Every day is a reflection of floating moments, where each second slips into history continuously. The endless collision of present and past is shaping memories, events, and stories. Today, like every other day, becomes both lived and remembered, and just like every sunrise brings new possibilities, every day carries echoes of what has gone before. Here are some moments and the history to relive from 16th October.
Marie-Antoinette, the queen of Louis XVI, guillotined
On this day in 1793¸Marie-Antoinette, queen of Louis XVI, was guillotined as she put an extravagant effort to save the monarchy.
Tommie Smith and John Carlos showed solidarity with blacks
In 1968, American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos showed solidarity with blacks by giving a Black-power salute during the awards ceremony for the 200-metre race at the Mexico City Olympics.
Oscar Wilde’s birthday
Irish playwright and poet Oscar Wilde, who is best known for "The Picture of Dorian Grey,” was born on this day in 1854.
Texas Massacre
In 1991, a driver named George Jo Hennard drove his truck to Luby’s Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, and then opened a gunfire on 100 people and killing 23 people and also injuring 20 more. Hennard then pointed the gun at him and shot himself. It is one of the scariest killings in history.
Guatemala City stampede killed 84 people
In 1996, during a World Cup qualifying match in Guatemala City, 84 people died in a stampede and left seriously injured number more than 100.
These are some of the key incidents from October 16. As Diwali is approaching near the whole time period has some interesting mythological connections. India celebrates Dussehra as it was the end of Ravana, but do you know when Ram, Lakshman, and Sita came back to Ayodhya? Their arrival in Ayodhya is remembered as Diwali; they came back to Ayodhya after 14 years of vanavas, and to celebrate the moment, the whole of Ayodhya decorated its houses with lights and Rangolis.
