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, 25,179,840 minutes 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
- 1822 –American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
- 1852 –The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
- 1857 –Second relief of Lucknow – twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.
- 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.
- 1944 –Dueren, Germany is destroyed by Allied bombers.
- 1988 –The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is “sovereign” but stops short of declaring independence.
- 1992 –The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.
- 2000 –Bill Clinton becomes the first U.S. President to visit Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War.
Who were born on November 16?
- 1839 –Louis-Honoré Fréchette, French Canadian poet (d. 1908)
- 1896 –Lawrence Tibbett, American baritone (d. 1960)
- 1904 –Nnamdi Azikiwe, 1st President of Nigeria (d. 1996)
- 1927 –Dolo Coker, jazz pianist and composer (d. 1983)
- 1938 –Robert Nozick, American philosopher (d. 2002)
- 1944 –Oliver Braddick, British psychologist
- 1948 –Bonnie Greer, American playwright and critic
- 1949 –Arrow, Montserratian soca musician (d. 2010)
- 1962 –Josh Silver, American keyboardist (Type O Negative)
- 1984 –Kimberly J. Brown, American actress
Who died on November 16?
- 1613 –Trajano Boccalini, Italian satirist (b. 1556)
- 1745 –James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (b. 1665)
- 1878 –Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1874)
- 1907 –Robert I, Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
- 1950 –Bob Smith, American physician and temperance activist (b. 1879)
- 2000 –Ahmet Kaya, Turkish singer and composer (b. 1957)
- 2000 –DJ Screw, American hiphop DJ (b. 1971)
- 2001 –Tommy Flanagan, American jazz pianist (b. 1930)
- 2007 –Grethe Kausland, Norwegian actress and singer (b. 1947)
- 2010 –Wyngard Tracy, Filipino talent manager (b. 1952)
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