^B{^#!16!9 October^N! National Day of Uganda. Feast Day of St Demetrius of Alexandria, Saints Eleutherius and Rusticus, Saints Andronicus and Athanasia, St Denis or Dionysius of Paris, St Dionysius the Aeropagite, St Savin, St Publia, St Louis Bertrßn, and St Ghislain or Gislenus.
^B{1470^B} Henry VI was restored to the throne after being deposed in 1461. ^B{1779^B} The first Luddite riots, against the introduction of machinery for spinning cotton, began in Manchester. ^B{1875^B} The Universal Postal Union was established, with headquarters in Berne, Switzerland. ^B{1888^B} The massive marble Washington Monument, designed by Robert Mills, was opened. ^B{1934^B} Alexander, King of Yugoslavia, and French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou were assassinated by Croatian terrorists in Marseilles. ^B{1967^B} Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, Argentinian-born guerilla leader and revolutionary, was murdered in Bolivia.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Camille Saint-Saδns, French composer, ^B{1835^B}; Alastair Sim, British actor, ^B{1900^B}; Jacques Tati, French film director, ^B{1908^B}; Don McCullin, British war photographer, ^B{1935^B}; John Lennon, rock singer and songwriter, ^B{1940^B}; Steve Ovett, English athlete, ^B{1955^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Gabriel Fallopius, Italian anatomist, ^B{1562^B}; Pope Pius XII, ^B{1958^B}; AndrΘ Maurois, French writer, ^B{1967^B}; Clare Booth Luce, US writer and politician, ^B{1987^B}; Jackie Millburn, English footballer, ^B{1988^B}.
