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 320th day of the year 2017 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 45 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 3, 2017 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,510,790,400 seconds 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 ‘trihectaicosagon’ day.
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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 95 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 1,791 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.
- 1532 –Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa.
- 1852 –The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
- 1863 –American Civil War: Battle of Campbell’s Station near Knoxville, Tennessee – Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.
- 1904 –English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
- 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 the leveling of Coventry, England by Nazi Germany’s Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
- 1944 –Dueren, Germany is destroyed by Allied bombers.
- 1945 –Cold War: Operation Paperclip – the United States Army secretly admits 88 German scientists and engineers to help in the development of rocket technology.
- 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?
- 1603 –Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (d. 1673)
- 1880 –Alexander Blok, Russian poet (d. 1921)
- 1916 –Al Lucas, Canadian jazz double-bassist (d. 1983)
- 1935 –Elizabeth Drew, American journalist and author
- 1948 –Bonnie Greer, American playwright and critic
- 1948 –Chi Coltrane, American rock-pop-jazz songwriter, pianist, and singer
- 1951 –Miguel Sandoval, American actor
- 1954 –Bruce Edwards, American golf caddy (d. 2004)
- 1954 –Luis Conte, Cuban percussionist
- 1973 –Christian Horner, British Formula One team owner
Who died on November 16?
- 1836 –Christian Hendrik Persoon, Dutch mycologist (b. 1761)
- 1961 –Sam Rayburn, American politician (b. 1882)
- 1974 –Walther Meissner, German technical physicist (b. 1882)
- 1980 –Jayan, Indian actor (b.1938)
- 1989 –Jean-Claude Malépart, Quebec politician (b. 1938)
- 1993 –Lucia Popp, Slovakian soprano (b. 1939)
- 1995 –Jack Finney, American writer (b. 1911)
- 2000 –Ahmet Kaya, Turkish singer and composer (b. 1957)
- 2008 –Reg Varney, British actor (b. 1916)
- 2010 –Britton Chance, American molecular biologist and yachtsman (b. 1913)
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