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Events on the 16th of November in history

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16 Nov 1380 French King Charles VI declares no taxes for ever
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16 Nov 1532 Pizarro seizes Incan emperor Atahualpa after victory at Cajamarca
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16 Nov 1572 Don Frederiks troops occupy / plunder Zutphen
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16 Nov 1676 1st colonial prison organized, Nantucket, Massachusetts
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16 Nov 1677 French troops occupy Freiburg
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16 Nov 1700 Monarch of Brandenburg becomes King of Prussia
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16 Nov 1763 English journalist John Wilkes injured at duel
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16 Nov 1764 Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac
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16 Nov 1771 West Indian Company and Amsterdam divide up Suriname
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16 Nov 1776 1st gun salute - for US Andrea Doria at Ft St. Eustatius
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16 Nov 1776 British troops captured Fort Washington during American Revolution
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16 Nov 1776 Hessians capture Fort Washington, Manhattan
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16 Nov 1798 Kentucky becomes 1st state to nullify an act of Congress
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16 Nov 1801 1st edition of New York Evening Post
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16 Nov 1811 Earthquake in Missouri caused the Mississippi River to flow backwards
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16 Nov 1835 Charles Darwins voyage published in Cambridge Philosophical Society
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16 Nov 1841 Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (NYC)
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16 Nov 1841 N E Guerin of New York patents cork-filled life preserver
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16 Nov 1856 Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens
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16 Nov 1864 Confederate retreat at Lovejoy, Georgia
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16 Nov 1864 Union Gen William T Sherman begins march to the sea during Civil War
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16 Nov 1870 Spanish Cortes selects King Amadeus I
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16 Nov 1875 Battle at Gundet: Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians
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16 Nov 1875 William Bonwill, patents dental mallet to impact gold into cavities
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16 Nov 1882 British HMS Flirt fire at and destroy Abari village in Niger
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16 Nov 1894 French Captain Henri Decoeurs troops reach Nikki West Africa
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16 Nov 1894 6,000 Armenians massacred by Turks in Kurdistan
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16 Nov 1901 3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds
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16 Nov 1905 Netherlands / Russian Count Witte becomes Premier of Russia
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16 Nov 1907 Oklahoma becomes 46th state
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16 Nov 1908 Arturo Tuscanini begins conducting NY's Metropolitan Opera
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16 Nov 1909 EVV Eindhoven soccer team forms
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16 Nov 1914 Pope Benedict XV calls for peace
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16 Nov 1914 Federal Reserve System formally opens
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16 Nov 1916 I Berlin / V Herbert / H Blossoms musical premieres in New York City
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16 Nov 1916 USSR La Satannaya ammunitions factory explodes, killing 1,000
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16 Nov 1917 British occupy Tel Aviv and Jaffa
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16 Nov 1918 Hungarian People's Republic declared
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16 Nov 1920 1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Conn
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16 Nov 1920 Postage meter 1st used in US in lieu of postage stamps
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16 Nov 1922 Pope Pius XI calls on Belgian people to unite
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16 Nov 1922 Turkish kalief / Sultan Mehmed VI asks British army for help
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16 Nov 1924 Cleveland Bulldogs lose to Frankford Yellowjackets, ends 31-game undefeated streak (NFL & major-league football record)
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16 Nov 1925 American Association for the Advancement of Atheism formed in NY
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16 Nov 1926 New York Rangers 1st game, beat Montreal Maroons 1-0
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16 Nov 1933 Brazilians President Getulio Vargas names himself Dictator
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16 Nov 1933 Roosevelt establishes diplomatic relations with USSR
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16 Nov 1936 German air force begins bombing of Madrid
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16 Nov 1938 K B Regiment refuses round-table conference in East-India
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16 Nov 1939 Al Capone freed from Alcatraz jail
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16 Nov 1939 German U-boat torpedoes tanker Sliedrecht near Ireland
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16 Nov 1941 German troops conquer Kertsh (probably)
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16 Nov 1942 Assault of US B-17 Flying Fortresses on airport at Sidi Ahmed
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16 Nov 1944 US 9th division and 1st Army attacks at Geilenkirchen
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16 Nov 1945 Yeshiva College (University), chartered in NY, 1st US Jewish College
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16 Nov 1947 15,000 demonstrate in Brussels against mild sentence of Nazis
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16 Nov 1948 Operation Magic Carpet - 1st plane from Yemen carrying Jews to Israel
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16 Nov 1950 Egyptian King Faruk demands departure of all British troops
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16 Nov 1950 US President Truman proclaims emergency crisis caused by communist threat
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16 Nov 1950 UN gets US government approval to issue postage stamps
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16 Nov 1955 Johnny Cash made his 1st chart appearance with "Cry Cry Cry"
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16 Nov 1955 Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Yussuph V returns to Morocco
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16 Nov 1955 1st speed-boat to exceed 200 mph (322 kph) (D.M. Campbell)
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16 Nov 1957 "Copper & Brass" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 36 performances
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16 Nov 1957 Celtic Bill Russell sets NBA record of 49 rebounds beat Philadelphia 111-89
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16 Nov 1957 Ed Gein butchers last victim
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16 Nov 1959 "Sound of Music" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 1443 performances
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16 Nov 1959 "Sound of Music" opens on Broadway
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16 Nov 1960 NL batting champion Dick Groat wins MVP
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16 Nov 1961 Great Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth countries
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16 Nov 1962 Kuwait adopts constitution (1st, Islamitic)
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16 Nov 1962 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 73 points vs. New York Knicks
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16 Nov 1962 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 73 points vs NY
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16 Nov 1963 Touch-tone telephone introduced
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16 Nov 1963 Toledo, OH newspaper strike began
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16 Nov 1964 Radio CJCX Sydney Nova Scotia (Canada) starts short-wave transmission
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16 Nov 1965 Walt Disney launches Epcot Center: Prototype Community of Tomorrow
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16 Nov 1965 1st public announcement about Walt Disney World
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16 Nov 1965 Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus)
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16 Nov 1966 Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente is named NL MVP
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16 Nov 1966 Dr Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury
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16 Nov 1969 1968 massacre of civilians at Mylai South Vietnam, by US is 1st reported
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16 Nov 1972 "Dear Oscar" opens at Playhouse Theater NYC for 5 performances
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16 Nov 1973 John Lennon releases "Mind Games" album
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16 Nov 1973 John Lennon releases "Mind Games" album
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16 Nov 1973 President Nixon authorizes construction of the Alaskan pipeline
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16 Nov 1973 Skylab 4 launched into Earth orbit
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16 Nov 1974 1st intentional interstellar radio message sent, Arecibo telescope towards M 41, a cluster of stars some 25,000 light years away
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16 Nov 1974 John Lennon's #1 solo "Whatever Gets You Through the Night"
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16 Nov 1974 Milwaukee Bucks lose their 11th straight NBA game (team record)
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16 Nov 1975 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Jacksonville Ladies Golf Open
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16 Nov 1976 Rick Barry (San Francisco), ends then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
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16 Nov 1977 Rod Carew wins AL MVP award
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16 Nov 1978 Major Indoor Soccer League holds its 1st draft
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16 Nov 1979 Paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmas"
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16 Nov 1980 Tampa Bay Buccaneer QB Doug Williams throws for 486 yards
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16 Nov 1981 "Merrily We Roll Along" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 16 performances
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16 Nov 1981 Dennis Lillee kicked Javed Miandad, who waved his bat at Dennis
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16 Nov 1981 Luke marries Laura on General Hospital (16 million watch)
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16 Nov 1981 Luke marries Laura on General Hospital
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16 Nov 1982 Space Shuttle Columbia completes its 1st operational flight
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16 Nov 1982 5th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 5-lands at Edwards AFB
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16 Nov 1982 Agreement reached ending 57 day football strike
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16 Nov 1983 Kapil Dev takes 9-83 vs. WI at Ahmedabad, but India still lose
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16 Nov 1984 John Lennon releases "Every Man has a Woman Who Loves Him"
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16 Nov 1984 14th Shuttle Mission (51A) -Discovery 2- lands at Kennedy Center
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16 Nov 1984 Houston blocks 20 Denver shots tying NBA regulation game record
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16 Nov 1987 Actress Lisa Bonet marries singer Lenny Kravitz
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16 Nov 1987 Paul McCartney releases "Once Upon a Long Ago"
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16 Nov 1987 Lisa Bonet marries Lenny Kravitz
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16 Nov 1988 Jose Canseco is 1st unanimous AL MVP since Reggie Jackson
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16 Nov 1988 Benazir Bhutto wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years
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16 Nov 1988 Estonia declares sovereignty in internal affairs
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16 Nov 1988 Robin Givens sues Mike Tyson for $125 million for libel
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16 Nov 1989 "Gypsy" opens at St. James Theater NYC for 477 performances
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16 Nov 1989 South African President FW de Klerk announces scrapping of Separate Amenities Act
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16 Nov 1989 6 Jesuit priests are killed by El Salvadorian troops
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16 Nov 1990 Manuel Noriega claims US denied him a fair trial
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16 Nov 1993 "Any Given Day" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 32 performances
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16 Nov 1993 James Carrey files for divorce from Melissa
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16 Nov 1993 Russian President Yeltsin shuts Lenin museum
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16 Nov 1995 Attorney General Janet Reno announces she has Parkinson disease
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16 Nov 1995 Queen Mother Elizabeth undergoes hip surgery
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16 Nov 1996 "Into the Whirlwind" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 performances
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16 Nov 1996 18th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 28 awards
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16 Nov 1997 "1776, " closes at Criterion Theater, New York City
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16 Nov 1997 CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Saskatchewan, 47-23
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