November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 45 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).
NATIONAL FAST FOOD DAY
NATIONAL FAST FOOD DAY
1272 – While travelling during the Ninth Crusade, Prince Edward becomes King Edward I of England upon Henry III of England's death, but he will not return to England for nearly two years to assume the throne. He reigned until His death in 1307.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
1793 – French Revolution: Ninety anti-republican Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.
1793 – French Revolution: Ninety anti-republican Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.
1849 – A Russian court sentences writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor.
1855 – Missionary and explorer David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.
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, formed by the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 [the worst year in American history], officially opens. The Federal Reserve Bank is about as "Federal" as Federal Express.
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, formed by the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 [the worst year in American history], officially opens. The Federal Reserve Bank is about as "Federal" as Federal Express.
1940 – The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
1973 – Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.
1973 – U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline. Could they have possibly written LESS about this in Wikepedia?
1973 – U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline. Could they have possibly written LESS about this in Wikepedia?
1997 – After nearly 18 years of incarceration, the People's Republic of China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons. This guy could actually each some of our indoctrinated Leftist youth about what democracy really is.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1873 – W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1958)
1899 – Mary Margaret McBride, American radio host, the "First Lady of Radio" (d. 1976)
From Wikipedia and Google, except as noted.
1899 – Mary Margaret McBride, American radio host, the "First Lady of Radio" (d. 1976)
From Wikipedia and Google, except as noted.
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