WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024

On this day...

1311-Council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens

1841-Queens University in Kingston is chartered

1867-Alaska adopts the Gregorian calendar, crosses intl date line

1940-Warsaw Ghetto established

1943-Chicago Mayor Ed Kelly opens city's new subway system

1945-U.N.'s Food & Agriculture Organization comes into existence

1946-10 Nazi leaders hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg trials

1973-Kissinger & Le Duc Tho jointly awarded Nobel peace prize

1973-Maynard Jackson elected mayor of Atlanta

1982-Mt. Palomar Observatory 1st to detect Halley's comet on 13th return

1982-Shultz warns U.S. will withdraw from U.N. if they vote to exclude Israel

1984-Desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, wins the Nobel Peace Prize

1985-Intel introduces 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip

1990-U.S. forces reach 200,000 in the Persian Gulf