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NOVEMBER 16, 1532
Spanish conquest of Peru: Conquistador Francisco Pizarro orchestrated a surprise attack in Cajamarca, capturing the Inca emperor, Atahualpa.
The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, also known as the Conquest of Peru, was one of the most important campaigns in Read More
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
The El Dorado Fire in California, United States, was extinguished after 71 days, having destroyed 20 structures and killed one firefighter.
The El Dorado Fire was a wildfire that burned 22,744 acres in San Bernardino and Riverside counties of California from September to Read More
NOVEMBER 16, 1973
U.S. president Richard Nixon signed an act authorizing the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline to transport oil from the Beaufort Sea to the Gulf of Alaska.
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of Read More
NOVEMBER 16, 2002
The first case of SARS, a zoonotic respiratory coronavirus disease, was recorded in Guangdong, China.
The 2002–2004 outbreak of SARS, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, infected over 8,000 people from 30 countries and territories, and resulted in at least 774 deaths worldwide. (Image Credits)
NOVEMBER 16, 1967
Aeroflot Flight 2230 crashed after takeoff from Koltsovo Airport, Russia, killing all 107 people aboard.
Aeroflot Flight 2230 was a Soviet domestic passenger flight from Yekaterinburg to Tashkent. On 16 November 1967, the Ilyushin Il-18 aircraft serving Read More
NOVEMBER 16, 534
The second edition of the Code of Justinian, a codification of Roman law by Byzantine emperor Justinian I (pictured), was published.
The Code of Justinian is one part of the Corpus Juris Civilis, the codification of Roman law ordered early in the 6th Read More
NOVEMBER 16, 1632
King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed at the Battle of Lützen during the Thirty Years' War.
Gustavus Adolphus, also known in English as Gustav II Adolf or Gustav II Adolph, was King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632, Read More
NOVEMBER 16, 1997
Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng, released on ostensibly medical grounds after spending eighteen years in prison, was deported to the United States.
Wei Jingsheng is a Chinese human rights activist and dissident. He is best known for his involvement in the Chinese democracy movement. Read More
NOVEMBER 16, 1476
With the help of Stephen III and Stephen Báthory, Vlad the Impaler ousted Basarab the Old and became the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.
Stephen III, better known as Stephen the Great, was Voivode of Moldavia from 1457 to 1504. He was the son of and Read More
NOVEMBER 16, 1944
World War II: Operation Queen commenced with one of the heaviest Allied tactical bombings of the war, attacking German targets in the Rur valley.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all Read More
NOVEMBER 16, 1938
Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann first synthesized the psychedelic drug LSD in Basel, Switzerland.
Albert Hofmann was a Swiss chemist known for being the first to synthesize, ingest, and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic Read More
NOVEMBER 16, 1776
American Revolutionary War: Fort Washington on Manhattan was captured from the Patriots by British and Hessian units.
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the Read More
NOVEMBER 16, 1992
In Suffolk, England, a local man found the largest hoard of Roman silver and gold in Britain (sample pictured), including the largest collection of 4th- and 5th-century gold and silver coins ever discovered within the former Roman Empire.
Suffolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the Read More
NOVEMBER 16, 1914
World War I: Austro-Hungarian forces launched an assault against Serbian defensive positions at the Kolubara river, beginning the Battle of Kolubara.
World War I or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Read More
NOVEMBER 16, 1885
After a five-day trial following the North-West Rebellion, the Canadian Métis leader and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel was hanged for high treason.
The trial of Louis Riel took place in Regina, Canada, in 1885. Louis Riel had been a leader of a resistance movement Read More

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