On this day in sports: October 16
- 1968 Tommie Smith and John Carlos are ejected from the US Olympic team for participating in the Olympics Black Power salute. Source
- 1999 Born: Aaron Nesmith, American basketball player Source
- 2012 Died: Eddie Yost, American baseball player and coach (born 1926) Source
- 2014 Died: Seppo Kuusela, Finnish basketball player and coach (born 1934) Source
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