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The National Weather Service issues a flash flood watch today. (AP via KPHO TV) (Los Angeles Times) Six construction workers, injured when scaffolding at an unfinished building collapsed in Houston , Texas (US), are rushed to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.
At the beginning of today's weekly general audience, Pope Francis asks for forgiveness for the scandals which have recently hit Rome and the Vatican. He did not offer details. The Church's Synod on the Family concludes Sunday, October 25, 2015. (Voice of America) (Catholic Herald)
October 16 is the 289th day of the year ... Ten defendants found guilty by the International Military Tribunal are executed by hanging. ... 2015 – James W. Fowler ...
President Reagan reported that U.S. ships had been fired upon or struck mines or taken other military action on September 21 , October 8, and October 19, 1987, and April 18 (Operation Praying Mantis), July 3, and July 14, 1988. The United States gradually reduced its forces after a cease-fire between Iran and Iraq on August 20, 1988.
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Highlights of this day in history: Convicted Nazi war criminal Herman Goering commits suicide behind bars; World War I spy Mata Hari executed; Nikita Khrushchev ousted as Soviet Union's leader; 'I ...
Your military history newsletter – Issue CXV, October 2015 Front page • Project news • Article news • Book reviews • Review essay • Op-ed • World War I timeline New featured articles
On 16 October 1834 a major fire largely destroyed the Palace of Westminster, the medieval royal palace used as the home of the British parliament.The conflagration was caused by the burning of small wooden tally sticks that had been used as part of the accounting procedures of the Exchequer until 1826, which were being disposed of carelessly in the two furnaces under the House of Lords.