* Astronomy

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RE: October 16th

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World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on 16 October
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45589448/world-food-day/

The Partition of Bengal took effect on the 16th October 1905
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_Bengal_(1905)

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The Library of Alexandria was inaugurated on October 16, 2002
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t15349508/great-library-of-alexandria/

In mathematics, the quaternions are a number system that extends the complex numbers.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45589455/quaternion/

Sir William Rowan Hamilton discovered the formula i² = j² = k² = ijk = -1 on the 16th of October 1843
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broom_Bridge

Blue Peter was first aired on 16 October 1958.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Peter

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The 596 nuclear weapons test was detonated on October 16, 1964
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45589675/596-nuclear-test/

First object launched into a solar orbit, 1957
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Zwicky#Guns_and_goblins

GOES 1 was the first Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite to be launched in 1975
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45589456/goes-1/

The Galileo spacecraft made a close flyby of Jupiter's moon Io on the 16th October 2001
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_of_Io#Galileo_era:_1995.E2.80.932003

The Schiaparelli lander separated from its mothership on 16 October 2016
http://m.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Spotlight_on_Schiaparelli_s_landing_site

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People

Rahima Banu Begum (born 1973) is the last known person to have been infected with smallpox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahima_Banu

Dr. Cyril Andrew Ponnamperuma (16 October 1923 - 20 December 1994) was a Sri Lankan scientist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Ponnamperuma

William "Wil" Jon Shipley (born October 16, 1969) is a Macintosh software developer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wil_Shipley

Robert Stephenson (16 October 1803 - 12 October 1859) was an early railway and civil engineer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stephenson

The Cardiff Giant was uncovered on October 16, 1869
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Giant

Peking Man, Homo erectus pekinensis, was discovered in 1923-27
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t4031371/peking-man/

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NGC Discovered

NGC 204 is a magnitude +12.9 lenticular galaxy discovered by John Herschel on the 16th October 1827.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58783571/ngc-204/

NGC 514 is a magnitude +12.2 intermediate spiral galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 16th October 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58783563/ngc-514/

NGC 531 is a magnitude +13.8 barred spiral galaxy discovered by R. J. Mitchell on the 16th October 1855.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58783533/ngc-531/

NGC 542 is a magnitude +14.8 spiral galaxy discovered by R. J. Mitchell on the 16th October 1855.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58783531/ngc-542/

NGC 660 is a magnitude +11.2 spiral galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 16th October 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t32655674/ngc-660/

NGC 781 is a magnitude +13.1 spiral galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 16th October 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58783481/ngc-781/

NGC 2170 is a magnitude +10.2 reflection nebula discovered by William Herschel on the 16th October 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58783469/ngc-2170/

NGC 2185 is a magnitude +13.6 reflection nebula discovered by William Herschel on the 16th October 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58783449/ngc-2185/

NGC 7074 is a magnitude +14.0 pair of galaxies discovered by Albert Marth on the 16th October 1863.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58783437/ngc-7074/

NGC 7448 is a magnitude +11.7 spiral galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 16th October 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58783427/ngc-7448/

NGC 7659 is a magnitude +14.0 spiral galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 16th October 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58783418/ngc-7659/

NGC 7691 is a magnitude +12.9 barred spiral galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 16th October 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58783412/ngc-7691/

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Alpha Centauri Bb was discovered on 16 October 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Centauri_Bb

Asteroid (690) Wratislavia was discovered by Joel Hastings Metcalf on October 16, 1909.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/690_Wratislavia

On October 16, 2011, comet Elenin made its closest approach to the Earth
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t39877911/comet-c2010-x1-elenin/

On October 16, 1982, a team of astronomers recovered Comet Halley
http://www.astrosociety.org/edu/publications/tnl/01/01.html

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Meteorites

The Mariaville (Iron) meteorite fell in Nebraska, USA, on the 16th October 1898.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45589489/mariaville-meteorite/

The Bur-Gheluai (H5) meteorite fell in Nebraska, USA, on the 16th October 1919.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45589482/bur-gheluai-meteorite/

The Tuxtuac (LL5) meteorite fell in Zacatecas, Mexico, on the 16th October 1975.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45589475/tuxtuac-meteorite/

The Sfax (L6) meteorite fell in Safaqis, Tunisia, on the 16th October 1989.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45589470/sfax-meteorite/

The Oum Dreyga (H3-5) meteorite fell in Rio de Oro, Western Sahara, on the 16th October 2003.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55257959/oum-dreyga-meteorite/

The Bassikounou (H5) meteorite fell in Hodh ech Chargui, Mauritania, on the 16th October 2006.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55257908/bassikounou-meteorite/