What are the important events that happened on November 16? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 16: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 16 is the 320^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 45 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 3, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 489,792 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectaicosagon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 93 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,713 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 16 Historical Events

• 1491 –
  An auto-da-fé, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.
• 1852 –
  The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
• 1863 –
  American Civil War: Battle of Campbell’s Station near Knoxville, Tennessee – Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.
• 1914 –
  The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
• 1940 –
  World War II: in response to the leveling of Coventry, England by Nazi Germany’s Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
• 1945 –
  Cold War: Operation Paperclip – the United States Army secretly admits 88 German scientists and engineers to help in the development of rocket technology.
• 1973 –
  U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.
• 1979 –
  The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania.
• 1988 –
  The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is “sovereign” but stops short of declaring independence.
• 1989 –
  A death squad composed of El Salvadoran army troops kills six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University.

Who were born on November 16?

• 1895 –
  Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
• 1895 –
  Paul Hindemith, German composer (d. 1963)
• 1897 –
  Choudhary Rehmat Ali, Pakistani nationalist (d. 1951)
• 1944 –
  Oliver Braddick, British psychologist
• 1950 –
  David Leisure, American actor
• 1966 –
  Christian Lorenz, German keyboardist (Rammstein)
• 1966 –
  Tahir Shah, British travel writer and explorer
• 1968 –
  Vlado Šola, Croatian handball goalkeeper
• 1981 –
  Osi Umenyiora, English-born American football player
• 1995 –
  Noah Gray-Cabey, American actor

Who died on November 16?

• 1790 –
  Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)
• 1797 –
  King Frederick William II of Prussia (b. 1744)
• 1802 –
  André Michaux, French botanist (b. 1746)
• 1956 –
  Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (b. 1887)
• 1960 –
  Clark Gable, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1986 –
  Siobhán McKenna, Irish stage and screen actress (b. 1923)
• 2000 –
  DJ Screw, American hiphop DJ (b. 1971)
• 2004 –
  Margaret Hassan, Irish aid worker (b. 1945)
• 2005 –
  Donald Watson, English vegan advocate (b. 1910)
• 2010 –
  Wyngard Tracy, Filipino talent manager (b. 1952)