This Day In History

October 16th

1829  The Tremont Hotel opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
1846  Ether was used as a painkiller for the first time in Boston's General Hospital.
1928  The frosted electric light bulb patented.
1969  The New York Mets won their first World Series
1975  John Fogarty of the group Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) disbanded.

1758  Dictionary Man Noah Webster
1854  Playwrite Oscar Wilde (born named Fingal O'Flahertie Wills)
1886  1st Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion
1925  Actress Angela Lansbury
1946  Actress Suzanne Somers (Mahoney)
1947  Musician Bob Weir (Hall) of the Grateful Dead
1969  Singer Wendy Wilson

1959

• Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin

• Mr. Blue - The Fleetwoods

• Poison Ivy - The Coasters

• The Three Bells - The Browns

1967

• The Letter - The Box Tops

• To Sir with Love - Lulu

• How Can I be Sure - The Young Rascals

• I Don't Wanna Play House - Tammy Wynette

1975

• Bad Blood - Neil Sedaka

• Mr. Jaws - Dickie Goodman

• Miracles - Jefferson Starship

• Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Willie Nelson

1983

• Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler

• Islands in the Stream - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton

• One Thing Leads to Another - The Fixx

• Paradise Tonight - Charly McClain and Mickey Gilley

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