Monday, 16 October 2006 On This Day : Oct 16 October 16: World Food Day 456- Magister militum Ricimer defeated Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and became master of the Western Roman Empire. 1813 - The Sixth Coalition attacked Napoleon and the First French Empire in the Battle of Leipzig , the largest conflict in the Napoleonic Wars. 1843- William Rowan Hamilton first wrote down the fundamental formula for quaternions on Broom Bridge in Dublin, Ireland. 1940- World War II: Hans Frank established the Warsaw Ghetto , the largest Jewish ghetto in occupied Poland. 1978 - Karol Józef Wojty³a, a cardinal from Kraków, Poland , became Pope John Paul II (pictured) , the first non- Italian pope since the 16th century and the first ever from a Slavic country. 8:31:34 PM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • Geek OMG - It Arrived Today The Saga now ends 8:24:46 PM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! © Copyright 2006 Frank Arrigo. A Geek Microsoft Blogger Last update: 7/11/2006; 9:07:09 PM.