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Friday
October 16, 2026 — day 289 of 365
- Day of the year
- 289 of 365
- Week of the year
- 42
- Days left in 2026
- 76
The sky on October 16, 2026
Moon phase on October 16, 2026: Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 25.78%
- Moon age
- 5.01 days
- Sunrise
- 7:43 am
- Day length
- 11h 9m
- Sunset
- 6:51 pm
Times for Columbus, US (America/New_York), approximate
Date formats for October 16, 2026
- United States 10/16/2026 · October 16, 2026
- UK / Europe 16/10/2026 · 16 October 2026
- ISO 8601 2026-10-16
- Abbreviated Oct 16, 2026 · 16 Oct 2026
- Full format Friday, October 16th, 2026
This day in history — October 16
What happened on October 16
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1962
Cuban Missile Crisis begins: U.S. President John F. Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point).
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1975
Three-year-old Rahima Banu, from Bangladesh, is the last known case of naturally occurring smallpox.
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1923
Roy and Walt Disney founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in Hollywood, which eventually grew to become one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world.
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1846
William T. G. Morton administers ether anesthesia during a surgical operation.
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1978
Cardinal Karol Wojtyła is elected to the papacy as Pope John Paul II, he becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.
Famous births on October 16
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1854
Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist, and poet
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1925
Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer
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1886
David Ben-Gurion, Polish-Israeli soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel
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1958
Tim Robbins, American actor, director, and screenwriter
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1888
Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
Famous deaths on October 16
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1959
George Marshall, American general and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Defense, Nobel Prize laureate
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1793
Marie Antoinette, Austrian-born queen consort of Louis XVI of France
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2024
Liam Payne, English singer-songwriter from One Direction
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2024
Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas
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1981
Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician, 5th Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel