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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_16" title="October 16">October 16</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawlid" title="Mawlid">Mawlid</a></b> (Shia Islam, 2022)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1384" title="1384">1384</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadwiga_of_Poland" title="Jadwiga of Poland">Jadwiga</a></b> was officially crowned as "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Polish_monarchs" title="List of Polish monarchs">King of Poland</a>" instead of "Queen" to reflect the fact that she was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_regnant" title="Queen regnant">sovereign in her own right</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1834" title="1834">1834</a> – Most of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Palace of Westminster</a> in London <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Parliament" title="Burning of Parliament">was destroyed in a fire</a></b> caused by the burning of wooden <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tally_stick" title="Tally stick">tally sticks</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944" title="1944">1944</a> – A <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formosa_Air_Battle" title="Formosa Air Battle">four-day air battle</a></b> over Taiwan ended with a decisive American victory, destroying hundreds of Japanese aircraft and military facilities.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017" title="2017">2017</a> – The Maltese journalist and anti-corruption activist <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_Caruana_Galizia" title="Daphne Caruana Galizia">Daphne Caruana Galizia</a></b> was killed in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_bomb" title="Car bomb">car bomb</a> attack in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidnija" title="Bidnija">Bidnija</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Gonz%C3%A1lez_de_Lara" title="Pedro González de Lara">Pedro González de Lara</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1130); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_C._Rasmussen" title="Pamela C. Rasmussen">Pamela C. Rasmussen</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1959); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Osaka" title="Naomi Osaka">Naomi Osaka</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1997)</p>
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