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November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 45 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
- Chu. Li Jing removes the ruling family to his own capital in Nanjing, ending the Chu Kingdom.
- 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.
- Ávila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and conversosuspects.
- 1532 – Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa at the Battle of Cajamarca.
1601–1900
- King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed at the Battle of Lützen during the Thirty Years' War.[1]
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
- 1793 – French Revolution: Ninety dissident Roman Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.
- 1797 – The Prussian heir apparent, Frederick William, becomes King of Prussia as Frederick William III.
- 1805 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schöngrabern: Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Joachim Murat.
- American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
- 1828 – Greek War of Independence: The London Protocol entails the creation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, encompassing the Morea and the Cyclades.
- Fyodor Dostoyevskyto death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor.
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- 1857 – Second relief of Lucknow: Twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.
- 1863 – American Civil War: In the Battle of Campbell's Station, Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces which allows General Ambrose Burnside to secure Knoxville, Tennessee.
- National Rifle Association of Americareceives its charter from New York State.
- 1885 – Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
1901–present
- 1904 – English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
- 1907 – Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
- 1914 – The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
- 1920 – Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.
- 1933 – The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.
- LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.[2]
- 1940 – World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
- 1940 – The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
- 1940 – New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
- 1944 – World War II: In support of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, the town of Düren is destroyed by Allied aircraft.
- 1945 – UNESCO is founded.[3]
- 1958 – National Airlines Flight 967 explodes in mid-air over the Gulf of Mexico, killing all 42 aboard.[4]
- 1959 – Aeroflot Flight 315 crashes on approach to Lviv Airport, killing all 40 people on board.[5]
- Venera program: The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, which will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.
- 1967 – Aeroflot Flight 2230 crashes near Koltsovo Airport, killing 107.[6]
- 1973 – Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.[7]
- 1973 – U.S. President Alaska Pipeline.[8]
- 1974 – The Arecibo message is broadcast from Puerto Rico.
- 1979 – The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania.
- 1981 – Aeroflot Flight 3603 crashes during landing at Norilsk Airport, killing 99.
- 1988 – The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence.
- 1988 – In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.
- Jose Simeon Canas University.
- Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicianshad provided all the vocals.
- 1992 – The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.
- 1997 – After nearly 18 years of incarceration, China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons.
- 2002 – The first cases of the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak are traced to Foshan, Guangdong Province, China.[9]
- 2004 – Half-Life 2 is released, a game winning 39 Game of the Year awards and being cited as one of the best games ever made.
- 2009 – Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-129 to the International Space Station.[11]
- Artemis Program: NASA launches Artemis 1 on the first flight of the Space Launch System, the start of the program's future missions to the moon.[12]
Births
Pre-1600
- 42 BC – Tiberius, Roman emperor (d. 37 AD)[13]
- 1436 – Leonardo Loredan, Italian ruler (d. 1521)[14]
- 1457 – Beatrice of Naples, Hungarian queen (d. 1508)[15]
- 1466 – Francesco Cattani da Diacceto, Florentine philosopher (d. 1522)
- 1483 – Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Landgravine of Hesse, German noble (d. 1522)
- 1528 – Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (d. 1572)[16]
- 1531 – Anna d'Este, Duchess consort of Nemours (d. 1607)[17]
- Turibius of Mongrovejo, Spanish Grand Inquisitioner, Archbishop of Lima (d. 1606)
- 1540 – Princess Cecilia of Sweden (d. 1627)[18]
- 1566 – Anna Juliana Gonzaga, Archduchess of Austria and nun (d. 1621)
- 1569 – Paul Sartorius, German organist and composer (d. 1609)
1601–1900
- 1603 – Augustyn Kordecki, Polish monk (d. 1673)
- 1643 – Jean Chardin, French-English jeweler and explorer (d. 1703)
- 1648 – Charles Duncombe, English banker and politician (d. 1711)
- 1715 – Girolamo Abos, Maltese-Italian composer and educator (d. 1760)
- 1717 – Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1793)
- Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-Italian composer (d. 1788)
- 1750 – Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, English lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1818)
- 1753 – James McHenry, Irish-American surgeon and politician (d. 1816)
- 1758 – Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author (d. 1841)
- Georg von Cancrin, German-Russian Minister of Finance (d. 1845)
- 1793 – Francis Danby, Irish painter of the Romantic era (d. 1861)
- 1806 – Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, American author and educator (d. 1887)
- 1807 – Jónas Hallgrímsson, Icelandic poet, author and naturalist (d. 1845)
- 1811 – John Bright, English academic and politician (d. 1889)
- 1836 – Kalākaua of Hawaii (d. 1891)
- 1839 – Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian poet, author, and politician (d. 1908)
- 1841 – Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (d. 1923)
- 1847 – Edmund James Flynn, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1927)
- 1851 – Minnie Hauk, American-Swiss soprano and actress (d. 1929)
- 1856 – Jürgen Kröger, German architect (d. 1928)
- 1861 – Luigi Facta, Italian politician and journalist (d. 1930)
- 1861 – Georgina Febres-Cordero, Venezuelan nun (d. 1925)[19]
- 1862 – Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (d. 1944)[20]
- 1873 – W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1958)
- 1874 – Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (d. 1920)
- 1883 – Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (d. 1972)
- 1888 – Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan pianist and composer (d. 1957)
- 1889 – George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright (d. 1961)
- 1889 – Dietrich Kraiß, German general (d. 1944)
- 1890 – Elpidio Quirino, 6th President of the Philippines (d. 1956)
- 1892 – Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet (d. 1978)
- 1892 – Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (d. 1953)
- 1894 – Bobby Cruickshank, American golfer (d. 1975)
- 1894 – Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Austrian philosopher and politician (d. 1972)
- 1895 – Paul Hindemith, German composer, violist and conductor (d. 1963)[21]
- 1896 – Joan Lindsay, Australian author and critic (d. 1984)[22]
- 1896 – Oswald Mosley, English fascist leader and politician (d. 1980)
- 1896 – Lawrence Tibbett, American actor and singer (d. 1960)
- 1897 – Choudhry Rahmat Ali, Indian-Pakistani academic (d. 1951)
- 1899 – Mary Margaret McBride, American radio host (d. 1976)
- 1900 – Eliška Junková, Czechoslovakian race car driver (d. 1994)
1901–present
- 1904 – Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigerian statesman, 1st President of Nigeria (d. 1996)
- 1905 – Eddie Condon, American guitarist and banjo player (d. 1973)[23]
- 1907 – Burgess Meredith, American actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997)[24]
- 1909 – Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani religious leader (d. 1982)
- George O. Petrie, American actor and director (d. 1997)
- 1912 – W. E. D. Ross, Canadian actor, playwright, and author (d. 1995)
- 1913 – Ellen Albertini Dow, American actress (d. 2015)
- 1914 – Eddie Chapman, English spy (d. 1997)
- 1915 – Jean Fritz, Chinese-American author (d. 2017)
- 1916 – Harold Baigent, New Zealand actor and director (d. 1996)
- 1916 – Daws Butler, American voice actor and singer (d. 1988)
- 1916 – Al Lucas, Canadian-American bassist (d. 1983)
- 1922 – Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer (d. 2015)
- 1922 – José Saramago, Portuguese novelist and Nobel laureate in Literature (d. 2010)
- 1924 – Sam Farber, American businessman (d. 2013)
- 1924 – Mel Patton, American sprinter and coach (d. 2014)
- 1927 – Dolo Coker, American pianist and composer (d. 1983)
- 1928 – Clu Gulager, American actor and director (d. 2022)[23]
- 1929 – Peter Boizot, English businessman (d. 2018)
- 1930 – Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic (d. 2013)[23]
- 1930 – Paul Foytack, American baseball player (d. 2021)
- 1930 – Salvatore Riina, Italian mob boss (d. 2017)
- 1931 – Luciano Bottaro, Italian author and illustrator (d. 2006)
- 1931 – Hubert Sumlin, American singer and guitarist (d. 2011)
- 1933 – Garnet Mimms, American R&B singer
- 1935 – Elizabeth Drew, American journalist and author
- 1935 – Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Iraqi-Lebanese cleric, educator, and author (d. 2010)
- 1935 – Magdi Yacoub, Egyptian-English surgeon and academic
- 1936 – John Moore, Australian businessman and politician
- 1937 – Alan Budd, English economist and academic (d. 2023)
- 1938 – Ahmed Bouanani, Moroccan filmmaker (d. 2011)
- 1938 – Kang Ning-hsiang, Taiwanese politician
- 1938 – Walter Learning, Canadian actor (d. 2020)
- 1938 – Robert Nozick, American philosopher, author, and academic (d. 2002)
- 1938 – Troy Seals, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1939 – Michael Billington, English author and critic
- 1940 – Donna McKechnie, American actress, singer, and dancer[23]
- 1941 – Angelo Gilardino, Italian guitarist, composer, and musicologist (d. 2022)
- 1941 – Gerry Marshall, English race car driver (d. 2005)
- 1941 – Dan Penn, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1942 – Willie Carson, Scottish jockey and sportscaster
- 1942 – Joanna Pettet, English-Canadian actress[25]
- 1944 – Oliver Braddick, English psychologist and academic (d. 2022)
- 1945 – Teenie Hodges, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2014)
- 1945 – Lynn Hunt, American historian, author, and academic
- 1945 – Steve Railsback, American actor[25]
- 1946 – Colin Burgess, Australian drummer and songwriter (d. 2023)
- 1946 – Terence McKenna, American botanist, philosopher, and author (d. 2000)
- 1946 – Barbara Smith, American writer[26]
- 1946 – Beverly Smith, American writer[26]
- 1946 – Jo Jo White, American basketball player and coach (d. 2018)
- 1947 – Omar Ruiz Hernández, Cuban journalist and activist
- 1948 – Horst Bertram, German footballer and manager (d. 2023)
- 1948 – Chi Coltrane, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1948 – Bonnie Greer, American-English playwright and critic
- 1948 – Ken James, Australian actor
- 1950 – Harvey Martin, American football player (d. 2001)[27]
- 1950 – Manuel Zamora, Filipino farmer and politician
- 1951 – Andy Dalton, New Zealand rugby player
- 1951 – Miguel Sandoval, American actor[25]
- 1952 – Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer[23]
- 1953 – Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian, actor, and author
- 1954 – Andrea Barrett, American novelist and short story writer[28]
- 1954 – Dick Gross, Australian lawyer and politician
- 1955 – Héctor Cúper, Argentine footballer, coach, and manager
- 1955 – Pierre Larouche, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1955 – Guillermo Lasso, Ecuadoran businessman, 47th President of Ecuador[29]
- 1955 – Jun Kunimura, Japanese actor
- 1955 – Esteban Trapiello, Venezuelan businessman[30]
- 1956 – Terry Labonte, American race car driver and businessman
- 1957 – Jacques Gamblin, French actor
- 1958 – Marg Helgenberger, American actress[25]
- 1958 – Boris Krivokapić, Serbian author and academic
- 1959 – Glenda Bailey, English journalist
- 1959 – Francis M. Fesmire, American cardiologist and physician (d. 2014)
- 1961 – Frank Bruno, English boxer
- 1962 – Darwyn Cooke, Canadian writer and artist (d. 2016)
- 1962 – Mani, English bass player[25]
- 1963 – Steve Argüelles, English drummer and producer
- 1963 – William Bonner, Brazilian newscaster, publicist and journalist
- 1963 – Zina Garrison, American tennis player
- 1964 – Waheed Alli, Baron Alli, English businessman and politician
- 1964 – Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Italian-French actress, director, and screenwriter
- 1964 – Dwight Gooden, American baseball player[31]
- 1964 – Diana Krall, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist[25]
- 1964 – Harry Lennix, American actor[25]
- 1964 – Maeve Quinlan, American actress
- 1965 – Mika Aaltonen, Finnish footballer
- 1966 – Joey Cape, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1966 – Stephen Critchlow, English actor (d. 2021)
- 1966 – Dave Kushner, American guitarist[25]
- 1966 – Christian Lorenz, German keyboard player
- 1966 – Dean McDermott, Canadian-American actor and producer
- 1966 – Tahir Shah, English journalist, author, and explorer
- 1967 – Craig Arnold, American poet and academic (d. 2009)
- 1967 – Lisa Bonet, American actress and director[25]
- 1968 – Tammy Lauren, American actress[25]
- 1968 – Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (d. 2014)
- 1968 – Melvin Stewart, American swimmer
- 1970 – Logan Mader, Canadian-American guitarist and producer
- 1970 – Martha Plimpton, American actress[25]
- 1971 – Tanja Damaske, German javelin thrower and shot putter
- 1971 – Mustapha Hadji, Moroccan footballer and manager
- 1971 – Annely Peebo, Estonian soprano and actress
- 1971 – Alexander Popov, Russian swimmer and coach
- 1971 – Waqar Younis, Pakistani cricketer and coach
- 1972 – Missi Pyle, American actress and singer[25]
- 1973 – Christian Horner, English race car driver and manager
- 1973 – Brendan Laney, New Zealand-Scottish rugby player and sportscaster
- 1974 – Brooke Elliott, American actress and singer[23]
- 1974 – Maurizio Margaglio, Italian ice dancer and coach
- 1974 – Paul Scholes, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1975 – Julio Lugo, Dominican baseball player (d. 2021)
- 1975 – Yuki Uchida, Japanese actress, model, and singer
- 1976 – Dan Black, English singer-songwriter
- 1976 – Juha Pasoja, Finnish footballer
- 1976 – Martijn Zuijdweg, Dutch swimmer
- 1977 – Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian-American figure skater[25]
- 1977 – Gigi Edgley, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
- 1977 – Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress and singer[25]
- 1977 – Mauricio Ochmann, Mexican actor and producer
- 1978 – Kip Bouknight, American baseball player
- 1978 – Mehtap Doğan-Sızmaz, Turkish runner
- 1978 – Takashi Nagayama, Japanese actor
- 1978 – Gary Naysmith, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1978 – Carolina Parra, Brazilian guitarist and drummer
- 1979 – Bruce Irons, American surfer
- 1980 – Moris Carrozzieri, Italian footballer
- 1980 – Kayte Christensen, American basketball player
- 1980 – Nicole Gius, Italian skier
- 1980 – Carol Huynh, Canadian wrestler
- 1980 – Hasan Üçüncü, Turkish footballer
- 1981 – Fernando Cabrera, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1981 – Allison Crowe, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1981 – Caitlin Glass, American voice actress, singer, and director
- 1981 – Kate Miller-Heidke, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1981 – Osi Umenyiora, English-American football player
- 1982 – Nonito Donaire, Filipino-American boxer
- 1982 – Jannie du Plessis, South African rugby player
- 1982 – Ronald Pognon, French sprinter
- 1982 – Amar'e Stoudemire, American-Israeli basketball player
- 1983 – Kool A.D., American rapper
- 1983 – Kari Lehtonen, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1983 – Britta Steffen, German swimmer
- 1984 – Gemma Atkinson, English model and actress
- 1984 – Kimberly J. Brown, American actress[25]
- 1984 – Mark Bunn, English footballer
- 1984 – Tamawashi Ichiro, Mongolian sumo wrestler
- 1985 – Aditya Roy Kapur, Indian actor
- 1985 – Sanna Marin, Finnish politician, former Prime Minister of Finland[32]
- 1986 – Maxime Médard, French rugby player
- 1987 – Eitan Tibi, Israeli footballer
- 1987 – Jordan Walden, American baseball player
- 1989 – Iamsu!, American rapper and producer
- 1990 – Arjo Atayde, Filipino actor
- 1990 – Dénes Dibusz, Hungarian football player
- 1991 – Tomomi Kasai, Japanese actress and singer
- 1992 – George Akpabio, Nigerian footballer
- 1992 – Matthew Allwood, Australian rugby league player
- 1992 – Marcelo Brozović, Croatian footballer[35]
- 1992 – Shane Prince, American-Belarusian ice hockey player[36]
- 1993 – C. J. Beathard, American football player[37]
- 1993 – Pete Davidson, American comedian and actor[25]
- 1993 – Nélson Semedo, Portuguese footballer[38]
- 1993 – Denzel Valentine, American basketball player[39]
- 1994 – Brandon Larracuente, American actor[23]
- 1994 – Yoshiki Yamamoto, Japanese footballer
- 1995 – Noah Gray-Cabey, American actor and pianist[25]
- 1995 – André-Frank Zambo Anguissa, Cameroonian footballer[40]
- 1997 – Bruno Guimarães, Brazilian footballer[41]
- 1999 – Bol Bol, South Sudanese-American basketball player[42]
- 2000 – Josh Green, Australian basketball player[43]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 897 – Gu Yanhui, Chinese warlord
- 987 – Shen Lun, Chinese scholar-official[44]
- 1005 – Ælfric of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1093 – Saint Margaret of Scotland (b. 1045)[45]
- 1131 – Dobrodeia of Kiev, Rus princess and author of medical books[46]
- Edmund Rich, English archbishop and saint (b. 1175)
- 1240 – Ibn Arabi, Andalusian Arab philosopher (b. 1165)
- 1264 – Emperor Lizong of Song China (b. 1205)[47]
- 1272 – Henry III of England (b. 1207)[48]
- 1322 – Nasr, Sultan of Granada (b. 1287)[49]
- 1328 – Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shōgun (b. 1276)
- 1464 – John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (b. 1406)
- 1494 – Theda Ukena, German noble (b. 1432)
- 1580 – Marie of Baden-Sponheim, German Noblewoman (b. 1507)
1601–1900
- 1601 – Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland (b. 1542)
- 1603 – Pierre Charron, French Catholic theologian and philosopher (b. 1541)
- 1613 – Trajano Boccalini, Italian author and educator (b. 1556)
- 1625 – Sofonisba Anguissola, Italian painter (b. c. 1532)
- 1628 – Paolo Quagliati, Italian organist and composer (b. 1555)
- 1688 – Bengt Gottfried Forselius, Swedish-Estonian scholar and author (b. 1660)
- 1695 – Pierre Nicole, French philosopher and author (b. 1625)
- 1724 – Jack Sheppard, English criminal (b. 1702)[50]
- 1745 – James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1665)
- 1773 – John Hawkesworth, English journalist and author (b. 1715)
- 1779 – Pehr Kalm, Finnish botanist and explorer (b. 1716)
- 1790 – Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, American politician (b. 1723)
- 1797 – Frederick William II of Prussia (b. 1744)
- 1802 – André Michaux, French botanist and explorer (b. 1746)
- Cleveland, Ohio(b. 1754)
- 1808 – Mustafa IV, Ottoman sultan (b. 1779)
- 1836 – Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, South African-French mycologist and academic (b. 1761)
- 1878 – Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1874)
- 1884 – František Chvostek, Czech-Austrian soldier and physician (b. 1835)
- 1885 – Louis Riel, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1844)
1901–present
- 1903 – Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1895)
- 1907 – Robert I, Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
- 1908 – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (b. 1829)
- Mayor of Minneapolis(b. 1842)
- 1911 – Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (b. 1879)
- Express County Milk Supply Company(b. 1836)
- 1922 – Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)
- Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
- 1941 – Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
- 1941 – Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)[51]
- 1947 – Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (b. 1877)
- 1950 – Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1879)
- 1956 – Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (b. 1887)
- 1960 – Clark Gable, American actor (b. 1901)[52]
- 1961 – Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1882)
- 1964 – Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and author (b. 1898)
- 1971 – Edie Sedgwick, American model and actress (b. 1943)
- 1972 – Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina and actress (b. 1889)
- 1973 – Alan Watts, English-American philosopher, author, and educator (b. 1915)
- 1974 – Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer (b. 1882)
- 1976 – Jack Foster, English cricketer (b. 1905)
- 1982 – Pavel Alexandrov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1896)
- 1984 – Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (b. 1906)
- 1986 – Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress (b. 1923)
- 1986 – Panditrao Agashe, Indian businessman (b. 1936)[53]
- 1987 – Jim Brewer, American baseball player and coach (b. 1937)
- 1989 – Jean-Claude Malépart, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
- 1990 – Ege Bagatur, Turkish politician (b. 1937)
- 1993 – Lucia Popp, Slovak-German soprano (b. 1939)
- 1993 – Achille Zavatta, Tunisia-born French clown (b. 1915)
- 1994 – Chet Powers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
- 1999 – Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1928)
- Robert Earl Davis, American hip-hop artist (b. 1971)
- 2000 – Ahmet Kaya, Turkish-French singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
- 2001 – Tommy Flanagan, American pianist and composer (b. 1930)
- 2005 – Ralph Edwards, American radio and television host and producer (b. 1913)
- 2005 – Henry Taube, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
- 2005 – Vegan Society(b. 1910)
- 2006 – Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
- 2006 – Yuri Levada, Russian sociologist and political scientist (b. 1930)
- 2007 – Harold Alfond, American businessman (b. 1914)
- 2007 – Grethe Kausland, Norwegian actress and singer (b. 1947)
- 2007 – Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian actor and screenwriter (b. 1946)
- 2007 – Vernon Scannell, English boxer, poet, and author (b. 1922)
- 2008 – Jan Krugier; Polish-Swiss art dealer (b. 1928)
- 2008 – Reg Varney, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1916)
- 2009 – Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (b. 1978)
- 2009 – Sergei Magnitsky, Ukrainian-Russian accountant and lawyer (b. 1972)
- 2009 – Edward Woodward, English actor (b. 1930)[54]
- 2010 – Britton Chance, American biologist and sailor (b. 1913)
- 2010 – Ronni Chasen, American publicist (b. 1946)
- 2010 – Wyngard Tracy, Filipino DJ and talent manager (b. 1952)
- 2012 – John Chapman, Australian evangelist and academic (b. 1930)
- 2012 – Subhash Dutta, Bangladeshi actor and director (b. 1930)
- 2012 – Patrick Edlinger, French mountaineer (b. 1960)
- 2012 – Vice President of Ghana(b. 1946)
- 2012 – Eliyahu Nawi, Iraqi-Israeli lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Bob Scott, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1921)
- 2013 – Robert Conley, American journalist (b. 1928)
- 2013 – Billy Hardwick, American bowler (b. 1941)
- 2013 – William McDonough Kelly, Canadian lieutenant and politician (b. 1925)
- 2013 – Foreign Secretary of Pakistan(b. 1932)
- 2013 – Oscar Lanford, American mathematician and academic (b. 1940)
- 2013 – Arne Pedersen, Norwegian footballer and manager (b. 1931)
- 2013 – Louis D. Rubin, Jr., American author, critic, and academic (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Charles Waterhouse, American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1924)
- 2014 – Charles Champlin, American historian, author, and critic (b. 1926)
- 2014 – Jovan Ćirilov, Serbian poet and playwright (b. 1931)
- 2014 – Ian Craig, Australian cricketer (b. 1935)
- 2014 – Juan Joseph, American football player and coach (b. 1987)
- 2014 – Jadwiga Piłsudska, Polish soldier, pilot, and architect (b. 1920)
- 2014 – Carl Sanders, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 74th Governor of Georgia (b. 1925)
- 2015 – David Canary, American actor (b. 1938)
- 2015 – Michael C. Gross, American graphic designer and producer (b. 1945)
- 2015 – Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926)
- 2015 – Alton D. Slay, American general (b. 1924)
- 2016 – Jay Wright Forrester, American computer engineer (b. 1918)
- 2016 – Melvin Laird, American politician and writer (b. 1922)
- 2016 – Daniel Prodan, Romanian football player (b. 1972)
- 2017 – Hiromi Tsuru, Japanese actress (b. 1960)
- 2017 – Ann Wedgeworth, American actress (b. 1934)
- 2018 – William Goldman, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- 2019 – John Campbell Brown, Scottish astronomer (b. 1947)
- 2019 – Terry O'Neill, British photographer (b. 1938)
- 2020 – Sheila Nelson, English string teacher (b. 1936)[55]
- 2021 – Jyrki Kasvi, Finnish journalist and politician (b. 1964)[56]
- 2022 – Robert Clary, French-American actor and author (b. 1926)[57]
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- Africus
- Agnes of Assisi
- Edmund of Abingdon
- Elfric of Abingdon
- Eucherius of Lyon
- Roman Catholic Church)
- Giuseppe Moscati
- Gobrain
- Hugh of Lincoln
- Margaret of Scotland
- Matthew the Evangelist (Eastern Christianity)
- Othmar
- Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn
- SJ
- November 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of Declaration of Sovereignty (Estonia)
- Earliest day on which Bavaria), and its related observance:
- Volkstrauertag (Germany)
- Icelandic Language Day or Dagur íslenskrar tungu (Iceland)
- International Day for Tolerance (United Nations)[58]
- Statia Day in Sint Eustatius (Caribbean Netherlands)
- Intergenerational Fairness Day (International day of action for rights of younger and future generations)[59][60][61]
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External links
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- "On This Day". BBC.
- The New York Times: On This Day
- "Historical Events on November 16". OnThisDay.com.