November 16
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November 16 is the 321st day of the year (322nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 44 days remaining after November 16 until the end of the year.
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[change] Events
- 1532 – Inca ruler Atahualpa is captured by Spanish Conquistadors.
- 1632 – Thirty Years War: Swedish troops defeat an imperial army under Albrecht von Wallenstein, but lose their king, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
- 1849 – A Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his execution is canceled at the last minute.
- 1855 – David Livingstone becomes the first European to reach Victoria Falls.
- 1896 – First transmission of electrical power between two cities was sent from Niagara Falls to industries in Buffalo, New York.
- 1904 – John Ambrose Fleming invents the vacuum tube.
- 1907 – Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory become Oklahoma and are admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
- 1914 – The Federal Reserve System in the United States officially starts business.
- 1933 – The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.
- 1940 – World War II: In response to Germany leveling Coventry two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
- 1945 – UNESCO is founded.
- 1957 – Serial killer Edward Gein murders his last victim, Bernice Worden.
- 1965 – The Soviet Venera 3 probe is launched to the planet Venus.
- 1970 – Hafez al-Assad comes to power in Syria.
- 1988 – The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR declares that the Estonia was "sovereign" but stopped short of declaring independence.
- 1988 – In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan choose Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister.
- 1993 – Guyana joins the UN.
- 1996 – Mother Teresa receives honorary US citizenship.
- 2000 – Bill Clinton becomes the first current US President to visit Vietnam.
- 2006 – Rioting occurs in Nuku'alofa, Tonga.
[change] Births
- 42 BC – Tiberius, Roman emperor (d. 37)
- 1717 – Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician (d. 1793)
- 1807 – Jonas Hallgrimsson, Icelandic poet (d. 1845)
- 1836 – David Kalakaua, King of Hawai'i (d. 1891)
- 1855 – Tommaso Tittoni, Italian Prime Minister (d. 1931)
- 1857 – Jon Sveinsson, Icelandic writer (d. 1944)
- 1873 – W. C. Handy, American blues musician (d. 1958)
- 1890 – Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines (d. 1956)
- 1895 – Paul Hindemith, German composer (d. 1963)
- 1896 – Pavel Alexandrov, Russian mathematician (d. 1982)
- 1896 – Oswald Mosley, British fascist politician (d. 1980)
- 1897 – Choudhary Rahmat Ali, Pakistani student (d. 1951)
- 1898 – Warren McCulloch, American neuropsychologist (d. 1969)
- 1901 – Ernest Nagel, Czech philosopher (d. 1985)
- 1904 – Nnamdi Azikiwe, first President of Nigeria (d. 1996)
- 1905 – Eddie Condon, American jazz musician (d. 1973)
- 1907 – Burgess Meredith, American actor (d. 1997)
- 1908 – Soeur Emmanuelle, French-Belgian nun (d. 2008)
- 1922 – Jose Saramago, Portuguese writer (d. 2010)
- 1930 – Chinua Achebe, Nigerian writer, poet and academic
- 1935 – Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, Iraqi-Lebanese spiritual leader (d. 2010)
- 1935 – France-Albert Rene, former President of the Seychelles
- 1938 – Robert Nozick, American philosopher (d. 2002)
- 1942 – Willie Carson, Scottish jockey
- 1946 – Wolfgang Kleff, German footballer
- 1948 – Arie Haan, Dutch footballer
- 1952 – Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game creator (Nintendo)
- 1953 – Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh actor, comedian and writer
- 1958 – Marg Helgenberger, American actress
- 1961 – Frank Bruno, British boxer
- 1963 – Zina Garrison, American tennis player
- 1964 – Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Italian actress
- 1964 – Diana Krall, Canadian jazz singer
- 1967 – Lisa Bonet, American actress
- 1974 – Paul Scholes, English footballer
- 1977 – Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress
- 1977 – Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian figure skater
- 1978 – Gary Naysmith, Scottish footballer
- 1983 – Britta Steffen, German swimmer
- 1995 – Noah Gray-Cabey, American actor
[change] Deaths
- 1093 – Saint Margaret, Queen Consort of Scotland, wife of King Malcolm III, mother of Kings Alexander I, David I and Edgar (b. 1045)
- 1272 – Henry III, King of England (b. 1207)
- 1632 – King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (b. 1594) (killed in battle)
- 1797 – Frederick William II of Prussia (b. 1744)
- 1922 – Max Abraham, German physicist (b. 1875)
- 1934 – Carl von Linde, German inventor and engineer (b. 1842)
- 1945 – Sigurdur Eggerz, Icelandic Prime Minister (b. 1875)
- 1960 – Clark Gable, American actor (b. 1901)
- 1961 – Sam Rayburn, American Speaker of the House (b. 1882)
- 1965 – W. T. Cosgrove, Irish Taoiseach (b. 1880)
- 1971 – Edie Sedgwick, American actress (b. 1943)
- 1999 – Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist (b. 1928)
- 2005 – Henry Taube, Canadian-born chemist (b. 1915)
- 2006 – Milton Friedman, American economist (b. 1912)
- 2008 – Reg Varney, British actor (b. 1916)
- 2009 – Edward Woodward, British actor (b. 1930)
- 2009 – Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (b. 1978)
