Saturday November 16, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

November 16: Day of the Week

November 16, 2024 is the 321st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 45 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is samedi.

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Here’s the November calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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.

November 16 Historical Event(s)

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.
1532
Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa.
1776
American Revolutionary War: Hessian mercenaries capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
1885
Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and “Father of Manitoba”, Louis Riel is executed for treason.
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.
1965
Venera program: the Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, that will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.
1979
The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania.
2000
Bill Clinton becomes the first U.S. President to visit Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War.

Who were born on November 16?

1758
Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist (d. 1841)
1889
Dietrich Kraiß, German Nazi officer (d. 1944)
1922
José Saramago, Portuguese novelist, Nobel laureate (d. 2010)
1942
Willie Carson, Scottish jockey
1958
Boris Krivokapić, Serbian academic
1963
Meenakshi Seshadri, Indian actress
1966
Christian Lorenz, German keyboardist (Rammstein)
1978
Carolina Parra, Brazilian guitarist and drummer (CSS)
1983
Britta Steffen, German swimmer
1995
Noah Gray-Cabey, American actor

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