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Historical Event on 10/16/1945
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) established.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/12/1954 | Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper (India 1979), was born in Madras. |
| 4/5/1614 | Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. |
| 10/15/1996 | H.D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, launched the concluding ceremony of the 85th year of ICMR at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. He also gave away the ICMR Prizes and Awards (1994-95) to outstanding bio-medical scientists of India. |
| 5/9/1908 | Arkalgudun Krishnarao, Kannad writer, was born. |
| 5/13/1956 | Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore. |
| 1/9/1935 | Harishankar Sharma, great educationist, was born at Jaipur. |
| 3/1/1916 | Habib Rahman, great Architect, was born at Calcutta. |
| 12/27/1975 | A coal-mine was exploded at Chasnala mine near Dhanbad. It was India's worst coal mine disaster. |
| 5/4/1993 | Santosh Yadav became the first Indian woman to conquer the Everest twice. |
| 12/13/1999 | The Railways announces concessions for senior citizens, students upto Class X and the poor. |
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