Today is Thursday, October 16, the 290th day of 2008. There are 76 days left in the year.
1923 _ Disney Co founded
1945 _ U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization comes into existence
1946 _ 10 Nazi leaders hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg trials
1962 _ Cuban missile crisis began as JFK becomes aware of missiles in Cuba
1964 _ China becomes world's fifth nuclear power
1968 _ During Olympics Tommie Smith and John Carlos give black power salute
1970 _ Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Gamal Abdel Nasser
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
1986 _ U.S. government closes down due to budget problems