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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.
Events
534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published.1384 - Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland , although she is a woman.1491 - An auto de fe , held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila , concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.1532 - Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa .1632 - The Battle of Lützen , where King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden is killed.1776 - American Revolutionary War : Hessian mercenaries capture Fort Washington from the Patriots .1776 - American Revolution : The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States .
1805 - Napoleonic Wars : Battle of Schöngrabern - Russian forces under Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Murat .1821 - American Old West : Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail .1849 - A Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor.1857 - Second relief of Lucknow . The most Victoria Crosses won in a single day with 24.1863 - American Civil War : Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee . Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.1885 - Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba ", Louis Riel is executed for treason .1907 - Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory become Oklahoma and are admitted as the 46th U.S. state .1907 - Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania sister ship of RMS Lusitania , sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City .
1914 - The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.1938 - LSD is first synthesized by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel , Switzerland .1940 - World War II : In response to Germany 's leveling of Coventry, England two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg .1940 - Holocaust : In occupied Poland , the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
1943 - World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German -controlled Vemork , Norway .1944 - Dueren , Germany is completely destroyed by Allied bombers.1945 - Cold War : The United States Army secretly admits 88 German scientists and engineers to help in the development of rocket technology.1945 - UNESCO is founded.1965 - Venera program : The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus , the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet .1973 - Skylab program : NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.1973 - U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline .
1979 - The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semanatoarea in Bucharest, Romania .1988 - The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR declares that Estonia was "sovereign" but stopped short of declaring independence.1988 - In the first open election in more than a decade , voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan .
1989 - A death squad composed of El Salvadoran army troops kills six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University .1989 - UNESCO adopts the Seville Statement on Violence at the twenty-fifth session of its General Conference.
1997 - After nearly 18 years of incarceration, the People's Republic of China releases Wei Jingsheng , a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons.2000 - Bill Clinton becomes the first U.S. President to visit Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War .
Births
42 BC - Tiberius , Roman emperor (d. 37 )1436 - Leonardo Loredan , Doge of the Republic of Venice (d. 1521 )1603 - Augustyn Kordecki , Polish prior (d. 1673 )1609 - Henrietta Maria , French-born, Queen Consort of England (d. 1669 )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 )1758 - Peter Andreas Heiberg , Danish author and philologist (d. 1841 )1766 - Rodolphe Kreutzer , French violinist (d. 1831 )1836 - David Kalakaua of Hawaii , Hawaiian king (d. 1891 )1839 - Louis-Honoré Fréchette , French Canadian poet (d. 1908 )1841 - Jules Violle , French physicist (d. 1923 )1847 - Edmund James Flynn , Canadian politician (d. 1927 )1862 - Charles Turner , Australian cricketer (d. 1944 )1880 - Alexander Blok , Russian poet (d. 1921 )1885 - Michael Gonzi , Maltese archbishop (d. 1984 )1873 - W. C. Handy , American composer (d. 1958 )1888 - Luis Cluzeau Mortet , Uruguayan composer and musician (d. 1957 )1889 - George S. Kaufman , American playwright (d. 1961 )1890 - Elpidio Quirino , 6th President of the Philippines (d. 1956 )1892 - Guo Moruo , Chinese writer (d. 1978 )1892 - Tazio Nuvolari , Italian racing driver (d. 1953 )
1895 - Paul Hindemith , German composer (d. 1963 )1896 - Pavel Sergeevich Alexandrov , Russian mathematician (d. 1982 )1896 - Joan Lindsay , Australian author (d. 1984 )
1896 - Oswald Mosley , British fascist (d. 1980 )
1896 - Lawrence Tibbett , American singer (d. 1960 )
1897 - Choudhary Rehmat Ali , Pakistani nationalist (d. 1951 )1904 - Nnamdi Azikiwe , President of Nigeria (d. 1996 )1905 - Eddie Condon , American musician (d. 1973 )1908 - Burgess Meredith , American actor (d. 1997 )1916 - Daws Butler , American voice actor (d. 1988 )1922 - Gene Amdahl , American computer scientist1922 - José Saramago , Portuguese writer, Nobel laureate
1924 - Mel Patton , American athlete1928 - Clu Gulager , American actor1930 - Chinua Achebe , Nigerian author1930 - Salvatore Riina , Sicilian mafioso
1931 - Luciano Bottaro , Italian comic book artist (d. 2006 )1931 - Hubert Sumlin , American blues musician
1933 - Garnet Mimms , American singer1936 - John Moore , Australian politician1938 - Robert Nozick , American philosopher (d. 2002 )1941 - Gerry Marshall , British race car driver (d. 2005 )1942 - Willie Carson , Scottish jockey1942 - Joanna Pettet , English-American actress
1944 - Oliver Braddick , British psychologist1946 - Terence McKenna , American writer (d. 2000 )1947 - Ebby Thust , German boxing promoter and writer1948 - Bonnie Greer , American playwright and critic1950 - David Leisure , American actor1950 - John Swartzwelder , American television writer and novelist
1951 - Miguel Sandoval , American actor1952 - Robin McKinley , American writer1952 - Piero Falchetta , Italian archivist, Biblioteca Marciana 1952 - Shigeru Miyamoto , Japanese video game designer
1953 - Griff Rhys Jones , Welsh comedian, writer and actor1954 - Andrea Barrett , American author1954 - Bruce Edwards , American golf caddy (d. 2004 )
1954 - Dick Gross , Australian politician
1955 - Pierre Larouche , Canadian National Hockey League player1956 - Terry Labonte , American NASCAR driver1957 - Jacques Gamblin , French actor1958 - Marg Helgenberger , American actress1958 - Boris Krivokapić , Serbian academic
1961 - Frank Bruno , British boxer1961 - Corinne Hermès , French singer
1962 - Gary Mounfield , English musician (Primal Scream )1962 - Josh Silver , American musician (Type O Negative )
1964 - Dwight Gooden , American baseball player1964 - Diana Krall , Canadian Jazz pianist and singer
1964 - Harry J. Lennix , American actor
1964 - Maeve Quinlan , American actress
1964 - Valeria Bruni Tedeschi , Italian actress
1965 - Mika Aaltonen , Finnish footballer1966 - Christian Lorenz , German keyboardist (Rammstein )1966 - Dean McDermott , Canadian actor
1966 - Tahir Shah , British travel writer and explorer
1967 - Craig Arnold , American poet1967 - Lisa Bonet , American actress
1968 - Vlado Šola , Croatian handball goalkeeper1970 - Martha Plimpton , American actress1971 - Mustapha Hadji , Moroccan footballer1971 - Alexander Popov , Russian swimmer
1971 - Koshi Rikdo , Japanese mangaka
1971 - Waqar Younis , Pakistani cricketer
1972 - Missi Pyle , American actress1973 - Christian Horner , British Formula One team owner1973 - Brendan Laney , Scottish rugby player
1974 - Eric Judy , American Musician1974 - Maurizio Margaglio , Italian ice dancer
1974 - Paul Scholes , British footballer
1975 - Julio Lugo , Dominican baseball player1976 - Juha Pasoja , Finnish footballer1976 - Danny Wallace , British author
1976 - Martijn Zuijdweg , Dutch swimmer
1977 - Oksana Baiul , Ukrainian figure skater1977 - Maggie Gyllenhaal , American actress
1977 - Mauricio Ochmann , Mexican actor
1978 - Kip Bouknight , American baseball player1978 - Gary Naysmith , Scottish footballer
1978 - Carolina Parra , Brazilian musician (CSS )
1979 - Tony Frias , American footballer1979 - Bruce Irons , American surfer
1980 - Kayte Christensen , American basketball player1980 - Nicole Gius , Italian alpine skier
1980 - Carol Huynh , 2008 Canadian Gold Medalist,48 kg. wrestling1981 - Allison Crowe , Canadian singer1981 - Caitlin Glass , American voice actress
1981 - Osi Umenyiora , English-born NFL football player
1982 - Jannie du Plessis , South African rugby player1982 - Amare Stoudemire , American basketball player
1982 - Ronald Pognon , French athlete
1983 - K , South Korean singer1983 - Kari Lehtonen , Finnish ice hockey goaltender
1983 - Britta Steffen , German swimmer
1984 - Gemma Atkinson , British actress and model1984 - Kimberly J. Brown , American actress
1986 - Saeko , Japanese actress1995 - Noah Gray-Cabey , American child actor
Deaths
1093 - Saint Margaret of Scotland , wife of Malcolm III of Scotland 1240 - Edmund Rich , St. Edmund of Canterbury1272 - King Henry III of England (b. 1207 )1328 - Prince Hisaaki , Japanese shogun (b. 1276 )1613 - Trajano Boccalini , Italian satirist (b. 1556 )1628 - Paolo Quagliati , Italian composer1632 - King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (killed in battle) (b. 1594 )1695 - Pierre Nicole , French philosopher (b. 1625 )1724 - Jack Sheppard , English burglar (hanged) (b. 1702 )1745 - James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde , Irish statesman and soldier (b. 1665 )1773 - John Hawkesworth , English writer1779 - 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 - André Michaux , French botanist (b. 1746 )1806 - Moses Cleaveland , founder of Cleveland, Ohio (b. 1754 )1836 - Christian Hendrik Persoon , Dutch mycologist (b. 1761 )1884 - František Chvostek , Moravian physician (b. 1835 )1885 - Louis Riel , Canadian politician (b. 1844 )1907 - Robert I, Duke of Parma , last ruling Duke of Parma (b. 1848 )1908 - Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière , French-born Canadian politician (b. 1829 )1911 - Albert Alonzo Ames , Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842 )1922 - Max Abraham , German physicist (b. 1875 )1939 - Pierce Butler , U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1866 )1950 - Bob Smith , American doctor, co-founder of the Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1879 )1960 - Clark Gable , American actor (b. 1901 )1961 - Sam Rayburn , U.S. Speaker of the House (b. 1882 )1971 - Edie Sedgwick , American socialite and heiress (b. 1940 )1972 - Vera Karalli , Russian ballerina and actress (b. 1889 )1973 - Alan Watts , English writer/philosopher (b. 1915 )1981 - William Holden , American actor (b. 1918 )1982 - Arthur Askey , British comedian (b. 1900 )1982 - Lenny Murphy , Leader of Belfast's notorious Shankill Butchers (b. 1952 )1984 - Vic Dickenson , American trombonist (b. 1906 )1986 - Siobhán McKenna , Irish stage and screen actress, Gok (b. 1923 )1987 - Jim Brewer , Major League Baseball relief pitcher (b. 1937 )1987 - Zubir Said , Singaporean composer who composed Singapore's national anthem (b. 1907 )
1989 - Jean-Claude Malépart , Quebec politician (b. 1938 )1984 - Vic Dickenson , American trombonist (b. 1906 )1993 - Lucia Popp , Slovakian soprano (b. 1939 )1993 - Achille Zavatta , French clown (b. 1915 )
1994 - Doris Speed , British actress (b. 1899 )1994 - Dino Valente , American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service ) (b.1943 )
1995 - Jack Finney , American author (b. 1911 )1999 - Daniel Nathans , American microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1928 )2000 - DJ Screw , American hiphop DJ (b. 1971 )2000 - Joe C. , American rapper (b. 1974 )
2001 - Tommy Flanagan , American jazz pianist (b. 1930 )2003 - Bettina Goislard , French relief worker (b. 1974 )2004 - Margaret Hassan , Irish-born aid worker (b. 1945 )2005 - Henry Taube , Canadian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915 )2005 - Robert Tisch , American football team owner (b. 1926 )
2005 - Donald Watson , English founder of the Vegan Society (b. 1910 )
2006 - Milton Friedman , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912 )2006 - Yuri Levada , Russian sociologist (b. 1930 )
2007 - Harold Alfond , American businessman (b. 1914 )2007 - Grethe Kausland , Norwegian actress and singer (b. 1947 )
2007 - Trond Kirkvaag , Norwegian comedian and author (b. 1946 )
Holidays and observances
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