^B{^#!16!7 October^N! Feast day of St Justina of Padua, St Mark, pope, St Artaldus or Arthaud, and St Osyth.
^B{1571^B} The Battle of Lepanto, between Christian allied naval forces and the Ottoman Turks attempting to capture Cyprus from the Venetians, took place. ^B{1806^B} The first carbon paper was patented by its English inventor, Ralph Wedgwood. ^B{1919^B} The Dutch airline KLM, the oldest existing airline, was established. ^B{1949^B} The German Democratic Republic, or East Germany, was formed. ^B{1958^B} The first photograph of the far side of the Moon was transmitted from the USSR's ^I{Lunik I^I}. ^B{1985^B} The Italian liner ^I{Achille Lauro^I} was seized by Palestinian terrorists; they surrendered two days later, having killed one US passenger. ^B{1988^B} Grey whales trapped under ice in Alaska became the focus of an international rescue effort.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, ^B{1573^B}; Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, ^B{1885^B}; Desmond Tutu, Archbishop of Cape Town, ^B{1931^B}; Clive James, Australian critic and TV presenter, ^B{1939^B}; Yo Yo Ma, Chinese cellist, ^B{1955^B}; Jane Torvill, English ice skater, ^B{1957^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Edgar Allan Poe, US novelist and poet, ^B{1849^B}; Oliver Wendell Holmes, US writer, ^B{1894^B}; Marie Lloyd, English music hall comedienne, ^B{1922^B}; Radclyffe Hall, English author, ^B{1943^B}; Clarence Birdseye, US deep-freezing inventor, ^B{1967^B}; Bette Davis, US actress, ^B{1989^B}; Agnes de Mille, US choreographer, ^B{1993^B}.
