What happened this day in history November 16

What are the important events that happened on November 16? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 16: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 16 is the 321st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 45 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 3, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 481,032 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectaicosahenagon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 74 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,348 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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November 16 Historical Events

  • 1272
    While travelling during the Ninth Crusade, Prince Edward becomes King of England upon Henry III of England’s death, but he will not return to England for nearly two years to assume the throne.
  • 1885
    Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and “Father of Manitoba”, Louis Riel is executed for treason.
  • 1904
    English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
  • 1914
    The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
  • 1940
    Holocaust: in occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
  • 1944
    Dueren, Germany is destroyed by Allied bombers.
  • 1944
    Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur river was launched
  • 1945
    UNESCO is founded.
  • 1973
    Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.
  • 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.

Who were born on November 16?

  • 1720
    Carlo Antonio Campioni, Italian composer (d. 1788)
  • 1836
    King Kalākaua, of Hawaiʻi (d. 1891)
  • 1847
    Edmund James Flynn, Canadian politician (d. 1927)
  • 1942
    Joanna Pettet, English actress
  • 1958
    Boris Krivokapić, Serbian academic
  • 1963
    Steve Arguelles, British jazz drummer
  • 1966
    Tahir Shah, British travel writer and explorer
  • 1973
    Brendan Laney, Scottish rugby player
  • 1973
    Christian Horner, British Formula One team owner
  • 1984
    Kimberly J. Brown, American actress

Who died on November 16?

  • 1272
    King Henry III of England (b. 1207)
  • 1974
    Walther Meissner, German technical physicist (b. 1882)
  • 1980
    Jayan, Indian actor (b.1938)
  • 1982
    Arthur Askey, British comedian (b. 1900)
  • 1982
    Lenny Murphy, Northern Irish loyalist figure (b. 1952)
  • 1984
    Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (b. 1906)
  • 1986
    Siobhán McKenna, Irish stage and screen actress (b. 1923)
  • 1993
    Lucia Popp, Slovakian soprano (b. 1939)
  • 1994
    Chet Powers, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b. 1943)
  • 2010
    Wyngard Tracy, Filipino talent manager (b. 1952)

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