October 16

Events

 * 1829 - The first U.S. hotel annunciator, invented by Seth Fuller, was placed in service.

Births

 * 1922 – Max Bygraves, English singer/songwriter
 * 1931 – Valery Klimov, Russian violinist
 * 1943 – Fred Turner, Canadian bass player (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
 * 1947 – Bob Weir, American musician (Grateful Dead)
 * 1952 – Boogie Mosson, American musician (P Funk)
 * 1953 – Tony Carey, American-born rock keyboardist, producer (Rainbow, Planet P Project)
 * 1959 – Erkki-Sven Tüür, Estonian composer
 * 1960 – Bob Mould, American musician
 * 1962 – Flea, Australian-born American musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
 * 1963 – Brendan Kibble, Australian musician
 * 1969 – Roy Hargrove, American jazz trumpeter
 * 1969 – Wendy Wilson, American pop singer (Wilson Phillips)
 * 1971 – Chad Gray, American singer
 * 1972 – Tomas Lindberg, Swedish musician (At the Gates)
 * 1977 – John Mayer, American musician
 * 1978 – Ethan Luck, American musician (The O.C. Supertones, Demon Hunter, Relient K)
 * 1982 – Vincy Chan, Hong Kong singer

Deaths

 * 1621– Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dutch composer (b. 1562)
 * 1750 – Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German composer and lutenist (b. 1687)
 * 1959 – Minor Hall, American jazz musician (b. 1897)
 * 1973 – Gene Krupa, American jazz drummer (b. 1909)
 * 1982 – Mario del Monaco, Italian tenor (b. 1915)
 * 1983 – Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer (b. 1895)
 * 1986 – Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist (b. 1921)
 * 1990 – Jorge Bolet, Cuban-American classical pianist (b. 1914)
 * 1990 – Art Blakey, American jazz drummer (b. 1919)
 * 2005 – "Len" Dresslar, American singer and voice actor (b. 1925)
 * 2005 – David Reilly, American singer (God Lives Underwater) (b. 1971)
 * 2006 – Tommy Johnson, American tubist (b. 1935)
 * 2007 – Toše Proeski, Macedonian music star and humanitarian (b. 1981)