^B{^#!16!8 October^N! Feast day of St Simeon Senex, St Pelagia (or Margaret) the Penitent, St Demetrius, St Keyne, St Tha∩s, St Marcellus, and St Reparata of Caesarea.
^B{1085^B} St Mark's Cathedral in Venice was consecrated. ^B{1871^B} The Great Fire of Chicago started. It burned until the 11th, killing over 250 people and making 95,000 homeless. ^B{1905^B} A permanent waving machine was first used on a woman's hair, by Charles Nessler. ^B{1915^B} The Battle of Loos, in World War I, ended. ^B{1939^B} Western Poland was incorporated in the Third Reich. ^B{1965^B} London's Post Office Tower, Britain's tallest building, opened. ^B{1967^B} A breathalyzer was used on a motorist for the first time, in Somerset. ^B{1973^B} LBC (London Broadcasting), Britain's first legal commercial radio station, began transmitting.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}John Cowper Powys, English novelist, ^B{1872^B}; Alfred Munnings, British painter, ^B{1878^B}; Juan Per≤n, Argentine dictator, ^B{1895^B}; Betty Boothroyd, British MP, the Speaker,1929^B}; Merle Park, British ballerina, ^B{1937^B}; Jesse Jackson, US politician, ^B{1941^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Jan Massys, Flemish painter, ^B{1575^B}; Henry Fielding, English novelist, ^B{1754^B}; Franklin Pierce, ^B{14th US president, ^B{1869^B}; Kathleen Ferrier, English contralto, ^B{1953^B}; Clement Attlee, British statesman, ^B{1967^B}; Willy Brandt, former German federal chancellor, ^B{1992^B}.
