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October 16th, 2002	Event	Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, is officially inaugurated.
October 16th, 1998	Event	Former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a warrant from Spain requesting his extradition on murder charges.
October 16th, 1996	Event	Eighty-four people are killed and more than 180 injured as 47,000 football fans attempt to squeeze into the 36,000-seat Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City.
October 16th, 1995	Event	The Million Man March occurs in Washington, DC.
October 16th, 1993	Event	Anti-Nazi riot breaks out in Welling in Kent, after police stop protesters approaching British National Party headquarters
October 16th, 1991	Event	Luby s massacre: George Hennard runs amok in Killeen, Texas, killing 23 and wounding 20 in Luby s Cafeteria.
October 16th, 1991	Event	Jharkhand Chhatra Yuva Morcha is founded at a conference in Ranchi, India.
October 16th, 1987	Event	Great Storm of 1987: hurricane force winds to hit much of the South of England killing 23 people.
October 16th, 1984	Event	Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
October 16th, 1978	Event	Pope John Paul II is elected in Rome.

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