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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[951]] &ndash; Emperor [[Li Jing (Southern Tang)|Li Jing]] sends a [[Southern Tang]] expeditionary force of 10,000 men under [[Bian Hao]] to conquer [[Chu (Ten Kingdoms)|Chu]]. Li Jing removes the ruling family to his own capital in [[Nanjing]], ending the Chu Kingdom.
*[[1272]] &ndash; While travelling during the [[Ninth Crusade]], [[Edward I of England|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]] &ndash; An [[auto-da-fé]], held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of [[Ávila, Spain|Ávila]], concludes the case of the [[Holy Child of La Guardia]] with the public execution of several Jewish and [[converso]] suspects.
*[[1532]] &ndash; [[Francisco Pizarro]] and his men capture [[Inca Empire|Inca]] Emperor [[Atahualpa]] at the [[Battle of Cajamarca]].
===1601–1900===
*[[1632]] &ndash; [[King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden]] was killed at the [[Battle of Lützen (1632)|Battle of Lützen]] during the [[Thirty Years' War]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Battle of Lützen |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Lutzen |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |access-date=2022-11-16}}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: British and [[Hessian (soldier)|Hessian]] units [[Battle of Fort Washington|capture]] [[Fort Washington (Manhattan)|Fort Washington]] from the Patriots.
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: Ninety dissident Roman Catholic priests are [[Drownings at Nantes|executed by drowning]] at [[Nantes]].
*[[1797]] &ndash; The Prussian heir apparent, Frederick William, becomes King of Prussia as [[Frederick William III of Prussia|Frederick William III]].
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: [[Battle of Schöngrabern]]: Russian forces under [[Pyotr Bagration]] delay the pursuit by French troops under [[Joachim Murat]].
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Greek War of Independence]]: The [[London Protocol (1828)|London Protocol]] entails the creation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, encompassing the [[Morea]] and the [[Cyclades]].
*[[1849]] &ndash; 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.
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[David Livingstone]] becomes the first European to see the [[Victoria Falls, Zambia|Victoria Falls]] in what is now [[Zambia]]-[[Zimbabwe]].
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Siege of Lucknow|Second relief of Lucknow]]: Twenty-four [[Victoria Cross]]es are awarded, the most in a single day.
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: In the [[Battle of Campbell's Station]], [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops unsuccessfully attack [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces which allows General [[Ambrose Burnside]] to secure [[Knoxville, Tennessee]].
*[[1871]] &ndash; The [[National Rifle Association of America]] receives its charter from New York State.
*[[1885]] &ndash; Canadian rebel leader of the [[Métis]] and "Father of [[Manitoba]]" [[Louis Riel]] is executed for [[treason]].
===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; English engineer [[John Ambrose Fleming]] receives a patent for the [[vacuum tube|thermionic valve]] (vacuum tube).
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Indian Territory]] and [[Oklahoma Territory]] join to form [[Oklahoma]], which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
*[[1914]] &ndash; The [[Federal Reserve Bank]] of the [[United States]] officially opens.
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Qantas]], Australia's national airline, [[History of Qantas|is founded]] as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.
*[[1933]] &ndash; The United States and the [[Soviet Union]] establish formal [[Soviet Union–United States relations|diplomatic relations]].
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Lysergic acid diethylamide|LSD]] is first synthesized by [[Albert Hofmann]] from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.<ref>[[Albert Hofmann]]; translated from the original German (LSD Ganz Persönlich) by J. Ott. [http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v06n3/06346hof.html MAPS-Volume 6, Number 69, Summer 1969].</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: In response to the [[Coventry Blitz|leveling of Coventry]] by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force [[Bombing of Hamburg in World War II|bombs Hamburg]].
*  1940   &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: In occupied Poland, the [[Nazism|Nazis]] close off the [[Warsaw Ghetto]] from the outside world.
*  1940   &ndash; New York City's "Mad Bomber" [[George Metesky]] places his first bomb at a [[Manhattan]] office building used by [[Consolidated Edison]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: In support of the [[Battle of Hürtgen Forest]], the town of [[Düren]] is destroyed by Allied aircraft.
*  1944   &ndash; The [[Jussi Awards]], the Finnish film award ceremony, is held for the [[1st Jussi Awards|first time]] at Restaurant Adlon in [[Helsinki]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elokuvauutiset.fi/site/93-jussi-palkinnot/jussi-palkinnot/3326-jussi-palkinnot-vuonna-1944|title=Jussi-palkinnot vuonna 1944|website=Elokuvauutiset.fi|accessdate=October 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011230442/http://elokuvauutiset.fi/site/93-jussi-palkinnot/jussi-palkinnot/3326-jussi-palkinnot-vuonna-1944|archive-date=October 11, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[UNESCO]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=UNESCO {{!}} Definition, History, Members, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/UNESCO |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=26 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[National Airlines Flight 967]] explodes in mid-air over the Gulf of Mexico, killing all 42 aboard.<ref>{{ASN accident|id=19591116-1}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 315 (1959)|Aeroflot Flight 315]] crashes on approach to Lviv Airport, killing all 40 people on board.<ref name="asn">{{cite web |title=Monday 16 November 1959 |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19591116-0 |access-date=27 July 2019 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[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]].
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 2230]] crashes near [[Koltsovo International Airport|Koltsovo Airport]], killing 107.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-ilyushin-ii-18v-sverdlovsk-107-killed|title=Crash of an Ilyushin II-18V in Sverdlovsk: 107 killed|website=B3A Archives}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Skylab]] program: [[NASA]] launches ''[[Skylab 4]]'' with a crew of three [[astronaut]]s from [[Cape Canaveral, Florida]] for an 84-day mission.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4208/ch17.htm |title=Living and Working in Space: A History of Skylab |chapter=The Last Mission |last1=Benson |first1=Charles Dunlap |last2=Compton |first2=William David |date=November 1981 |publisher=[[NASA]] |access-date=21 October 2021}}</ref>
*  1973   &ndash; U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] signs the [[Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act]] into law, authorizing the construction of the [[Alaska Pipeline]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.justice.gov/crt/federal-coordination-and-compliance-section-51 |title=Federal Coordination And Compliance Section |date=13 November 2000 |website=[[The United States Department of Justice]] |access-date=21 October 2021}}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; The [[Arecibo message]] is broadcast from Puerto Rico.
*[[1979]] &ndash; The first line of [[Bucharest Metro]] (Line M1) is opened from [[Timpuri Noi metro station|Timpuri Noi]] to [[Petrache Poenaru metro station|Semănătoarea]] in [[Bucharest]], Romania.
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 3603]] crashes during landing at [[Alykel International Airport|Norilsk Airport]], killing 99.
*[[1988]] &ndash; The [[Supreme Soviet]] of the [[Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic]] [[Estonian Sovereignty Declaration|declares]] that [[Estonia]] is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence.
*  1988   &ndash; 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]] &ndash; El Salvadoran army troops [[1989 murders of Jesuits in El Salvador|kill six Jesuit priests]] and two others at [[Central American University (San Salvador)|Jose Simeon Canas University]].
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Pop music|Pop group]] [[Milli Vanilli]] are stripped of their [[Grammy Award]] because the duo did not sing at all on the ''[[All or Nothing (Milli Vanilli album)|Girl You Know It's True]]'' album. [[Session musician]]s had provided all the vocals.
*[[1992]] &ndash; The [[Hoxne Hoard]] is discovered by [[metal detector]]ist Eric Lawes in [[Hoxne]], Suffolk.
*[[1997]] &ndash; After nearly 18 years of incarceration, [[China]] releases [[Wei Jingsheng]], a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons.
*[[2002]] &ndash; The first cases of the [[2002–2004 SARS outbreak]] are traced to [[Foshan]], Guangdong Province, China.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Horstman|first1=Mark|date=7 April 2003|title=The facts about SARS|agency=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|url=https://www.abc.net.au/science/features/sars/outbreak.htm|url-status=live|access-date=25 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224122800/http://www.abc.net.au/science/features/sars/outbreak.htm|archive-date=24 December 2019}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Half-Life 2]] is released, a game winning 39 Game of the Year awards and being cited as one of the best games ever made.
*[[2005]] &ndash; Following a 31-year wait, [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]] defeats [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] in a [[penalty shootout]] to qualify for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/the-kick-that-changed-the-game-down-under-2733096 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513035503/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/the-kick-that-changed-the-game-down-under-2733096 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 13, 2018 |title=The kick that changed the game Down Under.|date=2015 |accessdate=1 May 2021 |page=1 |publisher= FIFA}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle program]]: [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] is launched on mission [[STS-129]] to the [[International Space Station]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=STS-129 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission/sts-129/ |access-date=2023-11-11 |publisher=NASA}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Liftoff! NASA's Artemis I Mega Rocket Launches Orion to Moon|date=16 November 2022 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/liftoff-nasa-s-artemis-i-mega-rocket-launches-orion-to-moon|access-date=16 November 2022}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[42 BC]] &ndash; [[Tiberius]], Roman emperor (d. 37 AD)<ref>{{cite book|author=Tony Clunn|title=Quest for the Lost Roman Legions: Discovering the Varus Battlefield|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2DfhiPXpFZsC&pg=PR24|year= 2009|publisher=Savas Beatie|isbn=978-1-61121-008-8|pages=24–}}</ref>
*[[1436]] &ndash; [[Leonardo Loredan]], Italian ruler (d. 1521)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/leonardo-loredan_(Dizionario-Biografico) |title=LOREDAN, Leonardo |first=Michela |last=Dal Borgo |encyclopedia=Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani |language=it |volume=65 |year=2005}}</ref>
*[[1457]] &ndash; [[Beatrice of Naples]], Hungarian queen (d. 1508)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Lorrayne Y. Baird-Lange|author2=Thomas A. Copeland|title=Women in history, literature, and the arts: a festschrift for Hildegard Schnuttgen in honor of her thirty years of outstanding service at Youngstown State University|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gA0pAAAAYAAJ|year= 1989|publisher=The University|isbn=9780962314612}}</ref>
*[[1466]] &ndash; [[Francesco Cattani da Diacceto]], Florentine philosopher (d. 1522)
*[[1483]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Landgravine of Hesse]], German noble (d. 1522) 
*[[1528]] &ndash; [[Jeanne d'Albret]], Queen of Navarre (d. 1572)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Diana Maury Robin|author2=Anne R. Larsen|author3=Carole Levin|title=Encyclopedia of Women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OQ8mdTjxungC&pg=PA2|year=2007|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-85109-772-2|pages=2–}}</ref>
*[[1531]] &ndash; [[Anna d'Este]], Duchess consort of Nemours (d. 1607)<ref>{{cite book|author=M. Young|title=The Life and Times of Aonio Paleario: Or, A History of the Italian Reformers in the Sixteenth Century Illustrated by Original Letters and Unedited Documents|url=https://archive.org/details/lifeandtimesaon01youngoog|year=1860|publisher=Bell and Daldy|pages=[https://archive.org/details/lifeandtimesaon01youngoog/page/n96 79]–}}</ref>
*[[1538]] &ndash; Saint [[Turibius of Mongrovejo]], Spanish Grand Inquisitioner, Archbishop of Lima (d. 1606)
*[[1540]] &ndash; [[Princess Cecilia of Sweden]] (d. 1627)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Carole Levin|author2=Anna Riehl Bertolet|author3=Jo Eldridge Carney|title=A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen: Exemplary Lives and Memorable Acts, 1500–1650|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kDglDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA83|year= 2016|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-315-44071-2|pages=83–}}</ref>
*[[1566]] &ndash; [[Anna Juliana Gonzaga]], Archduchess of Austria and nun (d. 1621)
*[[1569]] &ndash; [[Paul Sartorius (composer)|Paul Sartorius]], German organist and composer (d. 1609)
===1601–1900===
*[[1603]] &ndash; [[Augustyn Kordecki]], Polish monk (d. 1673)
*[[1643]] &ndash; [[Jean Chardin]], French-English jeweler and explorer (d. 1703)
*[[1648]] &ndash; [[Charles Duncombe (English banker)|Charles Duncombe]], English banker and politician (d. 1711)
*[[1715]] &ndash; [[Girolamo Abos]], Maltese-Italian composer and educator (d. 1760)
*[[1717]] &ndash; [[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]], French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1793)
*[[1720]] &ndash; [[Carlo Antonio Campioni]], French-Italian composer (d. 1788)
*[[1750]] &ndash; [[Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough]], English lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1818)
*[[1753]] &ndash; [[James McHenry]], Irish-American surgeon and politician (d. 1816)
*[[1758]] &ndash; [[Peter Andreas Heiberg]], Danish philologist and author (d. 1841)
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[Georg von Cancrin]], German-Russian Minister of Finance (d. 1845)
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[Francis Danby]], Irish painter of the Romantic era (d. 1861)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Mary Tyler Peabody Mann]], American author and educator (d. 1887)
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Jónas Hallgrímsson]], Icelandic poet, author and naturalist (d. 1845)
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[John Bright]], English academic and politician (d. 1889)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Kalākaua]] of Hawaii (d. 1891)
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Louis-Honoré Fréchette]], Canadian poet, author, and politician (d. 1908)
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[Jules Violle]], French physicist and academic (d. 1923)
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Edmund James Flynn]], Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1927)
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Minnie Hauk]], American-Swiss soprano and actress (d. 1929)
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Jürgen Kröger]], German architect (d. 1928)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Luigi Facta]], Italian politician and journalist (d. 1930)
*  1861   &ndash; [[Georgina Febres-Cordero]], Venezuelan nun (d. 1925)<ref name="ON">{{Cite web|title=Sierva de Dios Georgina Josefa Febres Cordero Troconis|url=http://oremosjuntos.com/SantoralLatino/GeorginaFebresCordero.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627042258/http://oremosjuntos.com/SantoralLatino/GeorginaFebresCordero.html|archive-date=27 June 2009|access-date=7 November 2017|website=Oremosjuntos.com}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Charles Turner (Australian cricketer)|Charles Turner]], Australian cricketer (d. 1944)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Andrews |first1=B. G. |title=Turner, Charles Thomas (1862–1944) |chapter=Charles Thomas Turner (1862–1944) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/turner-charles-thomas-4759 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=20 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[W. C. Handy]], American trumpet player and composer (d. 1958)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Alexander Kolchak]], Russian admiral and explorer (d. 1920)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Emil Breitkreutz]], American runner and coach (d. 1972)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Luis Cluzeau Mortet]], Uruguayan pianist and composer (d. 1957)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[George S. Kaufman]], American director, producer, and playwright (d. 1961)
*  1889   &ndash; [[Dietrich Kraiß]], German general (d. 1944)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Elpidio Quirino]], 6th President of the Philippines (d. 1956)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Guo Moruo]], Chinese historian, author, and poet (d. 1978)
*  1892   &ndash; [[Tazio Nuvolari]], Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (d. 1953)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Bobby Cruickshank]], American golfer (d. 1975)
*  1894   &ndash; [[Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi]], Austrian philosopher and politician (d. 1972)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Paul Hindemith]], German composer, violist and conductor (d. 1963)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindemith.info/en/life-work/biography/|title=Biography|website=Hindemith Foundation|access-date=9 October 2018}}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Joan Lindsay]], Australian author and critic (d. 1984)<ref>{{cite book|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lindsay-joan-a-beckett-14176|title=Lindsay, Joan à Beckett (1896–1984)|author=Terence O'Neill|chapter=Joan à Beckett Lindsay (1896–1984) |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=9 October 2018}}</ref>
*  1896   &ndash; [[Oswald Mosley]], English fascist leader and politician (d. 1980)
*  1896   &ndash; [[Lawrence Tibbett]], American actor and singer (d. 1960)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Choudhry Rahmat Ali]], Indian-Pakistani academic (d. 1951)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Mary Margaret McBride]], American radio host (d. 1976)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Eliška Junková]], Czechoslovakian race car driver (d. 1994)
===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Nnamdi Azikiwe]], Nigerian statesman, 1st [[President of Nigeria]] (d. 1996)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Eddie Condon]], American guitarist and banjo player (d. 1973)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Nov. 16: Missi Pyle, Marg Helgenberger |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/11/16/Famous-birthdays-for-Nov-16-Missi-Pyle-Marg-Helgenberger/2391668558169/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=14 November 2023 |date=16 November 2022}}</ref>
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Burgess Meredith]], American actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997)<ref>{{cite news |title=Burgess Meredith dies at 89 |url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9709/10/meredith.obit |work=[[CNN]] |date=September 10, 1997 |access-date=November 16, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Mirza Nasir Ahmad]], Indian-Pakistani religious leader (d. 1982)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[George O. Petrie]], American actor and director (d. 1997)
*  1912   &ndash; [[W. E. D. Ross]], Canadian actor, playwright, and author (d. 1995)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Ellen Albertini Dow]], American actress (d. 2015)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-05-06 |title=Ellen Albertini Dow, 'Wedding Singer's' rapping granny, dies at 101 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-ellen-albertini-dow-rapping-granny-20150505-story.html |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Eddie Chapman]], English spy (d. 1997)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Jean Fritz]], Chinese-American author (d. 2017)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Jean Fritz, Who Wrote History Books for Children, Dies at 101 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/books/jean-fritz-dead-childrens-book-author.html |access-date=16 Nov 2024 |work=NYTimes}}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Harold Baigent]], New Zealand actor and director (d. 1996)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Daws Butler]], American voice actor and singer (d. 1988)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Al Lucas (musician)|Al Lucas]], Canadian-American bassist (d. 1983)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Gene Amdahl]], American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer (d. 2015)
*  1922   &ndash; [[José Saramago]], Portuguese novelist and Nobel laureate in Literature (d. 2010)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Sam Farber]], American businessman (d. 2013)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Mel Patton]], American sprinter and coach (d. 2014)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Dolo Coker]], American pianist and composer (d. 1983)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Clu Gulager]], American actor and director (d. 2022)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Peter Boizot]], English businessman (d. 2018)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Chinua Achebe]], Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic (d. 2013)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1930   &ndash; [[Paul Foytack]], American baseball player (d. 2021)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Salvatore Riina]], Italian mob boss (d. 2017)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Luciano Bottaro]], Italian author and illustrator (d. 2006)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Hubert Sumlin]], American singer and guitarist (d. 2011)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Garnet Mimms]], American R&B singer
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Drew]], American journalist and author
*  1935   &ndash; [[Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah]], Iraqi-Lebanese cleric, educator, and author (d. 2010)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Magdi Yacoub]], Egyptian-English surgeon and academic
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[John Moore (Australian politician)|John Moore]], Australian businessman and politician
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Alan Budd]], English economist and academic (d. 2023)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Ahmed Bouanani]], Moroccan filmmaker (d. 2011)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Kang Ning-hsiang]], Taiwanese politician
*  1938   &ndash; [[Walter Learning]], Canadian actor (d. 2020)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Robert Nozick]], American philosopher, author, and academic (d. 2002)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Troy Seals]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Michael Billington (critic)|Michael Billington]], English author and critic
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Donna McKechnie]], American actress, singer, and dancer<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Angelo Gilardino]], Italian guitarist, composer, and musicologist (d. 2022)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Gerry Marshall]], English race car driver (d. 2005)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Dan Penn]], American singer-songwriter and producer
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Willie Carson]], Scottish jockey and sportscaster
*  1942   &ndash; [[Joanna Pettet]], English-Canadian actress<ref name="AP" />
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Oliver Braddick]], English psychologist and academic (d. 2022)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Teenie Hodges]], American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2014)
*  1945   &ndash; [[Lynn Hunt]], American historian, author, and academic
*  1945   &ndash; [[Steve Railsback]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Colin Burgess (musician)|Colin Burgess]], Australian drummer and songwriter (d. 2023)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Terence McKenna]], American botanist, philosopher, and author (d. 2000)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Barbara Smith]], American writer<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/vof/transcripts/Smith.pdf|title=Barbara Smith, interviewed by Loretta Ross – Voices of Feminism Oral History Project}}</ref>
*  1946   &ndash; [[Beverly Smith]], American writer<ref name=":0" />
*  1946   &ndash; [[Jo Jo White]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2018)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Omar Ruiz Hernández]], Cuban journalist and activist
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Horst Bertram]], German footballer and manager (d. 2023)
*  1948   &ndash; [[Chi Coltrane]], American singer-songwriter and pianist
*  1948   &ndash; [[Bonnie Greer]], American-English playwright and critic
*  1948   &ndash; [[Ken James (Australian actor)|Ken James]], Australian actor
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Harvey Martin]], American football player (d. 2001)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Guillory |first1=J. Anthony |title=Harvey Martin |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/martin-harvey |publisher=[[Texas State Historical Association]] |access-date=14 November 2023 |date=17 June 2013}}</ref>
*  1950   &ndash; [[Manuel E. Zamora|Manuel Zamora]], Filipino farmer and politician
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Andy Dalton (rugby union)|Andy Dalton]], New Zealand rugby player
*  1951   &ndash; [[Miguel Sandoval]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], Japanese video game designer<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Griff Rhys Jones]], Welsh comedian, actor, and author
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Andrea Barrett]], American novelist and short story writer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.union.edu/about/notables/profiles/barrett.php |title=Union Notable – Andrea Barrett |year=2010 |publisher=Union College |access-date=9 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528032649/http://www.union.edu/About/notables/profiles/barrett.php |archive-date=28 May 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*  1954   &ndash; [[Dick Gross]], Australian lawyer and politician
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Héctor Cúper]], Argentine footballer, coach, and manager
*  1955   &ndash; [[Pierre Larouche]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*  1955   &ndash; [[Guillermo Lasso]], Ecuadoran businessman, 47th [[President of Ecuador]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2021/04/12/perfil-guillermo-lasso-presidente-derecha-ecuador-orix/|title=Guillermo Lasso: Primer presidente de derecha de Ecuador en 18 años|date=12 April 2021}}</ref>
*  1955   &ndash; [[Jun Kunimura]], Japanese actor
*  1955   &ndash; [[Esteban Trapiello]], Venezuelan businessman<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elestimulo.com/climax/las-trampas-y-echonerias-de-esteban-trapiello/|title=Las trampas y echonerías de Esteban Trapiello|access-date=2022-01-13|date=13 February 2017|website=El Estímulo}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Terry Labonte]], American race car driver and businessman
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Jacques Gamblin]], French actor
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Marg Helgenberger]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1958   &ndash; [[Boris Krivokapić]], Serbian author and academic
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Glenda Bailey]], English journalist
*  1959   &ndash; [[Francis M. Fesmire]], American cardiologist and physician (d. 2014)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Frank Bruno]], English boxer
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Darwyn Cooke]], Canadian writer and artist (d. 2016)
*  1962   &ndash; [[Mani (musician)|Mani]], English bass player<ref name="AP" />
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Steve Argüelles]], English drummer and producer
*  1963   &ndash; [[William Bonner (newscaster)|William Bonner]], Brazilian newscaster, publicist and journalist
*  1963   &ndash; [[Zina Garrison]], American tennis player
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Waheed Alli, Baron Alli]], English businessman and politician
*  1964   &ndash; [[Valeria Bruni Tedeschi]], Italian-French actress, director, and screenwriter
*  1964   &ndash; [[Dwight Gooden]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite book|author1=Dwight Gooden|author2=Ellis Henican|title=Doc: A Memoir|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TbdFyAiPeQoC|year=2013|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=978-0-544-02702-2}}</ref>
*  1964   &ndash; [[Diana Krall]], Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for November 16, 2022 includes celebrities Pete Davidson, Maggie Gyllenhaal |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/11/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-november-16-2022-includes-celebrities-pete-davidson-maggie-gyllenhaal.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=14 November 2023 |date=16 November 2022}}</ref>
*  1964   &ndash; [[Harry Lennix]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
*  1964   &ndash; [[Maeve Quinlan]], American actress
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Mika Aaltonen]], Finnish footballer
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Joey Cape]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
*  1966   &ndash; [[Dave Kushner]], American guitarist<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1966   &ndash; [[Christian Lorenz]], German keyboard player 
*  1966   &ndash; [[Dean McDermott]], Canadian-American actor and producer
*  1966   &ndash; [[Tahir Shah]], English journalist, author, and explorer
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Craig Arnold]], American poet and academic (d. 2009)
*  1967   &ndash; [[Lisa Bonet]], American actress and director<ref name="AP" />
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Tammy Lauren]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1968   &ndash; [[Shobha Nagi Reddy]], Indian politician (d. 2014)
*  1968   &ndash; [[Melvin Stewart]], American swimmer
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Logan Mader]], Canadian-American guitarist and producer 
*  1970   &ndash; [[Martha Plimpton]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Tanja Damaske]], German javelin thrower and shot putter
*  1971   &ndash; [[Mustapha Hadji]], Moroccan footballer and manager
*  1971   &ndash; [[Annely Peebo]], Estonian soprano and actress
*  1971   &ndash; [[Alexander Popov (swimmer)|Alexander Popov]], Russian swimmer and coach
*  1971   &ndash; [[Waqar Younis]], Pakistani cricketer and coach
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Missi Pyle]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Christian Horner]], English race car driver and manager
*  1973   &ndash; [[Brendan Laney]], New Zealand-Scottish rugby player and sportscaster
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Brooke Elliott]], American actress and singer<ref name="UPI" />
*  1974   &ndash; [[Maurizio Margaglio]], Italian ice dancer and coach
*  1974   &ndash; [[Paul Scholes]], English footballer and sportscaster
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Julio Lugo]], Dominican baseball player (d. 2021)
*  1975   &ndash; [[Yuki Uchida]], Japanese actress, model, and singer
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Dan Black]], English singer-songwriter 
*  1976   &ndash; [[Juha Pasoja]], Finnish footballer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Martijn Zuijdweg]], Dutch swimmer
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Oksana Baiul]], Ukrainian-American figure skater<ref name="AP" />
*  1977   &ndash; [[Gigi Edgley]], Australian singer-songwriter and actress
*  1977   &ndash; [[Maggie Gyllenhaal]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP" />
*  1977   &ndash; [[Mauricio Ochmann]], Mexican actor and producer
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Kip Bouknight]], American baseball player
*  1978   &ndash; [[Mehtap Doğan-Sızmaz]], Turkish runner
*  1978   &ndash; [[Takashi Nagayama]], Japanese actor
*  1978   &ndash; [[Gary Naysmith]], Scottish footballer and manager
*  1978   &ndash; [[Carolina Parra]], Brazilian guitarist and drummer 
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Bruce Irons (surfer)|Bruce Irons]], American surfer
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Moris Carrozzieri]], Italian footballer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Kayte Christensen]], American basketball player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Nicole Gius]], Italian skier
*  1980   &ndash; [[Carol Huynh]], Canadian wrestler
*  1980   &ndash; [[Hasan Üçüncü]], Turkish footballer
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Fernando Cabrera (baseball)|Fernando Cabrera]], Puerto Rican baseball player
*  1981   &ndash; [[Allison Crowe]], Canadian singer-songwriter 
*  1981   &ndash; [[Caitlin Glass]], American voice actress, singer, and director
*  1981   &ndash; [[Kate Miller-Heidke]], Australian singer-songwriter
*  1981   &ndash; [[Osi Umenyiora]], English-American football player
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Nonito Donaire]], Filipino-American boxer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Jannie du Plessis]], South African rugby player
*  1982   &ndash; [[Ronald Pognon]], French sprinter
*  1982   &ndash; [[Amar'e Stoudemire]], American-Israeli basketball player
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Kool A.D.]], American rapper 
*  1983   &ndash; [[Kari Lehtonen]], Finnish ice hockey player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Britta Steffen]], German swimmer
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Gemma Atkinson]], English model and actress
*  1984   &ndash; [[Kimberly J. Brown]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1984   &ndash; [[Mark Bunn (English footballer)|Mark Bunn]], English footballer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Tamawashi Ichiro]], Mongolian sumo wrestler
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Aditya Roy Kapur]], Indian actor
*  1985   &ndash; [[Sanna Marin]], Finnish politician, former [[Prime Minister of Finland]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sanna-Marin|title=Sanna Marin|publisher=[[Britannica]]|access-date=November 16, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Omar Mateen]], Islamic terrorist, perpetrator of the [[Orlando nightclub shooting]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cbs12.com/news/local/omar-mateen-had-behavioral-issues-in-school-records-show|title=Omar Mateen had behavioral issues in school, records show|first=Gary|last=Detman|date=June 16, 2016|website=WPEC}}</ref> (d. 2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/pulse-nightclub-shooter-omar-mateen-000000431.html|title=Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen shot eight times, autopsy reveals|first=Jason|last=Sickles|date=August 5, 2016|website=yahoo!news}}</ref>
*  1986   &ndash; [[Maxime Médard]], French rugby player
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Eitan Tibi]], Israeli footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Jordan Walden]], American baseball player
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Iamsu!]], American rapper and producer 
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Arjo Atayde]], Filipino actor
*  1990   &ndash; [[Dénes Dibusz]], Hungarian football player
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Nemanja Gudelj]], Serbian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Nemanja Gudelj|url=https://www.laliga.com/en-ES/player/gudelj|website=[[La Liga]]|access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref>
*  1991 &ndash; [[Tomomi Kasai]], Japanese actress and singer 
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[George Akpabio]], Nigerian footballer
*  1992   &ndash; [[Matthew Allwood]], Australian rugby league player
*  1992   &ndash; [[Marcelo Brozović]], Croatian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/178383/marcelo-brozovic|title=Marcelo Brozović|publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=16 November 2023}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Shane Prince]], American-Belarusian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Shane Prince |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/shane-prince-8476386 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[C. J. Beathard]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=C.J. Beathard |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2979520 |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Pete Davidson]], American comedian and actor<ref name="AP" />
*  1993   &ndash; [[Nélson Semedo]], Portuguese footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Nélson Semedo|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/16642/N%C3%A9lson-Semedo/overview|publisher=[[Premier League]]|access-date=16 November 2023}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Denzel Valentine]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Denzel Valentine |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1627756/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Brandon Larracuente]], American actor<ref name="UPI" />
*  1994   &ndash; [[Yoshiki Yamamoto]], Japanese footballer
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Noah Gray-Cabey]], American actor and pianist<ref name="AP" />
*  1995   &ndash; [[André-Frank Zambo Anguissa]], Cameroonian footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=André Anguissa|url=https://www.legaseriea.it/en/player/andre-anguissa-90538|publisher=[[Serie A]]|access-date=16 November 2023}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Boulaye Dia]], Senegalese footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Boulaye Dia|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/boulaye-dia/493435/|website=Soccerway|access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Bruno Guimarães]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Bruno Guimarães|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/74761/Bruno-Guimar%C3%A3es/overview|publisher=[[Premier League]]|access-date=16 November 2023}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Bol Bol]], South Sudanese-American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Bol Bol |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629626/bol-bol |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Mats Wieffer]], Dutch footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Mats Wieffer|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/72239/Mats-Wieffer/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Josh Green (basketball)|Josh Green]], Australian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Josh Green |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630182/josh-green |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Mason Ramsey]], American singer<ref>{{cite web |title=Mason Ramsey |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/mason-ramsey/1023379454 |website=Apple Music |access-date=November 15, 2024}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[897]] &ndash; [[Gu Yanhui]], Chinese [[warlord]]
* [[987]] &ndash; [[Shen Lun]], Chinese [[scholar-official]]<ref name=xzztj13>{{harvnb|''Xu Zizhi Tongjian''|loc=[http://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/續資治通鑑/卷013 ch. 13.]}}</ref>
*[[1005]] &ndash; [[Ælfric of Abingdon]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]
*[[1093]] &ndash; [[Saint Margaret of Scotland]] (b. 1045)<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Margaret of Scotland {{!}} queen of Scotland |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Margaret-of-Scotland |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1131]] &ndash; [[Dobrodeia of Kiev]], Rus princess and author of medical books<ref>{{Η Γενεαλογία των Κομνηνών | volume=A1}}</ref>
*[[1240]] &ndash; [[Edmund Rich]], English archbishop and saint (b. 1175)
*  1240   &ndash; [[Ibn Arabi]], Andalusian Arab philosopher (b. 1165)
*[[1264]] &ndash; [[Emperor Lizong]] of [[Song dynasty|Song China]] (b. 1205)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quatrain on Late Spring |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/40188 |access-date=2022-01-02 |website=www.metmuseum.org}}</ref>
*[[1272]] &ndash; [[Henry III of England]] (b. 1207)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC – History – Henry III |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/henry_iii_king.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[1322]] &ndash; [[Nasr of Granada|Nasr]], Sultan of [[Emirate of Granada|Granada]] (b. 1287)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Vidal Castro|first=Francisco |title=Nasr|encyclopedia=Diccionario Biográfico electrónico|publisher=[[Real Academia de la Historia]]|url=http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/13393/nasr|language=es}}</ref>
*[[1328]] &ndash; [[Prince Hisaaki]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1276)
*[[1464]] &ndash; [[John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach]] (b. 1406)
*[[1494]] &ndash; [[Theda Ukena]], German noble (b. 1432)
*[[1580]] &ndash; [[Marie of Baden-Sponheim]], German Noblewoman (b. 1507)
===1601–1900===
*[[1601]] &ndash; [[Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland]] (b. 1542)
*[[1603]] &ndash; [[Pierre Charron]], French Catholic theologian and philosopher (b. 1541)
*[[1613]] &ndash; [[Trajano Boccalini]], Italian author and educator (b. 1556)
*[[1625]] &ndash; [[Sofonisba Anguissola]], Italian painter (b. c. 1532)
*[[1628]] &ndash; [[Paolo Quagliati]], Italian organist and composer (b. 1555)
*[[1688]] &ndash; [[Bengt Gottfried Forselius]], Swedish-Estonian scholar and author (b. 1660)
*[[1695]] &ndash; [[Pierre Nicole]], French philosopher and author (b. 1625)
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Jack Sheppard]], English criminal (b. 1702)<ref>Linebaugh, Peter. ''The London Hanged: Crime and Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century.'' Verso, 2003, {{ISBN|1-85984-638-6}}</ref>
*[[1745]] &ndash; [[James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde]], Irish general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (b. 1665)
*[[1773]] &ndash; [[John Hawkesworth (book editor)|John Hawkesworth]], English journalist and author (b. 1715)
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[Pehr Kalm]], Finnish botanist and explorer (b. 1716)
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer]], American politician (b. 1723)
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[Frederick William II of Prussia]] (b. 1744)
*[[1802]] &ndash; [[André Michaux]], French botanist and explorer (b. 1746)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Moses Cleaveland]], American general, lawyer, and politician, founded [[Cleveland, Ohio]] (b. 1754)
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Mustafa IV]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1779)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Christiaan Hendrik Persoon]], South African-French mycologist and academic (b. 1761)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (1874–1878)|Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine]] (b. 1874)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[František Chvostek]], Czech-Austrian soldier and physician (b. 1835)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Louis Riel]], Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1844)
===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1895–1903)|Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine]] (b. 1895)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Robert I, Duke of Parma]] (b. 1848)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière]], French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th [[Premier of Quebec]] (b. 1829)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[A. A. Ames]], American physician and politician, 9th [[Mayor of Minneapolis]] (b. 1842)
*  1911   &ndash; [[Lawrence Feuerbach]], American shot putter (b. 1879)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[George Barham]], English businessman, founded [[Express County Milk Supply Company]] (b. 1836)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Max Abraham]], Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Pierce Butler (justice)|Pierce Butler]], American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Eduard Eelma]], Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Miina Härma]], Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)<ref>{{cite book|first=Tiit|last=Kändler|translator-first=Küllike|translator-last=Lengi-Cooper|title=A Hundred Great Estonians of the 20th Century|location=Tallinn|publisher=Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers|year=2002|page=52|isbn=978-9-98570-103-4}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Volpi]], Italian businessman and politician, founded the [[Venice Film Festival]] (b. 1877) 
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Bob Smith (doctor)|Bob Smith]], American physician and surgeon, co-founded [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] (b. 1879)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Ōtori Tanigorō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1887)
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Clark Gable]], American actor (b. 1901)<ref>{{cite web |title=Clark Gable {{!}} Biography, Movies, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clark-Gable |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=30 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Sam Rayburn]], American lawyer and politician, 48th [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (b. 1882)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Donald C. Peattie]], American botanist and author (b. 1898)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Edie Sedgwick]], American model and actress (b. 1943)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Vera Karalli]], Russian ballerina and actress (b. 1889)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Alan Watts]], English-American philosopher, author, and educator (b. 1915)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Walther Meissner]], German physicist and engineer (b. 1882)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Jack Foster (cricketer)|Jack Foster]], English cricketer (b. 1905)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Pavel Alexandrov]], Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1896)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Vic Dickenson]], American trombonist (b. 1906)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Siobhán McKenna]], Irish actress (b. 1923)
*  1986   &ndash; [[Panditrao Agashe]], Indian businessman (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite book |last=Karandikar |first=Shakuntala |author-link=Shakuntala Karandikar |date=1992 |title=विश्वस्त |trans-title=Viśvasta |url=https://www.bookwire.com/book/USA/Vishwasta-9781532345012-Karandikar-Shakuntala-59957185 |language=mr |edition=1st |location=[[Pune]] |publisher=Śrī Prakāśana |isbn=9781532345012 |lccn=2017322865 |oclc=992168228 |via=[[R. R. Bowker|Bowker]] |page=128}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Jim Brewer (baseball)|Jim Brewer]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1937)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Jean-Claude Malépart]], Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Ege Bagatur]], Turkish politician (b. 1937)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Lucia Popp]], Slovak-German soprano (b. 1939)
*  1993   &ndash; [[Achille Zavatta]], Tunisia-born French clown (b. 1915)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Chet Powers]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Daniel Nathans]], American microbiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1928)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Robert Earl Davis]], American hip-hop artist (b. 1971)
*  2000   &ndash; [[Ahmet Kaya]], Turkish-French singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Tommy Flanagan (musician)|Tommy Flanagan]], American pianist and composer (b. 1930)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Ralph Edwards]], American radio and television host and producer (b. 1913)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Henry Taube]], Canadian-American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1915)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Donald Watson]], English activist, founded the [[Vegan Society]] (b. 1910)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Milton Friedman]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1912)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Yuri Levada]], Russian sociologist and political scientist (b. 1930)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Harold Alfond]], American businessman (b. 1914)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Grethe Kausland]], Norwegian actress and singer (b. 1947)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Trond Kirkvaag]], Norwegian actor and screenwriter (b. 1946)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Vernon Scannell]], English boxer, poet, and author (b. 1922)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Jan Krugier]]; Polish-Swiss art dealer (b. 1928)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Reg Varney]], English actor and screenwriter (b. 1916)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Antonio de Nigris]], Mexican footballer (b. 1978)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Sergei Magnitsky]], Ukrainian-Russian accountant and lawyer (b. 1972)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Edward Woodward]], English actor (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |title=Woodward found fame playing tough-guy roles |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/woodward-found-fame-playing-tough-guy-roles-1821587.html |website=The Independent |access-date=25 February 2021 |language=en |date=23 October 2011}}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Britton Chance]], American biologist and sailor (b. 1913)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Ronni Chasen]], American publicist (b. 1946)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Wyngard Tracy]], Filipino DJ and talent manager (b. 1952)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[John Chapman (evangelist)|John Chapman]], Australian evangelist and academic (b. 1930)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Subhash Dutta]], Bangladeshi actor and director (b. 1930)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Patrick Edlinger]], French mountaineer (b. 1960)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Aliu Mahama]], Ghanaian engineer and politician, 3rd [[Vice President of Ghana]] (b. 1946)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Eliyahu Nawi]], Iraqi-Israeli lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1920)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Bob Scott (rugby)|Bob Scott]], New Zealand rugby player (b. 1921)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Robert Conley (reporter)|Robert Conley]], American journalist (b. 1928)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Billy Hardwick]], American bowler (b. 1941)
*  2013   &ndash; [[William McDonough Kelly]], Canadian lieutenant and politician (b. 1925)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Tanvir Ahmad Khan]], Indian-Pakistani diplomat, 19th [[Foreign Secretary of Pakistan]] (b. 1932)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Oscar Lanford]], American mathematician and academic (b. 1940)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Arne Pedersen]], Norwegian footballer and manager (b. 1931)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Louis D. Rubin, Jr.]], American author, critic, and academic (b. 1923)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Charles Waterhouse (artist)|Charles Waterhouse]], American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1924)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Charles Champlin]], American historian, author, and critic (b. 1926)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Jovan Ćirilov]], Serbian poet and playwright (b. 1931)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Ian Craig]], Australian cricketer (b. 1935)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Juan Joseph]], American football player and coach (b. 1987)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Jadwiga Piłsudska]], Polish soldier, pilot, and architect (b. 1920)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Carl Sanders]], American soldier, pilot, and politician, 74th [[Governor of Georgia]] (b. 1925)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[David Canary]], American actor (b. 1938)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Michael C. Gross]], American graphic designer and producer (b. 1945)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Bert Olmstead]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Alton D. Slay]], American general (b. 1924)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Jay Wright Forrester]], American computer engineer (b. 1918)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Melvin Laird]], American politician and writer (b. 1922)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Daniel Prodan]], Romanian football player (b. 1972)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Hiromi Tsuru]], Japanese actress (b. 1960)
*  2017   &ndash; [[Ann Wedgeworth]], American actress (b. 1934)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[William Goldman]], American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[John Campbell Brown]], Scottish astronomer (b. 1947)
*  2019   &ndash; [[Terry O'Neill (photographer)|Terry O'Neill]], British photographer (b. 1938)
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Sheila Nelson]], English string teacher (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sheila M Nelson (1936–2020)|url=https://www.estastrings.org.uk/sheila-nelson/|access-date=2021-03-07|website=ESTA|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Jyrki Kasvi]], Finnish journalist and politician (b. 1964)<ref>Kallionpää, Martta: [https://www.hs.fi/politiikka/art-2000008410848.html Vihreiden entinen kansanedustaja Jyrki Kasvi on kuollut], ''[[Helsingin Sanomat]]'' 17 November 2021. Accessed on 17 November 2021.</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Robert Clary]], French-American actor and author (b. 1926)<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/robert-clary-dead-hogans-heroes-1235263555/ Robert Clary, Corporal LeBeau on ‘Hogan’s Heroes,’ Dies at 96]</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Shklyarov]], Russian ballet dancer (b. 1985)<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 18, 2024 |title=Famed Russian ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov, 39, dies in fall from balcony in Saint Petersburg |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vladimir-shklyarov-dies-russia-ballet-dancer-fall-balcony/ |access-date=November 20, 2024 |website=[[CBS News]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[calendar of saints|feast day]]:
**[[Saint Africus|Africus]]
**[[Agnes of Assisi]]
**[[Edmund Rich|Edmund of Abingdon]]
**[[Ælfric of Abingdon|Elfric of Abingdon]]
**[[Eucherius of Lyon]]
**[[Gertrude the Great]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]])
**[[Giuseppe Moscati]]
**[[Gobrain]]
**[[Hugh of Lincoln]]
**[[Saint Margaret of Scotland|Margaret of Scotland]]
**[[Matthew the Apostle|Matthew the Evangelist]] ([[Eastern Christianity]])
**[[Saint Othmar|Othmar]]
**[[Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn]]
**[[Roque González de Santa Cruz|Roch Gonzalez, Juan de Castillo, and Alonso Rodriguez]], [[Society of Jesus|SJ]] 
**[[November 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Day of Declaration of Sovereignty]] ([[Estonia]])
*Earliest day on which [[Buß- und Bettag#Bu.C3.9F- und Bettag in Germany|Day of Repentance and Prayer]] can fall, while November 22 is the latest; celebrated 11 days before [[Advent Sunday]] ([[Lutheran]], [[Reformed Church|Reformed (Calvinist)]] and [[United and uniting churches|United]] Protestant churches, [[Free State of Saxony|Saxony]], [[Free State of Bavaria|Bavaria]]), and its related observance:
**[[Volkstrauertag]] (Germany)
*[[Icelandic Language Day]] or ''Dagur íslenskrar tungu'' ([[Iceland]])
*[[International Day for Tolerance]] ([[United Nations]])<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
*[[Statia Day]] in [[Sint Eustatius]] ([[Caribbean Netherlands]])
*[[Intergenerational Fairness Day]] (International day of action for rights of younger and future generations)<ref>{{cite web |title=Podcast |url=https://www.buzzsprout.com/2273376 |website=www.buzzsprout.com |access-date=18 November 2023 |language=en |date=16 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Generation Squeeze Press Conference |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3TTscg8mS8 |website=www.youtube.com |access-date=18 November 2023 |language=en |date=16 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Announcement by Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations  |url=https://www.intergenerationaljustice.org/16-november-proclaimed-worldwide-intergenerational-fairness-day/ |website=www.intergenerationaljustice.org |access-date=18 November 2023 |language=en |date=16 November 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/16 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=11|day=16}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/november/16 |title=Historical Events on November 16 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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