Taft–Díaz Summit; Family Planning Clinic; Rome Ghetto Raid; Liaquat Ali Khan Assassination; Australian Constitutional Crisis; Non-Italian Pope; Million Man March; Lao Airlines Crash

A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History · Oct 16, 2026 · 7m

A Daily Dose of History (17 Oct 2026)

Today's historical events:

William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.

Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.

Holocaust in Italy: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome.

The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.

The Australian Coalition sparks a constitutional crisis when they vote to defer funding for the government's annual budget.

Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since…