October 16
1555 Hugh Latimer & Nicholas Ridley, English Protestants, were martyred in Oxford, England.
1758 Noah Webster, American lexicographer, was born.
1793 Marie Antoinette was beheaded during the French Revolution.
1923 The Walt Disney Company was founded by Walt Disney and his brother, Roy Disney.
1925 Angela Lansbury, actress, was born.
1995 The Skye Bridge, connecting the Isle of Skye with the mainland Highland of Scotland, was opened.
2002 President George W Bush signed a congressional resolution authorizing war against Iraq.
October 17
1777 British forces under Gen John Burgoyne surrendered to American forces in Saratoga, NY, in a turning point of the Revolutionary War.
1888 Thomas Edison filed a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
1931 Mobster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion and sentenced to 11 years in prison. He was released in 1939.
1933 Physicist Albert Einstein arrived in the United States as a refugee from Nazi Germany.
1989 An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale struck northern California killing about 63 people and causing $7 billion in damage.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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