November 16

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.

Events

• 1272 – While travelling during the 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.
• 1491 – An auto-da-fé, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.
• 1532 – Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa at the Battle of Cajamarca.
• 1632 – Thirty Years' War: Battle of Lützen is fought, the Swedes are victorious but King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden dies in the battle.
• 1776 – American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
• 1776 – American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
• 1793 – French Revolution: Ninety anti-republican 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.
• 1822 – 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.
• 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.
• 1852 – The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
• 1855 – David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.
• 1857 – Second relief of Lucknow: Twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.
• 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee: Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.
• 1885 – Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
• 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.
• 1907 – Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania, sister ship of RMS Lusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
• 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.
• 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 – 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.
• 1943 – World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway.
• 1944 – World War II: Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur, is launched.
• 1944 – World War II: Düren, Germany, is destroyed by Allied bombers.
• 1945 – UNESCO is founded.
• 1965 – 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.
• 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.
• 1974 – The Arecibo message is broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. It was aimed at the current location of the globular star cluster Messier 13 some 25,000 light years away. The message will reach empty space by the time it finally arrives since the cluster will have changed position.
• 1979 – The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania.
• 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.
• 1989 – A death squad composed of El Salvadoran army troops kills six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University.
• 1990 – Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had 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, the People's Republic of China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons.

Births

• 42 BC – Tiberius, Roman emperor (d. 37)
• 1436 – Leonardo Loredan, Italian ruler (d. 1521)
• 1531 – Anna d'Este, Italian-French daughter of Renée of France (d. 1607)
• 1569 – Paul Sartorius, German organist and composer (d. 1609)
• 1603 – Augustyn Kordecki, Polish monk (d. 1673)
• 1643 – Jean Chardin, French-English jeweler and explorer (d. 1703)
• 1648 – Charles Duncombe, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (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)
• 1720 – Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-Italian composer (d. 1788)
• 1750 – Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (d. 1818)
• 1753 – James McHenry, Irish-American surgeon and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of War (d. 1816)
• 1758 – Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author (d. 1841)
• 1806 – Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, American author and educator (d. 1887)
• 1811 – John Bright, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (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, 10th Premier of Quebec (d. 1927)
• 1851 – Minnie Hauk, American-Swiss soprano and actress (d. 1929)
• 1856 – Jürgen Kröger, German architect (d. 1928)
• 1862 – Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (d. 1944)
• 1873 – W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1958)
• 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, Filipino lawyer and politician, 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 – Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Austrian philosopher and politician (d. 1972)
• 1895 – Paul Hindemith, German violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1963)
• 1896 – Joan Lindsay, Australian author and critic (d. 1984)
• 1896 – Oswald Mosley, English lieutenant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (d. 1980)
• 1896 – Lawrence Tibbett, American actor and singer (d. 1960)
• 1897 – Choudhry Rahmat Ali, Indian-Pakistani academic, created the name for Pakistan (d. 1951)
• 1899 – Mary Margaret McBride, American radio host (d. 1976)
• 1904 – Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigerian journalist and politician, 1st President of Nigeria (d. 1996)
• 1905 – Eddie Condon, American guitarist and banjo player (d. 1973)
• 1907 – Burgess Meredith, American actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
• 1909 – Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani religious leader (d. 1982)
• 1912 – 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 – Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin, American singer and accordion player (d. 2007)
• 1915 – Jean Fritz, Chinese-American author
• 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, founded the Amdahl Corporation (d. 2015)
• 1922 – José Saramago, Portuguese-Spanish author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Sam Farber, American businessman, co-founded OXO (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
• 1929 – Peter Boizot, English businessman and philanthropist, founded PizzaExpress
• 1929 – Mira Rani Devi, Bangladeshi-Indian author and educator (d. 2009)
• 1930 – Chinua Achebe, Nigerian author, poet, and academic (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Paul Foytack, American baseball player
• 1930 – Salvatore Riina, Italian mob boss
• 1931 – Luciano Bottaro, Italian author and illustrator (d. 2006)
• 1931 – Hubert Sumlin, American singer and guitarist (d. 2011)
• 1933 – Garnet Mimms, American 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, 46th Australian Minister for Defence
• 1937 – Alan Budd, English economist and academic
• 1938 – Robert Nozick, American philosopher, author, and academic (d. 2002)
• 1939 – Michael Billington, English author and critic
• 1940 – Donna McKechnie, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1941 – Angelo Gilardino, Italian guitarist, composer, and musicologist
• 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
• 1944 – Oliver Braddick, English psychologist and academic
• 1945 – Teenie Hodges, American guitarist and songwriter (Hi Rhythm Section) (d. 2014)
• 1945 – Lynn Hunt, American historian, author, and academic
• 1946 – Colin Burgess, Australian drummer and songwriter (The Masters Apprentices, AC/DC, and His Majesty)
• 1946 – Terence McKenna, American botanist, philosopher, and author (d. 2000)
• 1946 – Ole Olsen, Danish motorcycle racer
• 1946 – Jo Jo White, American basketball player and coach
• 1947 – Omar Ruiz Hernández, Cuban journalist and activist
• 1947 – Ebby Thust, German boxing promoter
• 1948 – Horst Bertram, German footballer and manager
• 1948 – Chi Coltrane, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1948 – Bonnie Greer, American-English playwright and critic
• 1949 – Arrow, Montserratian singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
• 1950 – David Leisure, American actor
• 1950 – John Swartzwelder, American author and screenwriter
• 1950 – David Wilson-Johnson, English actor and singer
• 1950 – Manuel Zamora, Filipino farmer and politician
• 1951 – Miguel Sandoval, American actor and director
• 1952 – Peter Keefe, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2010)
• 1952 – Robin McKinley, American-English author
• 1952 – Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer, created Mario and The Legend of Zelda
• 1953 – Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian, actor, and author
• 1954 – Andrea Barrett, American author and academic
• 1954 – Luis Conte, Cuban drummer (Jaguares and Pat Metheny Group)
• 1954 – Dick Gross, Australian lawyer and politician
• 1955 – Pierre Larouche, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1955 – Héctor Cúper, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1955 – Jun Kunimura, Japanese actor
• 1956 – Terry Labonte, American race car driver and businessman
• 1957 – Jacques Gamblin, French actor
• 1958 – Marg Helgenberger, American actress
• 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
• 1961 – Corinne Hermès, French singer
• 1961 – Chris Pitman, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Guns N' Roses, Replicants, and Zaum)
• 1962 – Mani, English bass player (The Stone Roses, Primal Scream, and Freebass)
• 1962 – Josh Silver, American keyboard player and producer (Type O Negative and Fallout)
• 1963 – Steve Argüelles, English drummer and producer (Loose Tubes and Human Chain)
• 1963 – Zina Garrison, American tennis player and coach
• 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
• 1964 – Diana Krall, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1964 – Harry Lennix, American actor and producer
• 1964 – Maeve Quinlan, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1965 – Mika Aaltonen, Finnish footballer
• 1965 – Mark Benton, English actor
• 1966 – Joey Cape, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Lagwagon, Bad Astronaut, The Playing Favorites, and Scorpios)
• 1966 – Dave Kushner, American guitarist (Velvet Revolver, Electric Love Hogs, Loaded, and DKFXP)
• 1966 – Christian Lorenz, German keyboard player (Rammstein and Feeling B)
• 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
• 1968 – Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (d. 2014)
• 1968 – Vlado Šola, Croatian handball player
• 1968 – Melvin Stewart, American swimmer
• 1970 – Lilico, Swedish-Japanese singer and critic
• 1970 – Logan Mader, Canadian-American guitarist and producer (Machine Head and Soulfly)
• 1970 – Martha Plimpton, American actress and singer
• 1970 – Kōshi Rikudō, Japanese illustrator
• 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 (Smith & Pyle)
• 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
• 1974 – Maurizio Margaglio, Italian ice dancer and coach
• 1974 – Paul Scholes, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1975 – Julio Lugo, Dominican baseball player
• 1975 – Yuki Uchida, Japanese actress, model, and singer
• 1976 – Mario Barravecchia, Belgian singer
• 1976 – Dan Black, English singer-songwriter (The Servant)
• 1976 – Juha Pasoja, Finnish footballer
• 1976 – Danny Wallace, Scottish comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1976 – Martijn Zuijdweg, Dutch swimmer
• 1977 – Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian-American figure skater
• 1977 – Gigi Edgley, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1977 – Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress and singer
• 1977 – Mauricio Ochmann, Mexican actor and producer
• 1978 – Kip Bouknight, American baseball player
• 1978 – Mehtap Doğan-Sızmaz, Turkish runner
• 1978 – Çağla Kubat, Turkish model, actress, and windsurfer
• 1978 – Takashi Nagayama, Japanese actor
• 1978 – Gary Naysmith, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1978 – Carolina Parra, Brazilian guitarist and drummer (CSS)
• 1979 – Tony Frias, American soccer player
• 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 (Elsewhere)
• 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 basketball player
• 1983 – K, South Korean-Japanese singer
• 1983 – Kool A.D., American rapper (Das Racist and Boy Crisis)
• 1983 – Chris Gocong, American football player
• 1983 – Janelle Jamer, Filipino actress and singer
• 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
• 1984 – Mark Bunn, English footballer
• 1985 – Maki Nishiyama, Japanese model and actress
• 1985 – Saori Yamamoto, Japanese model
• 1986 – Saeko, Japanese model and actress
• 1986 – Aleksei Anatolyevich Kozlov, Russian footballer
• 1986 – Maxime Médard, French rugby player
• 1987 – Eitan Tibi, Israeli footballer
• 1987 – Jordan Walden, American baseball player
• 1988 – Siva Kaneswaran, Irish singer and model (The Wanted)
• 1989 – Iamsu!, American rapper and producer (The HBK Gang)
• 1991 – Tomomi Kasai, Japanese actress and singer (AKB48 and Queen & Elizabeth)
• 1993 – Pete Davidson, American comedian and actor
• 1995 – Changjo, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (Teen Top)
• 1995 – Noah Gray-Cabey, American actor and pianist

Deaths

• 1093 – Saint Margaret of Scotland (b. 1045)
• 1240 – Edmund Rich, English archbishop and saint (b. 1175)
• 1272 – Henry III of England (b. 1207)
• 1328 – Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (b. 1276)
• 1601 – Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland (b. 1542)
• 1613 – Trajano Boccalini, Italian author and educator (b. 1556)
• 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)
• 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)
• 1806 – Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded 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)
• 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)
• 1911 – A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
• 1911 – Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (b. 1879)
• 1922 – Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)
• 1939 – 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)
• 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 and singer (b. 1901)
• 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)
• 1966 – Alfred Neuland, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1895)
• 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)
• 1976 – Duke Moore, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1980 – Jayan, Indian soldier and actor (b. 1938)
• 1982 – Pavel Alexandrov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1896)
• 1982 – Arthur Askey, English comedian, actor, and singer (b. 1900)
• 1982 – Lenny Murphy, Irish activist (b. 1952)
• 1984 – Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (b. 1906)
• 1985 – Omayra Sánchez, Colombian girl killed by the eruption of Nevado del Ruiz (b. 1972)
• 1986 – Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress (b. 1923)
• 1987 – Jim Brewer, American baseball player and coach (b. 1937)
• 1987 – Zubir Said, Indonesian-Singaporean composer (b. 1907)
• 1989 – Jean-Claude Malépart, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
• 1993 – Lucia Popp, Slovak-German soprano (b. 1939)
• 1993 – Achille Zavatta, Tunisia-French clown (b. 1915)
• 1994 – Chet Powers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b. 1943)
• 1994 – Doris Speed, English actress (b. 1899)
• 1997 – George O. Petrie, American actor and director (b. 1912)
• 1999 – Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1928)
• 2000 – Joe C., American rapper and actor (b. 1974)
• 2000 – Ahmet Kaya, Turkish-French singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
• 2000 – DJ Screw, American rapper and DJ (Screwed Up Click) (b. 1971)
• 2001 – Tommy Flanagan, American pianist and composer (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Bettina Goislard, French relief worker (b. 1974)
• 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 – Donald Watson, English activist, founded the 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 and singer (b. 1930)
• 2010 – Britton Chance, American biologist and sailor (b. 1913)
• 2010 – Ronni Chasen, American publicist (b. 1946)
• 2010 – Donald Nyrop, American businessman (b. 1912)
• 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 – Aliu Mahama, Ghanaian engineer and politician, 3rd 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 – Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Indian-Pakistani diplomat, 19th 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 – Héctor Arredondo, Mexican actor (b. 1970)
• 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 – Nando Gazzolo, Italian actor (b. 1928)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Edmund of Abingdon
  • Eucherius of Lyon
  • Gertrude the Great (Roman Catholic Church)
  • Giuseppe Moscati
  • Hugh of Lincoln
  • Margaret of Scotland
  • Matthew the Evangelist (Eastern Christianity)
  • Othmar
  • Roch Gonzalez, SJ
  • November 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Day of Declaration of Sovereignty (Estonia)
• Earliest day on which Day of Repentance and Prayer can fall, while November 22 is the latest; celebrated 11 days before Advent Sunday (Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist) and United Protestant churches, Saxony, Bavaria), and its related observance:
  • Volkstrauertag (Germany)
• Icelandic Language Day or Dagur íslenskrar tungu (Iceland)
• International Day for Tolerance (International)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada