Born on
The people most looked up on this day.
American YouTube personality (1950–2017)
died 2017
Nigerian businesswoman and political activist
died 1993
French architect and political activist (1940–2023)
died 2023
Pedro Ricardo Quintela Henriques
Portuguese football player/commentator
Argentine YouTuber, actor
American YouTuber
American internet celebrity (born 1998)
Cookbook author and food columnist
died 1988
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
died 1900
German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (1927-2015)
died 2015
Every year from 1959 to 2025, from the chart week that October 16 fell in.
The Fate of Ophelia
Taylor Swift
A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Shaboozey
First Person Shooter
Drake featuring J. Cole
Bad Habit
Steve Lacy
Stay
The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber
Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)
Jawsh 685, Jason Derulo and BTS
Highest in the Room
Travis Scott
Girls Like You
Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
Bodak Yellow
Cardi B
Closer
The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
The Hills
The Weeknd
All About That Bass
Meghan Trainor
Royals
Lorde
One More Night
Maroon 5
Someone Like You
Adele
Just the Way You Are
Bruno Mars
Down
Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne
Live Your Life
T.I. featuring Rihanna
Crank That (Soulja Boy)
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
SexyBack
Justin Timberlake
Gold Digger
Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
Goodies
Ciara featuring Petey Pablo
Baby Boy
Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul
Dilemma
Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland
I'm Real (Murder Remix)
Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule
Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)
Christina Aguilera
Heartbreaker
Mariah Carey featuring Jay-Z
One Week
Barenaked Ladies
Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight
Elton John
Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)
Los del Río
Fantasy
Mariah Carey
I'll Make Love to You
Boyz II Men
Dreamlover
Mariah Carey
End of the Road
Boyz II Men
Emotions
Mariah Carey
I Don't Have the Heart
James Ingram
Miss You Much
Janet Jackson
A Groovy Kind of Love
Phil Collins
Lost in Emotion
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
When I Think of You
Janet Jackson
Take On Me
a-ha
I Just Called to Say I Love You
Stevie Wonder
Total Eclipse of the Heart
Bonnie Tyler
Jack & Diane
John Cougar
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
Christopher Cross
Another One Bites the Dust
Queen
Rise
Herb Alpert
Kiss You All Over
Exile
You Light Up My Life
Debby Boone
Disco Duck
Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots
Bad Blood
Neil Sedaka
Nothing From Nothing
Billy Preston
Angie
The Rolling Stones
My Ding-a-Ling
Chuck Berry
Maggie May / Reason to Believe
Rod Stewart
I'll Be There
The Jackson 5
I Can't Get Next to You
The Temptations
Hey Jude
The Beatles
To Sir With Love
Lulu
Reach Out I'll Be There
Four Tops
Yesterday
The Beatles
Do Wah Diddy Diddy
Manfred Mann
Sugar Shack
Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs
Monster Mash
Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers
Hit the Road Jack
Ray Charles
Save the Last Dance for Me
The Drifters
Mack the Knife
Bobby Darin
Chart positions are from the Billboard Hot 100, compiled by Wikipedia and released under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike. Birthed is not affiliated with Billboard or Wikipedia.
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