On This Day – Cuban Missile Crisis begins

TODAY IN HISTORY - October 16th:

1847 - Charlotte Brontë's book "Jane Eyre" published
1869 - Hotel in Boston becomes 1st to have indoor plumbing
1923 - Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio founded
1950 - The first edition of C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" is released in London
1962 - Cuban missile crisis begins as JFK becomes aware of missiles in Cuba

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1758 - Noah Webster, West Hartford, Connecticut, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), (d. 1843)
1925 - Angela Lansbury, actress (Jessica-Murder She Wrote), born in London, England
2013 - Actress and singer Kristen Bell (30) weds actor Dax Shepard (38) at the Beverly Hills County Clerk's Office in California
1946 - Suzanne Somers, San Bruno California, actress (3's Company, Step by Step)

GOODBYE TO:

1793 - Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, beheaded at 37
1991 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer (16 Tons), dies at 72
1992 - Shirley Booth, actress (Hazel), dies of natural causes at 94
1997 - Audra Lindley, actress (Helen Roper-3's Company, Ropers), dies at 79
1997 - James Mitchner, author (Hawaii), dies of kidney failure at 90

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