On this day... October 16:

On this day...

October 16:      World Food Day 456 – Magister militum Ricimer defeated EmperorAvitus at Piacenza and became master of theWestern Roman Empire. 1834 – Most of the Palace of Westminster in London was destroyed in a fire. 1923 – Roy and Walt Disney (pictured) founded theDisney Brothers Cartoon Studio in Hollywood that eventually grew to become one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. 1934 – Surrounded by Kuomintang troops, Zhou Enlai, Bo Gu, andOtto Braun led 130,000 Red Army soldiers and civilians on a "Long March" from Jiangxi. 1984 – The Bill debuted on ITV, eventually becoming the longest-running police procedural in British television history.