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October 16

1888

Birth date of Eugene O'Neill, dramatist. (died 11/27/53)

1890

Birth date of Paul Strand, photographer. (died 3/31/76)

1898

Birth date of William O. Douglas, Supreme Court Justice. (died 1/19/80)

1934

Henry Morgenthau, Jr. establishes the Painting and Sculpture Section of the Department of Treasury.