</a> founded the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles">Hollywood</a>, which eventually grew to become one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964" title="1964">1964</a> – With the success of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_596" title="Project 596">Project 596</a></b>, China became the world's fifth nuclear power.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991" title="1991">1991</a> – A man drove his vehicle through the window of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby%27s" title="Luby's">Luby's Cafeteria</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killeen,_Texas" title="Killeen, Texas">Killeen, Texas</a>, and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby%27s_shooting" title="Luby's shooting">opened fire</a></b>, killing 23 people before fatally shooting himself.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shams_al-Din_Juvayni" title="Shams al-Din Juvayni">Shams al-Din Juvayni</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1284); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Stanton_(abolitionist)" title="Lucy Stanton (abolitionist)">Lucy Stanton</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1831); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Monette" title="Paul Monette">Paul Monette</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1945); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hema_Malini" title="Hema Malini">Hema Malini</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1948)</p>
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