A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on November 16 throughout history.
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Second and final revision of the Justinian Code is published, a codified set of imperial and classical laws initially begun in 528
Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro captures Inca Emperor Atahualpa after a surprise ambush at Cajamarca in the Peruvian Andes
Scottish explorer David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Mosi-oa-Tunya waterfall, which he christens as Victoria Falls, on the Zambezi River in Barotseland, Africa (now Zambia and Zimbabwe)
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through...
US Marshals escort four six-year-old African American girls to previously all-white public schools in New Orleans in response to death threats against the girls and race riots
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon", based on the book by Stephenie Meyer, directed by Chris Weitz, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, premieres in Los Angeles
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's musical "The Sound of Music" by opens at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, NYC; runs for 1,443 performances
16-year-old Lionel Messi makes his official debut for FC Barcelona when he comes on as a substitute in a friendly against Porto
Hendrik Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz marries Henriette Amalia
British PM William Pitt the Elder (46) weds Lady Hester Grenville (34) in Argyle Street, London
Future President of the Philippines Ramon Magsaysay (26) weds Luz Banzon (18) at Lourdes church in Manila
Russian-American sci-fi author Isaac Asimov (53) divorces Gertrude Blugerman (56) after 31 years of marriage
Canadian-American comic actor Jim Carrey (33) files for divorce from American actress Melissa Womer (33) after 6 years of marriage
American singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne (25) divorces "Sum 41" lead singer and guitarist Deryck Whibley (29) due to irreconcilable differences after 3 years of marriage
The case of the 'Holy Child of La Guardia', involving the kidnapping and murdering a Christian boy, concludes with public burning at the stake of nine Jews in Ávila, Spain
City of Havana moves to its current location to avoid mosquito infestations
Troops under Spanish General Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo occupy and plunder Zutphen, Netherlands
First colonial prison organized in Nantucket, Massachusetts
French troops occupy Freiburg
Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I and Elector of Brandenburg Frederick I sign the Crown Treaty, allowing Prussia to be elevated to a kingdom in exchange for 8,000 troops in the upcoming War of the Spanish Succession
States of Holland declare the Stadtholderate hereditary for both male and female lines, securing the House of Orange's permanent rule
Pontiac's War (also known as Pontiac's Conspiracy or Pontiac's Rebellion) was launched in 1763 by a confederation of Native Americans who were dissatisfied with British rule in the Great Lakes region...
Dutch West India Company and Amsterdam divide Suriname between themselves
1st gun salute for an American warship in a foreign port - US Andrew Doria at Fort St Eustatius (Dutch Caribbean isalnd)
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799 in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts...
First edition of New York Evening Post
The Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805), also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important military engagements of the Napoleonic Wars.
New York City's Fifth Avenue opens for business
New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and the South Island (Te Waipounamu)—and over 600 smaller...
Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (NYC)
Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens
Battle of Campbell's Station TN, 492 causalities
Georgia was one of the original seven slave states that formed the Confederate States of America in February 1861, triggering the U.S. Civil War. The state governor, Democrat Joseph E.
Amadeo I (Italian: Amedeo Ferdinando Maria di Savoia; 30 May 1845 – 18 January 1890), also known as Amadeus, was an Italian prince who reigned as King of Spain from 1870 to 1873.
Battle of Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians
British gunboat HMS Flirt fires at and destroys villages of Abari and Asaba on the Forcado River in Niger, in retaliation for attack on British owned factory that left 5 Brits missing
6,000 Armenians massacred by Turks in Kurdistan
Three-car race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, with the fastest speed achieved by Henri Fournier, who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds
Dutch Russian Count Witte becomes Prime Minister of Russia
The governor of Oklahoma is the head of government of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Under the Oklahoma Constitution, the governor serves as the head of the Oklahoma executive branch, of the government...
Dutch football club FC Eindhoven is founded in southern part of the city; Eredivisie 1954; KNVB Cup 1937
A Federal Reserve Bank is a regional bank of the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States.
Russian La Satannaya ammunition factory explodes, killing 1,000
Tel Aviv, officially Tel Aviv-Yafo, and also known as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel.
The First Hungarian Republic (Hungarian: Első Magyar Köztársaság), until 21 March 1919 the Hungarian People's Republic (Magyar Népköztársaság), was a short-lived unrecognized country, which quickly...
Admiral Miklós Horthy, head of the Hungarian National Army, seizes Budapest and will later become regent of the restored Kingdom of Hungary
1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Conn
Cleveland Bulldogs lose, 12-7 to Frankford Yellow Jackets at Dunn Field; ends 31-game undefeated streak; NFL and major-league football record
The American Association for the Advancement of Atheism (AAAA – 4A) was an atheistic and antireligious organization established in 1925.
New York Rangers ice hockey club first game; beat Montreal Maroons, 1-0 at Madison Square Garden, NYC
The siege of Madrid was a two-and-a-half-year siege of the Republican-controlled Spanish capital city of Madrid by the Nationalist armies, under General Francisco Franco, during the Spanish Civil War...
Several members of the Hesse-Darmstadt royal family die in a plane crash in Belgium while enroute to a family wedding in England; mother and brother of the groom among the dead as aircraft clipped a tall factory chimney
K B Regiment refuses round-table conference in East-India
George Metesky, New York City's "Mad Bomber" places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison
German troops conquer Kertsh (probably)
Assault of US B-17 Flying Fortresses on airport at Sidi Ahmed
WW II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway
The 9th Panzer Division was a panzer division of the German Army during World War II. It came into existence after 4th Light Division was reorganized in January 1940.
15,000 demonstrate in Brussels against mild sentence of Nazis
Egyptian King Faruk demands departure of all British troops
Papagos' Greek Concentratie wins Greeks parliamentary election
Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Yussuph V returns to Morocco
Guido Cantelli was an Italian orchestral conductor. Toscanini elected him his "spiritual heir" since the beginnings of his career.
American murderer and bodysnatcher Ed Gein kills his last victim
Boson Celtics' center Bill Russell sets NBA record of 49 rebounds as Boston beats Philadelphia Warriors, 111-89 at Boston Gardens
Boston business executive Billy Sullivan is awarded eighth and final franchise of developing American Football League (AFL); later branded Boston Patriots
Richard Morrow Groat (November 4, 1930 – April 27, 2023) was an American professional baseball and basketball player, who was an eight-time All-Star shortstop and two-time World Series champion in...
Since 1945, immigration to the United Kingdom, controlled by British immigration law and to an extent by British nationality law, has been significant, in particular from the former territories of...
Kuwait adopts constitution (1st, Islamitic)
NBA San Francisco Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain scores 73 points in 127-111 win over New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden
Workers at the Toledo Blade newspaper in Toledo, Ohio go on strike
Radio CJCX Sydney Nova Scotia (Canada) starts shortwave transmission
Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus)
Greatest Hits is a 1966 greatest hits album for the Temptations, released by the Gordy (Motown) label. It peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 album chart and remained on the chart for 120 weeks.
The Derry Citizens Action Committee defies a ban on marches in Derry, Northern Ireland, by marching with an estimated 15,000 people
The My Lai Massacre ( MEE LY; Vietnamese: Thảm sát Mỹ Lai [t̺ʰâm ʂǎt mǐˀ lāj] ) was a United States war crime committed on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of unarmed civilians in Sơn Mỹ...
US President Richard Nixon becomes first president to attend a season NFL game while in office: the Dallas Cowboys visit the Washington Redskins, winning 41-28
South Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky defends operations in Cambodia because communist forces could overrun South Vietnam "within 24 hours" if troops operating there were withdrawn
The Compton inquiry is published, acknowledging that there was ill-treatment of internees, but rejected claims of systematic brutality or torture (Northern Ireland)
Elektra Records releases "No Secrets', the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon; her commercial breakthrough spends 5 weeks at top of US charts and contains the hit singles "You're So Vain" and "The Right Thing to Do"
The Parti Québécois ([paʁti kebekwa], PQ; lit. 'Québécois Party') is a sovereignist and social democratic provincial political party in Quebec, Canada.
Major Indoor Soccer League holds its 1st draft
NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneer QB Doug Williams throws for 486 yards in a 38-30 road loss to the Minnesota Vikings
Dennis Lillee kicks Javed Miandad after he had waved his bat at Dennis
5th NASA Space Shuttle Mission Columbia lands at Edwards Air Force Base after 5 days in space, completing its 1st operational flight
14th Shuttle Mission (51A) -Discovery 2- lands at Kennedy Space Center (Florida)
"We Built This City", the debut single by American rock band Starship tops the US Charts; the song, written by Martin Page and Bernie Taupin, infamously lands on several reader polls as the worst hit song ever
Paul McCartney releases single "Once Upon a Long Ago"
Estonia declares sovereignty in internal affairs
Six Jesuit priests including Ignacio Ellacuría and two others are assassinated killed by Salvadoran army - one of the most notorious acts of the Salvadoran civil war
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega claims the US denied him a fair trial
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother undergoes hip surgery
People's Republic of China releases pro-democracy dissident Wei Jingsheng from jail for medical reasons after nearly 18 years of incarceration
"Let Me Love You" is a song by American singer Mario, released by J Records on October 4, 2004, as the lead single from his second studio album, Turning Point (2004).
CBS television broadcasts ”I Walk the Line: A Night For Johnny Cash” featuring concert performances by Dwight Yoakam, Martina McBride, Alison Krauss, U2, Norah Jones, Foo Fighters, Sheryl Crow, and others
The game "Call of Duty: Black Ops II" grosses $500 million in 24 hours to become the largest entertainment launch of all time
A 1,111-carat diamond, the largest discovered in more than a century, is found in the Karowe mine, Botswana
19 countries pledge to phase out coal at UN Climate Summit in Bonn, Germany
An elevator drops 84 floors at the John Hancock Center, Chicago, when the hoist rope breaks; all six occupants survive unharmed
th anniversary of the founding of Havana, Cuba
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record, in terms of the number of systems.
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station take shelter after a Russian anti-satellite weapons test destroys a satellite, creating a large debris field
Democratic congresswoman Karen Bass is the first woman to be elected mayor of the city of Los Angeles, defeating Rick Caruso [1]
Daryl Hall files a lawsuit and a request for a restraining order (later granted) against his music partner John Oates [1]
Revival of John Du Prez and Eric Idle's musical "Spamalot", based on the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," opens at the St. James Theatre, NYC
21st known lethal US military strike in international waters of suspected drug smuggling vessel kills three
Oswald Mosley, British fascist politician, known for british fascist politician, was born on 1896-11-16.
José Saramago, Portuguese novelist, known for portuguese novelist, was born on 1922-11-16. José de Sousa Saramagozɐ sɐɾɐˈmaɣu]; 16 November 1922 – 18 June 2010) was a Portuguese writer.
Burgess Meredith, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1907-11-16.
Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer, known for japanese video game designer, was born on 1953-11-16.
Lisa Bonet, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1968-11-16. Lilakoi Moon is an American actress.
Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress and filmmaker, known for american actress and filmmaker, was born on 1978-11-16. Margalit Ruth "Maggie" Gyllenhaal is an American actress and filmmaker.
Pete Davidson, American comedian and actor, known for american comedian and actor, was born on 1994-11-16. Peter Michael Davidson is an American comedian, actor, and writer.
W. C. Handy, American musician, known for american blues composer and musician, was born on 1873-11-16.
Paul Hindemith, American musician, known for german composer, was born on 1895-11-16. Paul Hindemith was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor.
Corey Pavin, American athlete, known for american professional golfer, was born on 1960-11-16. Corey Allen Pavin is an American professional golfer.
Frank Bruno, British athlete, known for english boxer, was born on 1962-11-16. Franklin Roy Horatio Bruno is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1982 to 1996.
Zina Garrison is born
Dwight Gooden athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1965-11-16. Dwight Eugene Gooden, nicknamed "Dr.
Kalākaua is born
Second and final revision of the Justinian Code is published, a codified set of imperial and classical laws initially begun in 528
The case of the 'Holy Child of La Guardia', involving the kidnapping and murdering a Christian boy, concludes with public burning at the stake of nine Jews in Ávila, Spain
City of Havana moves to its current location to avoid mosquito infestations
Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro captures Inca Emperor Atahualpa after a surprise ambush at Cajamarca in the Peruvian Andes
Troops under Spanish General Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo occupy and plunder Zutphen, Netherlands
First colonial prison organized in Nantucket, Massachusetts
French troops occupy Freiburg
Hendrik Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz marries Henriette Amalia
Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I and Elector of Brandenburg Frederick I sign the Crown Treaty, allowing Prussia to be elevated to a kingdom in exchange for 8,000 troops in the upcoming War of the Spanish Succession
States of Holland declare the Stadtholderate hereditary for both male and female lines, securing the House of Orange's permanent rule
British PM William Pitt the Elder (46) weds Lady Hester Grenville (34) in Argyle Street, London
Pontiac's War (also known as Pontiac's Conspiracy or Pontiac's Rebellion) was launched in 1763 by a confederation of Native Americans who were dissatisfied with British rule in the Great Lakes region...
Dutch West India Company and Amsterdam divide Suriname between themselves
1st gun salute for an American warship in a foreign port - US Andrew Doria at Fort St Eustatius (Dutch Caribbean isalnd)
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799 in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts...
First edition of New York Evening Post
The Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805), also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important military engagements of the Napoleonic Wars.
New York City's Fifth Avenue opens for business
Kalākaua is born
New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and the South Island (Te Waipounamu)—and over 600 smaller...
Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (NYC)
Scottish explorer David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Mosi-oa-Tunya waterfall, which he christens as Victoria Falls, on the Zambezi River in Barotseland, Africa (now Zambia and Zimbabwe)
Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens
Battle of Campbell's Station TN, 492 causalities
Georgia was one of the original seven slave states that formed the Confederate States of America in February 1861, triggering the U.S. Civil War. The state governor, Democrat Joseph E.
Amadeo I (Italian: Amedeo Ferdinando Maria di Savoia; 30 May 1845 – 18 January 1890), also known as Amadeus, was an Italian prince who reigned as King of Spain from 1870 to 1873.
W. C. Handy, American musician, known for american blues composer and musician, was born on 1873-11-16.
Battle of Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians
British gunboat HMS Flirt fires at and destroys villages of Abari and Asaba on the Forcado River in Niger, in retaliation for attack on British owned factory that left 5 Brits missing
6,000 Armenians massacred by Turks in Kurdistan
Paul Hindemith, American musician, known for german composer, was born on 1895-11-16. Paul Hindemith was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor.
Oswald Mosley, British fascist politician, known for british fascist politician, was born on 1896-11-16.
Three-car race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, with the fastest speed achieved by Henri Fournier, who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds
Dutch Russian Count Witte becomes Prime Minister of Russia
The governor of Oklahoma is the head of government of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Under the Oklahoma Constitution, the governor serves as the head of the Oklahoma executive branch, of the government...
Burgess Meredith, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1907-11-16.
Dutch football club FC Eindhoven is founded in southern part of the city; Eredivisie 1954; KNVB Cup 1937
A Federal Reserve Bank is a regional bank of the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States.
Russian La Satannaya ammunition factory explodes, killing 1,000
Tel Aviv, officially Tel Aviv-Yafo, and also known as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel.
The First Hungarian Republic (Hungarian: Első Magyar Köztársaság), until 21 March 1919 the Hungarian People's Republic (Magyar Népköztársaság), was a short-lived unrecognized country, which quickly...
Admiral Miklós Horthy, head of the Hungarian National Army, seizes Budapest and will later become regent of the restored Kingdom of Hungary
1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Conn
José Saramago, Portuguese novelist, known for portuguese novelist, was born on 1922-11-16. José de Sousa Saramagozɐ sɐɾɐˈmaɣu]; 16 November 1922 – 18 June 2010) was a Portuguese writer.
Cleveland Bulldogs lose, 12-7 to Frankford Yellow Jackets at Dunn Field; ends 31-game undefeated streak; NFL and major-league football record
The American Association for the Advancement of Atheism (AAAA – 4A) was an atheistic and antireligious organization established in 1925.
New York Rangers ice hockey club first game; beat Montreal Maroons, 1-0 at Madison Square Garden, NYC
Future President of the Philippines Ramon Magsaysay (26) weds Luz Banzon (18) at Lourdes church in Manila
The siege of Madrid was a two-and-a-half-year siege of the Republican-controlled Spanish capital city of Madrid by the Nationalist armies, under General Francisco Franco, during the Spanish Civil War...
Several members of the Hesse-Darmstadt royal family die in a plane crash in Belgium while enroute to a family wedding in England; mother and brother of the groom among the dead as aircraft clipped a tall factory chimney
K B Regiment refuses round-table conference in East-India
George Metesky, New York City's "Mad Bomber" places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison
German troops conquer Kertsh (probably)
Assault of US B-17 Flying Fortresses on airport at Sidi Ahmed
WW II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway
The 9th Panzer Division was a panzer division of the German Army during World War II. It came into existence after 4th Light Division was reorganized in January 1940.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through...
15,000 demonstrate in Brussels against mild sentence of Nazis
Egyptian King Faruk demands departure of all British troops
Papagos' Greek Concentratie wins Greeks parliamentary election
Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer, known for japanese video game designer, was born on 1953-11-16.
Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Yussuph V returns to Morocco
Guido Cantelli was an Italian orchestral conductor. Toscanini elected him his "spiritual heir" since the beginnings of his career.
American murderer and bodysnatcher Ed Gein kills his last victim
Boson Celtics' center Bill Russell sets NBA record of 49 rebounds as Boston beats Philadelphia Warriors, 111-89 at Boston Gardens
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's musical "The Sound of Music" by opens at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, NYC; runs for 1,443 performances
Boston business executive Billy Sullivan is awarded eighth and final franchise of developing American Football League (AFL); later branded Boston Patriots
US Marshals escort four six-year-old African American girls to previously all-white public schools in New Orleans in response to death threats against the girls and race riots
Richard Morrow Groat (November 4, 1930 – April 27, 2023) was an American professional baseball and basketball player, who was an eight-time All-Star shortstop and two-time World Series champion in...
Corey Pavin, American athlete, known for american professional golfer, was born on 1960-11-16. Corey Allen Pavin is an American professional golfer.
Since 1945, immigration to the United Kingdom, controlled by British immigration law and to an extent by British nationality law, has been significant, in particular from the former territories of...
Kuwait adopts constitution (1st, Islamitic)
NBA San Francisco Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain scores 73 points in 127-111 win over New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden
Frank Bruno, British athlete, known for english boxer, was born on 1962-11-16. Franklin Roy Horatio Bruno is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1982 to 1996.
Workers at the Toledo Blade newspaper in Toledo, Ohio go on strike
Radio CJCX Sydney Nova Scotia (Canada) starts shortwave transmission
Zina Garrison is born
Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus)
Dwight Gooden athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1965-11-16. Dwight Eugene Gooden, nicknamed "Dr.
Greatest Hits is a 1966 greatest hits album for the Temptations, released by the Gordy (Motown) label. It peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 album chart and remained on the chart for 120 weeks.
Cluny MacPherson inventor of the gas mask, known for canadian inventor of the gas mask, died on 1966-11-16.
The Derry Citizens Action Committee defies a ban on marches in Derry, Northern Ireland, by marching with an estimated 15,000 people
Lisa Bonet, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1968-11-16. Lilakoi Moon is an American actress.
The My Lai Massacre ( MEE LY; Vietnamese: Thảm sát Mỹ Lai [t̺ʰâm ʂǎt mǐˀ lāj] ) was a United States war crime committed on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of unarmed civilians in Sơn Mỹ...
US President Richard Nixon becomes first president to attend a season NFL game while in office: the Dallas Cowboys visit the Washington Redskins, winning 41-28
South Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky defends operations in Cambodia because communist forces could overrun South Vietnam "within 24 hours" if troops operating there were withdrawn
The Compton inquiry is published, acknowledging that there was ill-treatment of internees, but rejected claims of systematic brutality or torture (Northern Ireland)
Elektra Records releases "No Secrets', the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon; her commercial breakthrough spends 5 weeks at top of US charts and contains the hit singles "You're So Vain" and "The Right Thing to Do"
Russian-American sci-fi author Isaac Asimov (53) divorces Gertrude Blugerman (56) after 31 years of marriage
The Parti Québécois ([paʁti kebekwa], PQ; lit. 'Québécois Party') is a sovereignist and social democratic provincial political party in Quebec, Canada.
Major Indoor Soccer League holds its 1st draft
Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress and filmmaker, known for american actress and filmmaker, was born on 1978-11-16. Margalit Ruth "Maggie" Gyllenhaal is an American actress and filmmaker.
NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneer QB Doug Williams throws for 486 yards in a 38-30 road loss to the Minnesota Vikings
Dennis Lillee kicks Javed Miandad after he had waved his bat at Dennis
5th NASA Space Shuttle Mission Columbia lands at Edwards Air Force Base after 5 days in space, completing its 1st operational flight
14th Shuttle Mission (51A) -Discovery 2- lands at Kennedy Space Center (Florida)
"We Built This City", the debut single by American rock band Starship tops the US Charts; the song, written by Martin Page and Bernie Taupin, infamously lands on several reader polls as the worst hit song ever
Paul McCartney releases single "Once Upon a Long Ago"
Estonia declares sovereignty in internal affairs
Six Jesuit priests including Ignacio Ellacuría and two others are assassinated killed by Salvadoran army - one of the most notorious acts of the Salvadoran civil war
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega claims the US denied him a fair trial
Canadian-American comic actor Jim Carrey (33) files for divorce from American actress Melissa Womer (33) after 6 years of marriage
Pete Davidson, American comedian and actor, known for american comedian and actor, was born on 1994-11-16. Peter Michael Davidson is an American comedian, actor, and writer.
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother undergoes hip surgery
People's Republic of China releases pro-democracy dissident Wei Jingsheng from jail for medical reasons after nearly 18 years of incarceration
16-year-old Lionel Messi makes his official debut for FC Barcelona when he comes on as a substitute in a friendly against Porto
"Let Me Love You" is a song by American singer Mario, released by J Records on October 4, 2004, as the lead single from his second studio album, Turning Point (2004).
CBS television broadcasts ”I Walk the Line: A Night For Johnny Cash” featuring concert performances by Dwight Yoakam, Martina McBride, Alison Krauss, U2, Norah Jones, Foo Fighters, Sheryl Crow, and others
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon", based on the book by Stephenie Meyer, directed by Chris Weitz, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, premieres in Los Angeles
American singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne (25) divorces "Sum 41" lead singer and guitarist Deryck Whibley (29) due to irreconcilable differences after 3 years of marriage
The game "Call of Duty: Black Ops II" grosses $500 million in 24 hours to become the largest entertainment launch of all time
A 1,111-carat diamond, the largest discovered in more than a century, is found in the Karowe mine, Botswana
19 countries pledge to phase out coal at UN Climate Summit in Bonn, Germany
An elevator drops 84 floors at the John Hancock Center, Chicago, when the hoist rope breaks; all six occupants survive unharmed
th anniversary of the founding of Havana, Cuba
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record, in terms of the number of systems.
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station take shelter after a Russian anti-satellite weapons test destroys a satellite, creating a large debris field
Democratic congresswoman Karen Bass is the first woman to be elected mayor of the city of Los Angeles, defeating Rick Caruso [1]
Daryl Hall files a lawsuit and a request for a restraining order (later granted) against his music partner John Oates [1]
Revival of John Du Prez and Eric Idle's musical "Spamalot", based on the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," opens at the St. James Theatre, NYC
21st known lethal US military strike in international waters of suspected drug smuggling vessel kills three