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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