November 16
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November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 45 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Events [change]
- 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.
- 1869 - The Suez Canal is opened to shipping.
- 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.
- 1915 - The characterised Coca Cola bottle is patented in the United States.
- 1920 - The Australian airline Qantas is founded as the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.
- 1933 – The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.
- 1933 - American Jimmie Angel re-discovers Angel Falls in Venezuela.
- 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.
- 1973 - NASA launches Skylab 4 with three astronauts on board for an 84-day mission, from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
- 1980 - An explosion at a military base in Bangkok, Thailand kills 38 people.
- 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.
Births [change]
- 42 BC – Tiberius, Roman emperor (d. 37)
- 1569 - Paul Sartorius, German composer and organist (d. 1609)
- 1643 - Jean Chardin, French explorer (d. 1703)
- 1717 – Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician (d. 1793)
- 1720 - Carlo Antonio Campioni, Italian composer (d. 1788)
- 1753 - James McHenry, American statesman (d. 1816)
- 1766 - Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist (d. 1831)
- 1807 – Jonas Hallgrimsson, Icelandic poet (d. 1845)
- 1827 - Charles Eliot Norton, American scholar (d. 1908)
- 1835 - Eugenio Beltrami, Italian mathematician (d. 1900)
- 1836 – David Kalakaua, King of Hawai'i (d. 1891)
- 1851 - Minnie Hauk, American soprano (d. 1929)
- 1855 – Tommaso Tittoni, Italian Prime Minister (d. 1931)
- 1857 – Jon Sveinsson, Icelandic writer (d. 1944)
- 1873 – W. C. Handy, American blues musician (d. 1958)
- 1874 - Alexander Kolchak, Russian explorer and politician (d. 1920)
- 1880 - Alexander Blok, Russian poet (d. 1921)
- 1883 - Emil Breitkreutz, American runner (d. 1972)
- 1886 - Arthur B. Krock, American political journalist (d. 1974)
- 1889 - George Kaufman, American playwright (d. 1961)
- 1890 – Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines (d. 1956)
- 1891 - Julius Leber, German politician and Resistance activist (d. 1945)
- 1895 – Paul Hindemith, German composer (d. 1963)
- 1896 – Pavel Alexandrov, Russian mathematician (d. 1982)
- 1896 – Oswald Mosley, British fascist politician (d. 1980)
- 1896 - Lawrence Tibbett, American baritone (d. 1960)
- 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)
- 1916 - Al Lucas, Canadian jazz musician (d. 1983)
- 1921 - Edmondo Fabbri, Italian footballer (d. 1995)
- 1922 – Jose Saramago, Portuguese writer (d. 2010)
- 1924 - Mel Patton, American athlete
- 1925 - Gianfranco Dell'Innocenti, Italian footballer
- 1930 – Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist, poet and academic (d. 2013)
- 1930 - Salvatore Riina, Italian mafia boss
- 1931 - Hubert Sumlin, American blues musician
- 1935 – Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, Iraqi-Lebanese spiritual leader (d. 2010)
- 1935 – France-Albert Rene, former President of the Seychelles
- 1935 - Elizabeth Drew, American journalist
- 1937 - Lothar Spaeth, German politician
- 1938 – Robert Nozick, American philosopher (d. 2002)
- 1942 – Willie Carson, Scottish jockey
- 1942 - Chi Coltrane, American musician and singer
- 1946 – Wolfgang Kleff, German footballer
- 1948 – Arie Haan, Dutch footballer
- 1948 - Norbert Lammert, German politician
- 1948 - Bonnie Greer, American playwright and critic
- 1950 - David Leisure, American actor
- 1951 - Miguel Sandoval, American actor
- 1952 – Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game creator (Nintendo)
- 1952 - Piero Falchetta, Italian archivist, essayist and translator
- 1953 – Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh actor, comedian and writer
- 1957 - Jacques Gamblin, French actor
- 1958 – Marg Helgenberger, American actress
- 1961 – Frank Bruno, British boxer
- 1962 - Gary Mounfield, English musician
- 1962 - Josh Silver, American musician
- 1963 – Zina Garrison, American tennis player
- 1964 – Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Italian actress
- 1964 - Luciano Floridi, Italian philosopher
- 1964 – Diana Krall, Canadian jazz singer
- 1964 - Maeve Quinlan, American actress
- 1965 - Mika Aaltonen, Finnish footballer
- 1966 - Joey Cape, American singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer
- 1966 - Christian Lorenz, German musician
- 1967 – Lisa Bonet, American actress
- 1970 - Martha Plimpton, American actress
- 1971 - Alexander Popov, Russian swimmer
- 1971 - Waqar Younis, Pakistani cricketer
- 1972 - Missi Ryle, American actress
- 1973 - Christian Horner, British Formula One team principal
- 1974 – Paul Scholes, English footballer
- 1974 - Brooke Elliott, American actress and singer
- 1976 - Danny Wallace, British author
- 1977 – Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress
- 1977 – Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian figure skater
- 1978 – Gary Naysmith, Scottish footballer
- 1980 - Osi Umeniyora, American football player
- 1982 - Amar'e Stoudemire, American basketball player
- 1983 - Kari Lehtonen, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1983 – Britta Steffen, German swimmer
- 1986 - Saeko, Japanese actress
- 1986 - Maxime Medard, French rugby player
- 1988 - Siva Kaneswaran, British singer (The Wanted)
- 1991 - Tomomi Kasai, Japanese actress and singer (AKB48)
- 1995 – Noah Gray-Cabey, American actor
Deaths [change]
- 498 - Pope Anastasius II
- 1093 – Saint Margaret, Queen Consort of Scotland, wife of King Malcolm III, mother of Kings Alexander I, David I and Edgar (b. 1045)
- 1240 - Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1175)
- 1272 – Henry III, King of England (b. 1207)
- 1328 - Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (b. 1276)
- 1632 – King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (b. 1594) (killed in battle)
- 1672 - Heinrich Schuetz, German composer (b. 1585)
- 1724 - Jack Sheppard, English highwayman (b. 1702)
- 1779 - Pehr Kalm, Finnish explorer and naturalist (b. 1716)
- 1790 - Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)
- 1797 – Frederick William II of Prussia (b. 1744)
- 1802 - Andre Michaux, French botanist (b. 1746)
- 1806 - Moses Claeveland, American lawyer and surveyor (b. 1754)
- 1878 - Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1874)
- 1885 - Louis Riel, Canadian political activist (b. 1844)
- 1907 - Robert I, Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
- 1911 - A. A. Ames, American politician (b. 1842)
- 1911 - Lawrence Feuerbach, American athlete (b. 1879)
- 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)
- 1972 - Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina and actress (b. 1889)
- 1973 - Alan Watts, English writer and philosopher (b. 1915)
- 1974 - Walther Meissner, German technical physicist (b. 1882)
- 1982 - Pavel Sergeevich Alexandrov, Russian mathematician (b. 1896)
- 1986 - Siobhan McKenna, Irish actress (b. 1923)
- 1993 - Lucia Popp, Slovakian soprano (b. 1939)
- 1999 – Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist (b. 1928)
- 2000 - Russ Conway, British pianist, composer and singer (b. 1925)
- 2000 - DJ Screw, American hiphop DJ (b. 1971)
- 2004 - Margaret Hassan, Irish aid worker (b. 1945)
- 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)
- 2012 - Aliu Mahama, Ghanaian politician (b. 1946)
