1. On October 16, 1907, Oklahoma officially became the 46th state in the United States of America. Prior to this, it was known as Indian Territory and was home to many Native American tribes.

2. In 1934, infamous outlaw Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd was killed in a shootout with FBI agents near East Liverpool, Ohio. Floyd, who was born in Georgia, spent much of his life in Oklahoma and became a folk hero of sorts in the state due to his numerous bank robberies and run-ins with the law.

3. On October 16, 1969, a tornado swept through the town of Woodward, Oklahoma, killing six people and causing extensive damage to the area. The tornado was part of a larger storm system that caused severe weather across the central United States.

4. In 1973, the Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team played their first ever NBA game on October 16th. The team was originally known as the Seattle SuperSonics, but moved to Oklahoma City in 2008.

5. On October 16, 1978, Oklahoma resident and Nobel Prize-winning physicist John Bardeen passed away. Bardeen was the only person to have won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice, and is known for his work on the development of the transistor, which transformed the field of electronics.