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The 16t o November is the 320t day o the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 45 days bidin.
Events
- 1272 - Edward I o Ingland becomes King.
- 1532 - Spaingie conquistadors capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa.
- 1632 - Thirty Years' War: King Gustavus Adolphus o Swaden is kilt in the Battle o Lützen in present-day Germany.
- 1776 - The Unitit Provinces (Law Kintras) recognise the unthirldom o the Unitit States.
- 1855 - Scots splorer an missionary David Livingstone reaches Victoria Faws (on the Zambezi River) on the present-day mairch atween Zambie an Zimbabwe.
- 1907 - Oklahoma becomes the 46t state o the Unitit States.
- 1915 - The Coca-Cola bottle is gien a Unitit States patent.
- 1918 - The Republic o Hungary is declarit.
- 1933 - American pilot Jimmie Angel rediscovers the Angel Faws in Venezuela, the tallest watterfaw in the warld.
- 1933 - The Unitit States recognises the Soviet Union.
- 1940 - Warld War II: The Ryal Air Force bombs Hamburg in response tae Germany's bombin o Coventry.
- 1945 - UNESCO is foondit.
- 1965 - The Soviet Union's Venera probe is launched tae the planet Venus.
- 1970 - Hafez al-Assad comes tae pouer in Sirie.
- 1979 - The Bucharest Metro opens.
- 1980 - A militar base splosion in Bangkok, Thailand, kills 38 fowk.
- 1993 - Guyana joins the Unitit Naitions.
- 2000 - US Preses Bill Clinton visits Vietnam.
- 2006 - Riots occur in Nuku'alofa, Tonga.
- 2013 - Indie cricketer Sachin Tendulkar retires.
- 2017 - Cambodie's heichest coort declares the main opposeetion pairty illegal.
- 2019 - Gotabaya Rajapaksa is electit Preses o Sri Lanka.
Births
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- 42 BC - Tiberius, Roman Emperor (d. 37)
- 1717 - Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French scientist (d. 1783)
- 1836 - Kalakaua, King o Hawaii (d. 1891)
- 1895 - Paul Hindemith, German componer (d. 1963)
- 1907 - Burgess Meredith, American actor (d. 1997)
- 1922 - José Saramago, Portuguese writer (d. 2010)
- 1930 - Chinua Achebe, Nigerian writer (d. 2013)
- 1938 - Robert Nozick, American poleetical philosopher (d. 2002)
- 1942 - Willie Carson, Scots jockey
- 1946 - Peter McCloy, Scots fitbawer
- 1948 - Norbert Lammert, German politeecian
- 1952 - Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video gemme designer
- 1953 - Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh actor, comedian an writer
- 1954 - Donald Runnicles, Scots conductor
- 1958 - Sooronbay Jeenbekov, Preses o Kyrgyzstan
- 1958 - Marg Helgenberger, American actress
- 1974 - Paul Scholes, Inglis fitbawer
- 1977 - Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress
- 1978 - Gary Naysmith, Scots fitbawer
- 1983 - Britta Steffen, German soummer
- 1985 - Sanna Marin, Finnish politeecian, Prime meenister o Finland
- 1989 - Vicki Adams, Scots curler
- 1998 - Anthony Ralston, Scots fitbawer
Daiths
- 1093 - Saunt Margaret o Scotland (b. 1045)
- 1272 - Henry III o Ingland (b. 1207)
- 1632 - Gustavus Adolphus o Swaden (b. 1594)
- 1708 - Alexander Edward, Scots Episcopalian priest, airchitect an laundscape designer (b. 1651)
- 1797 - Frederick William II o Proushie (b. 1744)
- 1960 - Clark Gable, American actor (b. 1901)
- 2006 - Milton Friedman, American economist (b. 1912)
- 2017 - Hiromi Tsuru, Japanese actress (b. 1960)
- 2019 - John Campbell Brown, Scots astronomer (b. 1947)
Halidays
- Icelandic leid Day
- Day o Declaration o Sovereignty (Estonie)
- Internaitional Day o Tolerance
Ootside airtins
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