November 16 in history
Events on November 16
Notable events that happened on November 16 in past years.
- 2022
Artemis Program: NASA launches Artemis 1 on the first flight of the Space Launch System, the start of the program's future missions to the moon.
Wikipedia article: Artemis program - 2002
The first cases of the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak are traced to Foshan, Guangdong Province, China.
Wikipedia article: 2002–2004 SARS outbreak - 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.
Wikipedia article: Pop music - 1981
Aeroflot Flight 3603 crashes during landing at Norilsk Airport, killing 99.
Wikipedia article: Aeroflot Flight 3603 - 1973
Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.
Wikipedia article: Skylab - 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.
Wikipedia article: Venera program - 1945
UNESCO is founded.
Wikipedia article: UNESCO - 1940
The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
Wikipedia article: The Holocaust - 1920
Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.
Wikipedia article: Qantas - 1904
English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
Wikipedia article: John Ambrose Fleming - 1860
Fisgard Lighthouse, built in the Colony of Vancouver Island, shines its first light, becoming the first permanent lighthouse in present-day British Columbia
Wikipedia article: Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site - 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.
Wikipedia article: Fyodor Dostoevsky - 1797
The Prussian heir apparent, Frederick William, becomes King of Prussia as Frederick William III.
Wikipedia article: Frederick William III - 1632
King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed at the Battle of Lützen during the Thirty Years' War.
- 951
Emperor Li Jing sends a Southern Tang expeditionary force of 10,000 men under Bian Hao to conquer Chu. Li Jing removes the ruling family to his own capital in Nanjing, ending the Chu Kingdom.
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