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Birthday November 16, 1766 Rodolphe Kreutzer, French composer, virtuoso violinist |
Birthday November 16, 1873 William Handy, blues musician |
Birthday November 16, 1895 Paul Hindemith, in Germany, composer |
Birthday November 16, 1896 Jim Jordan, radio comic (Fibber McGee of Fibber McGee & Molly) |
Birthday November 16, 1901 George Gallup, what's your opinion? |
Birthday November 16, 1908 Burgess Meredith, Actor |
Birthday November 16, 1942 Donna McKechnie, in Pontiac Michigan |
Birthday November 16, 1945 Martine van Hamel, Belgian ballerina |
Birthday November 16, 1967 Lisa Bonet in SF, Cal (Cosby Show) |
Birthday November 16, 1971 Donald Wolf, computer game creator |
History November 16, 1532 Pizarro seizes Incan emperor Atahualpa |
History November 16, 1776 Hessians capture Fort Washington |
History November 16, 1776 Fort Washington Is Captured |
History November 16, 1821 Becknell opens trade on the Santa Fe Trail |
History November 16, 1849 Fyodor Dostoevsky is sentenced to death |
History November 16, 1863 Battle of Campbell Station, Tennessee |
History November 16, 1864 Sherman begins his march to sea thru Georgia |
History November 16, 1894 6 000 Armenians massacred by Turks in Kurdistan |
History November 16, 1901 Riker Torpedo Racer sets the world speed record for electric cars |
History November 16, 1907 Okla becomes 46th state |
History November 16, 1907 Oklahoma enters the Union |
History November 16, 1914 New Fatherland League launched in Germany |
History November 16, 1924 Cleveland Bulldogs lose to Frankford Yellowjackets ending a 31-game undefeated streak (NFL & major-league football record) |
History November 16, 1926 NY Rangers play their 1st game |
History November 16, 1933 Roosevelt establishes diplomatic relations with USSR |
History November 16, 1941 Goebbels publishes his screed of hate |
History November 16, 1945 German scientists brought to United States to work on rocket technology |
History November 16, 1950 UN gets US govt approval to issing postage stamps |
History November 16, 1955 1st speed-boat to exceed 200 mph (DM Campbell) |
History November 16, 1957 Notre Dame ends Oklahoma record winning streak |
History November 16, 1957 Ed Gein kills final victim Bernice Worden |
History November 16, 1959 The Sound of Music premieres on Broadway |
History November 16, 1961 Kennedy decides to increase military aid to Saigon |
History November 16, 1965 1st public announcement about Walt Disney World |
History November 16, 1965 Venera 3 launched 1st land on another planet (Crashed into Venus) |
History November 16, 1966 Dr Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail by a jury |
History November 16, 1970 Ky defends South Vietnamese operations in Cambodia |
History November 16, 1971 U.S. provides support to beleaguered Cambodians |
History November 16, 1973 Skylab 4 launched into earth orbit |
History November 16, 1973 Nixon supports construction of the Alaskan oil pipeline |
History November 16, 1982 5th Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 5 returns to Earth |
History November 16, 1984 14th Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 2 returns to Earth |
History November 16, 1988 Benazir Bhutto elected leader of Pakistan |
History November 16, 1999 Construction begins on deadly bonfire |
History November 16, 2001 First Harry Potter film opens |