German police arrested 1,259 Jews in Rome. 252 were subsequently released. Unlike in France, the Germans did not attempt to use Italian police, as they were deemed unreliable.
News of the impending arrest had caused many others to previously take refuge with non-Jewish friends or in Catholic churches and institutions.
Approximately 1500 people from the US and 1500 people from Japan were at the start of a repatriation process as the MS Gripsholm and theTeia Maru, docked alongside of each other at the Portuguese Indian port of Mormugao.
The U-470, U-533, U-844 and U-964 were sunk.
The B-25D 'Red Wrath' of the 498th 'Falcons' Bomb Squadron, 345th 'Air Apaches' Bomb Group bombing Japanese anti-aircraft sites, Wewak & Boram, New Guinea, October 16, 1943.
Today in World War II History—October 16, 1943: After transfer from Italy, US Ninth Air Force is re-formed as a tactical force at Sunninghill, England, under Lt. Gen. Lewis Brereton . . .
From Sarah Sundin's blog, which also includes a variety of other interesting events not noted here.
