November 16: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

November 16th marks the 320th day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 321st in case of leap years). There are 45 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Scorpio. Famous birthdays on this day include Soeur Emmanuelle (1908), Lisa Bonet (1967) and Maggie Gyllenhaal (1977). Holidays and observances around the world include: World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.
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Holidays

USA - admission of Oklahoma, 46th state, 1907
R.C. Saints - Saint Margaret of Scotland ; Gertrude the Great
Also see November 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
International Day for Tolerance [UNESCO]
Iceland - Dagur fslenskrar tungu (Icelandic Language Day)
Thailand - Loy Krathong festival (2005)
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Events

2018 Johnston Press, owner of i, The Scotsman and the Yorkshire Post, goes into administration after it failed to find a buyer. It will be delisted from the London Stock Exchange on 19th November 2018.
2017 South Sudanese Civil War - Rival factions of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement sign "Declaration of Unification" in Cairo (Egypt).
2016 Afghanistan War (2001-present). Four Afghan National Security Forces members are killed and eleven are injured in a suicide bomber attack on the Afghan Defense Ministry Headquarters in Kabul.
2015 Authorities are searching for Salah Abdeslam (a Belgian-born Frenchman) who is suspected of being involved in the attacks. According to reports, raids took place in Grenoble and Toulouse, Jeumont, Jeumont, and the Paris suburb, Bobigny. This contradicts previous official information which stated that all of the attackers were dead.
2014 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - ISIL claims that it executed Abdul-Rahman Kassig, an American hostage.
2013 Syrian civil war: The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has agreed to a plan for the destruction of Syria's arsenal.
2012 Hostess Brands announced it would file for bankruptcy and liquidate all its assets. The company stated that a strike by workers at a bakery union over contract disputes had "crippled" the operations of its business. Expect to lose 18,500 workers.
2011 Uprising in Syria:
2010 A truck carrying an anti-tank mine in Battambang, Cambodia explodes and kills all 14 passengers.
2009 Kevin Rudd, Australia's Prime Minister, apologizes to those who were orphaned and placed in foster homes during the 20th century.
2008 The Iraqi cabinet approves a withdrawal plan for American troops to be evacuated from Iraqi cities and villages by June 2009 and then by 2011.
2007 During tests, an Airbus A340-600 that was scheduled to be delivered to Etihad Airways' Abu Dhabi base, crashed into a barrier at Toulouse Blagnac International Airport. Five people are hurt.
2006 2006 Tonga riots:
2005 During fighting between Kurdish PKK rebels and Turkish police, 1 person is killed and 15 are hurt in Hakkari Province, Turkey.
2004 The Pentagon has announced that Dr. James G. Roche (Secretary of the Air Force) has resigned.
2003 Only 38% of registered voters showed up to vote in the Serbian presidential election. Only 18% of registered voters voted for Tomislav Nikolic, 14% for Dragoljub Mizunovic, 4% to Velimir Ilic and 3% for any other candidates. The poll is invalidated if there is a lower than 50% turnout.
2002 MI5 discovered a plot by terrorists that was believed to be part of the al-Qaeda network or associated with it. MI5 discovered a plot to release poison gas into the Underground railway network in London.
2001 The first Harry Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", is released. It grosses US$ 62 million and becomes the second highest grossing film worldwide, after "Titanic".
2000 Bill Clinton is the first American President to visit Vietnam since the Vietnam War.
1998 Sesame Workshop (back then known as ) launches Elmo's World, the most famous Sesame Street segment, lasting from the late 90' to Sesame Street's 40th anniversary (69-09) and the 10th anniversary of the segment itself (99-09).
1997 1776, closes at Criterion Theater, New York City
1996 Into the Whirlwind closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 performances
1995 Attorney General Janet Reno announces she has Parkinson disease
1994 A Federal judge issues a temporary restraining order, prohibiting the State of California from implementing Proposition 187, that would have denied most public services to illegal aliens.
1993 Any Given Day opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 32 performances
1992 Microsoft ships Microsoft Access 1.0 database program for Windows. Price is US$99.
1990 Manuel Noriega claims US denied him a fair trial.
1989 Gypsy opens at St. James Theater NYC for 477 performances
1988 Benazir Bhutto wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years
1987 Actress Lisa Bonet marries singer Lenny Kravitz
1984 14th Shuttle Mission (51A) - Discovery 2 - lands at Kennedy Center.
1983 Kapil Dev takes 9-83 vs. WI at Ahmedabad, but India still lose
1982 5th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 5-lands at Edwards Air Force Base.
1981 Merrily We Roll Along opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 16 performances
1980 Tampa Bay Buccaneer QB Doug Williams throws for 486 yards
1979 Paul McCartney releases Wonderful Christmas
1978 Major Indoor Soccer League holds its first draft.
1977 Rod Carew wins AL MVP award
1976 Rick Barry (San Francisco Warriors), ends then longest NBA free-throw streak of 60.
1975 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Jacksonville Ladies Golf Open
1974 Milwaukee Bucks lose their 11th straight NBA game (team record).
1973 John Lennon releases Mind Games album
1972 Dear Oscar opens at Playhouse Theater NYC for 5 performances
1970 The Lockheed L-1011 Tristar flies for the first time.
1969 1968 massacre of civilians at Mylai South Vietnam, by US is 1st reported
1966 Dr Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury
1965 Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet
1964 Radio CJCX Sydney Nova Scotia (Canada) starts shortwave transmission
1963 Toledo, OH newspaper strike began
1962 Kuwait adopts constitution (1st, Islamitic)
1961 Great Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth countries
1960 NL batting champion Dick Groat wins MVP
1959 Sound of Music opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 1443 performances
1957 Copper & Brass closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 36 performances
1955 Johnny Cash made his 1st chart appearance with Cry Cry Cry
1950 Egyptian King Faruk demands departure of all British troops
1948 Operation Magic Carpet - 1st plane from Yemen carrying Jews to Israel
1947 15,000 demonstrate in Brussels against mild sentence of Nazis
1945 Yeshiva College (University), chartered in New York, first US Jewish College.
1944 US 9th division and 1st Army attacks at Geilenkirchen
1942 Assault of US B-17 Flying Fortresses on airport at Sidi Ahmed
1941 German troops conquer Kertsh
1940 World War II: in response to the leveling of Coventry, England by Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
1939 Al Capone freed from Alcatraz jail
1938 K B Regiment refuses round-table conference in East-India
1936 German air force begins bombing of Madrid
1933 Brazilians President Getulio Vargas names himself Dictator
1926 New York Rangers' first game, beat Montreal Maroons 1-0.
1925 American Association for the Advancement of Atheism is formed in New York.
1924 Cleveland Bulldogs lose to Frankford Yellowjackets, ends 31-game undefeated streak (NFL and major-league football record).
1922 Pope Pius XI calls on Belgian people to unite
1920 1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Conn
1919 After Entente pressure Romanian forces withdraw from Budapest and let Admiral Horthy to march in.
1917 British occupy Tel Aviv and Jaffa
1916 I Berlin / V Herbert / H Blossoms musical premieres in New York City
1914 Federal Reserve System formally opens
1909 EVV Eindhoven soccer team forms
1907 Oklahoma becomes 46th US state.
1905 Netherlands / Russian Count Witte becomes Premier of Russia
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