Today In History – Oct. 16 – 1384 – Jadwiga Is Crowned King Of Poland, Despite Being A Woman

1812 Henry Martyn Approached Muslims with the Gospel

1813 Battle of Leipzig, largest battle in Europe prior to WWI, Napoleon’s forces defeated by Prussia, Austria and Russia

1861 After four days of torture, Che Jinguang, an elderly Chinese Christian in Boluo, is ordered to renounce Christianity. When he refuses, he is killed and his body thrown into a river, the first-known Protestant martyr in China.

1888 Horatio Gates Spafford, who penned the hymn “It is Well with My Soul” passes on.

1900 Great Britain and Germany sign the Anglo-German Treaty, agreeing to maintain territorial integrity of China and support ‘open door’ policy called for by US Secretary of State

1934 Mao Zedong and 25,000 troops begin their 6,000 mile Long March from the south of China to the north and west

1962 Cuban Missile Crisis begins as JFK is shown photos confirming the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba

1978 Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected Pope John Paul II

1998 Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a Spanish warrant requesting his extradition on murder charges

Today’s Historical Events
Today in Film & TV
1923 Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio founded

Today in Music
1912 Arnold Schoenberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire,” premieres at the Berlin Choralion-Saal sung by Albertine Zehme

Today in Sport
1968 Americans Tommie Smith (gold 19.83 WR) and John Carlos (bronze) famously give the Black Power Salute on the 200m medal podium during the Mexico City Olympics to protest racism and injustice against African-Americans

Do you know this fact about today? Did You Know?
Findings published of neutron star collision that occurred two months prior on August 17, the first cosmic event seen in gravitational waves and light. Confirms heavy elements such as gold the result of such collisions, on this day in 2017

Would you believe this fact about today? Would You Believe? Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, despite being a woman, on this day in 1384