November 16
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November 16 is the 321st day of the year (322nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 44 days remaining until the end of the year.
[change] Events
- 1849 - A Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his execution is canceled at the last minute.
- 1896 - First transmission of electrical power between two cities was sent from Niagara Falls to industries in Buffalo, New York.
- 1904 - John Ambrose Fleming invents the vacuum tube.
- 1907 - Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory become Oklahoma and are admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
- 1914 - The Federal Reserve System in the United States officially starts business.
- 1933 - The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.
- 1940 - World War II: In response to Germany leveling Coventry two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
- 1957 - Serial killer Edward Gein murders his last victim, Bernice Worden.
- 1988 - The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR declares that the Estonia was "sovereign" but stopped short of declaring independence.
- 1988 - In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan choose Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister.
- 1996 - Mother Teresa receives honorary US citizenship.
- 2000 - Bill Clinton becomes the first current US President to visit Vietnam.
[change] Births
- 42 BC - Tiberius, Roman emperor (d. 37)
- 1905 - Eddie Condon, American jazz musician (d. 1973)
- 1924 - James Bond, fictional character
- 1952 - Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game creator (Nintendo
- 1964 - Diana Krall, Canadian jazz singer
- 1967 - Lisa Bonet, American actress
- 1977 - Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian figure skater
[change] Deaths
- 1093 - Saint Margaret, Queen Consort of Scotland, wife of King Malcolm III, mother of Kings Alexander I, David I and Edgar (b. 1045)
- 1272 - Henry III, King of England (b. 1207)
- 1960 - Clark Gable, American actor (b. 1901)
