Event:
U.S. President Barack Obama provides authorization for military reserves to be sent to West Africa if needed to help respond to the Ebola epidemic; the president also does not see the need to ban travelers from West Africa from entering the U.S.
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
