Tukuk-OS📅 November 16
18 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on November 16? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2020 — The El Dorado Fire in California, United States, was extinguished after 71 days, having destroyed 20 structures and killed one firefighter.
- 2002 — The first case of SARS, a zoonotic respiratory coronavirus disease, was recorded in Guangdong, China.
- 1997 — Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng, released on ostensibly medical grounds after spending eighteen years in prison, was deported to the United States.
- 1992 — In Suffolk, England, a local man found the largest hoard of Roman silver and gold in Britain (sample pictured), including the largest collection of 4th- and 5th-century gold and silver coins ever discovered within the former Roman Empire.
- 1981 — About 30 million people watched the fictional couple Luke Spencer and Laura Webber wed on the television show General Hospital in the highest-rated hour in American soap opera history.
- 1973 — U.S. president Richard Nixon signed an act authorizing the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline to transport oil from the Beaufort Sea to the Gulf of Alaska.
Richard NixonTrans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization ActTrans-Alaska Pipeline System
- 1967 — Aeroflot Flight 2230 crashed after takeoff from Koltsovo Airport, Russia, killing all 107 people aboard.
- 1959 — The Sound of Music, a musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein based on The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
The Sound of MusicRodgers and HammersteinThe Story of the Trapp Family Singers
- 1944 — World War II: Operation Queen commenced with one of the heaviest Allied tactical bombings of the war, attacking German targets in the Rur valley.
- 1938 — Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann first synthesized the psychedelic drug LSD in Basel, Switzerland.
- 1914 — World War I: Austro-Hungarian forces launched an assault against Serbian defensive positions at the Kolubara river, beginning the Battle of Kolubara.
- 1885 — After a five-day trial following the North-West Rebellion, Louis Riel, a Canadian Métis leader and "Father of Manitoba", was hanged for high treason.
- 1776 — American Revolutionary War: Fort Washington on Manhattan was captured from the Patriots by British and Hessian units.
American Revolutionary WarFort Washington (Manhattan)Manhattan
- 1776 — American Revolutionary War: A Dutch fort on Sint Eustatius fired The First Salute to an American brig (pictured), marking the first international recognition of the American flag.
American Revolutionary WarFort Oranje (Sint Eustatius)Sint Eustatius
- 1632 — King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed at the Battle of Lützen during the Thirty Years' War.
- 1532 — Spanish conquest of Peru: Conquistador Francisco Pizarro orchestrated a surprise attack in Cajamarca, capturing the Inca emperor, Atahualpa.
Spanish conquest of the Inca EmpireFrancisco PizarroBattle of Cajamarca
- 1476 — With the help of Stephen III and Stephen Báthory, Vlad the Impaler ousted Basarab the Old and became the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.
- 534 — The second edition of the Code of Justinian, a codification of Roman law by Byzantine emperor Justinian I (pictured), was published.
Births
- 2006 — Mason Ramsey, American singer
- 2000 — Josh Green, Australian basketball player
- 1999 — Bol Bol, South Sudanese-American basketball player
- 1999 — Mats Wieffer, Dutch footballer
- 1997 — Bruno Guimarães, Brazilian footballer
- 1996 — Ivan Baran, Croatian writer
- 1996 — Boulaye Dia, Senegalese footballer
- 1996 — Trinovi Khairani, Indonesian politician
- 1995 — André-Frank Zambo Anguissa, Cameroonian footballer
- 1994 — Yoshiki Yamamoto, Japanese footballer
- 1993 — C. J. Beathard, American football player
- 1993 — Nélson Semedo, Portuguese footballer
Deaths
- 2024 — Vladimir Shklyarov, Russian ballet dancer (born 1985)
- 2022 — Robert Clary, French-American actor and author (born 1926)
- 2022 — Arthur Ngirakelsong, 2nd Chief Justice of Palau (born 1941)
- 2021 — Jyrki Kasvi, Finnish journalist and politician (born 1964)
- 2020 — Sheila Nelson, English string teacher (born 1936)
- 2019 — John Campbell Brown, Scottish astronomer (born 1947)
- 2019 — Terry O'Neill, British photographer (born 1938)
- 2018 — William Goldman, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1931)
- 2017 — Hiromi Tsuru, Japanese actress (born 1960)
- 2017 — Ann Wedgeworth, American actress (born 1934)
- 2016 — Jay Wright Forrester, American computer engineer (born 1918)
- 2016 — Melvin Laird, American politician and writer (born 1922)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Africus
- Christian feast day: Agnes of Assisi
- Christian feast day: Edmund of Abingdon
- Christian feast day: Elfric of Abingdon
- Christian feast day: Eucherius of Lyon
- Christian feast day: Gertrude the Great (Roman Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: Giuseppe Moscati
- Christian feast day: Gobrain
- Christian feast day: Hugh of Lincoln
- Christian feast day: Margaret of Scotland
- Christian feast day: Matthew the Evangelist (Eastern Christianity)
- Christian feast day: Othmar
- Christian feast day: Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn
- Christian feast day: Roch Gonzalez, Juan de Castillo, and Alonso Rodriguez, SJ
- Christian feast day: November 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of Declaration of Sovereignty (Estonia)
- Earliest day on which Day of Repentance and Prayer can fall, while November 22 is the latest; celebrated 11 days before Advent Sunday (Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist) and United Protestant churches, Saxony, Bavaria), and its related observance: Volkstrauertag (Germany)
- Icelandic Language Day or Dagur íslenskrar tungu (Iceland)
- International Day for Tolerance (United Nations)
- Statia Day in Sint Eustatius (Caribbean Netherlands)
- Intergenerational Fairness Day (International day of action for rights of younger and future generations)
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