What happened on October 16 ?

1396 - William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450)

1430 - King James II of Scotland (d. 1460)

1483 - Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)

1535 - Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585)

1663 - Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736)

1710 - Andreas Hadik, Austro-Hungarian general (d. 1790)

1714 - Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist (d. 1795)

1726 - Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (d. 1801)

1758 - Noah Webster, American lexicographer (d. 1843)

1815 - Francis Lubbock, Governor of Texas (d. 1905)

1840 - Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1900)

1841 - Prince Hirobumi Ito, Japanese governor of Korea (d. 1909)

1854 - Oscar Wilde, Irish writer (d. 1900)

1855 - Samedbey Mehmandarov, Russian general (d. 1931)

1861 - J. B. Bury, Irish historian (d. 1927)

1863 - Austen Chamberlain, English statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1937)

1878 - Maxey Long, American athlete (d. 1959)

1886 - David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1973)

1888 - Eugene O'Neill, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)

1888 - Paul Popenoe, American activist (d. 1979)

1890 - Michael Collins, Irish patriot (d. 1922)

1890 - Paul Strand, American photographer (d. 1975)

1898 - William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1980)

1900 - Edward Ardizzone - Artist and illustrator (d. 1979)

1900 - Primo Conti, Italian painter (d. 1988)

1903 - Cecile de Brunhoff, French storyteller (d. 2003)

1908 - Enver Hoxha, Albanian dictator (d.1985)

1914 - Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan

1918 - Louis Althusser, French Marxist philosopher (d. 1990)

1919 - Kathleen Winsor, American writer (d. 2003)

1922 - Max Bygraves, English singer songwriter

1923 - Bert Kaempfert, German orchestra leader and songwriter (d. 1980)

1925 - Angela Lansbury, English-born actress

1927 - Günter Grass, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate

1928 - Mary Daly, feminist

1931 - Charles Colson, American Watergate conspirator

1936 - Andrei Chikatilo, Russian serial killer

1936 - Akira Machida Japanese judge

1936 - Peter Bowles, English actor

1938 - Carl Gunter Jr, Louisiana State Representative (d. 1999)

1940 - Barry Corbin, American actor

1940 - Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player (d. 2003)

1941 - Tim McCarver, baseball player and commentator

1946 - Suzanne Somers, American actress

1947 - Terry Griffiths, Welsh snooker player

1947 - Bob Weir, American musician (Grateful Dead)

1952 - Boogie Mosson, American musician (P Funk)

1952 - Ron Taylor, American actor (d. 2002)

1953 - Paulo Roberto Falcão, Brazilian footballer

1956 - Johnny Chavis, Native American Football Coach

1958 - Tim Robbins, American actor, director, and writer

1959 - Gary Kemp, British musician and actor

1959 - Erkki-Sven Tüür, Estonian composer

1962 - Flea, Australian musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)

1962 - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian baritone

1965 - Steve Lamacq, British journalist and disc jockey

1967 - Davina McCall, British television presenter

1970 - Mehmet Scholl, German footballer

1972 - Tomas Lindberg, Swedish musician (At The Gates)

1973 - Justin Credible, American professional wrestler

1974 - Paul Kariya, Canadian hockey player

1977 - John Mayer, American musician

1979 - Misty Mundae, B-movie actress

1980 - Sue Bird, American basketball player

1980 - Timana Tahu, Australian Rugby League Player

1982 - Vincy Chan, Hong Kong singer

1984 - Melissa Lauren, pornographic actress