Today in History: October 16, Cuban Missile Crisis begins

This day is Thursday Oct the th day of There are days left in the year This day in history On Oct the Cuban missile situation began as President John F Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of Soviet nuclear missile sites in Cuba Also on this date In American lexicographer Noah Webster was born in Hartford Connecticut Related Articles What is the chikungunya virus now transmitted in the US for the first time in years New Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds mandate for Bible instruction in schools Ukraine meets with US weapons makers Brown University rejects Trump s offer for priority funding citing concerns over academic freedom Faulty engineering led to implosion of Titan submersible headed to Titanic wreckage NTSB finds In Marie Antoinette the queen of France was beheaded during the French Revolution In radical abolitionist John Brown led an unsuccessful raid on the U S arsenal at Harpers Ferry in what was then western Virginia The raid failed to spark Brown s intended slave rebellion but deepened North-South animosities leading to the Civil War Ten of Brown s men were killed others fled and Brown and six followers were caught and executed In Chinese communists under siege by the Nationalists began their long march lasting a year from southeastern to northwestern China In China set off its first atomic bomb codenamed on the Lop Nur Test Ground In American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos sparked dispute at the Mexico City Olympics by giving Black power salutes during a win ceremony after they had won gold and bronze medals in the -meter race In the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church chose Cardinal Karol Wojtyla voy-TEE -wah to be the new pope he took the name John Paul II In Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his decades of non-violent struggle for racial equality in South Africa In -month-old Jessica McClure was pulled from an abandoned well in Midland Texas after being stuck there for more than two days The efforts to rescue Baby Jessica captured the attention of the nation In a gunman opened fire at a Luby s Cafeteria in Killeen Texas killing people before taking his own life In the Million Man March a gathering of Black men meant to foster unity in the face of economic and social issues affecting African Americans was held in Washington D C In Army Sgt Bowe Bergdahl who had been captured and held by the Taliban for five years after walking away from his post in Afghanistan in pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy He was subsequently given no prison time after submitting evidence of torture at the hands of the Taliban A federal judge vacated his military conviction in In more than people including children were killed in Nigeria when an overturned gasoline tanker truck exploded in flames while they tried to scoop up spilled fuel Dozens more were injured in the massive inferno in Jigawa state Currently s Birthdays Actor Fernanda Montenegro is Actor Barry Corbin is Musician Bob Weir is Actor-director Tim Robbins is Rock musician Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers is Filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan is Actor Terri J Vaughn is Singer John Mayer is Former WNBA point guard Sue Bird is Actor Caterina Scorsone is Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Bryce Harper is Tennis athlete Naomi Osaka is