On This Day for October 16 - Marie-Antoinette guillotined, Günter Grass is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. October 16 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Günter Grass READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1793 Marie-Antoinette guillotined READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2003: Hungarian boxer László Papp—who was the first three-time Olympic boxing champion, winning gold medals in 1948, 1952, and 1956—died at age 77. [ How much do you know about boxing?] 1968: During the awards ceremony for the 200-metre race at the Mexico City Olympics, American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave a Black-power salute, for which they were later ordered to leave the Games. [ Take our quiz about Olympic history.] 1964: China, eager to join the nuclear race, successfully detonated its first atomic bomb. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about China.] 1946: Ten of the 12 defendants sentenced to death at the Nürnberg trials, including Joachim von Ribbentrop and Ernst Kaltenbrunner, were executed. [ Take our quiz about infamous Nazis.] 1888: American dramatist Eugene O'Neill, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936, was born. [Test your knowledge of Nobel laureates in literature.] 1869: The Cardiff Giant was "discovered" in New York state; originally thought to be a petrified prehistoric man, it was later revealed to be a hoax. SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1854 Oscar Wilde Irish author 1977 John Mayer American singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1925 Angela Lansbury American actress 1908 Enver Hoxha prime minister of Albania 1890 Michael Collins Irish statesman 1936 Andrei Chikatilo Soviet serial killer SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help