Event:
Hong Kong protesters continue to clash with police a day after Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying offers to engage in discussion; Leung said that he will not concede to demands for greater independence from central control, a key reason for the protest
More Notable Events on October 16: 1984 Baboon heart transplanted into a 15-day-old baby girl
1964 China becomes world's 5th nuclear power
1962 Byron R. White becomes a Supreme Court Justice
1941 Germany advances within 60 miles of Moscow
1923 Disney company founded
