November 16: Day of the Week
November 16, 2022 is the 320th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 45 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.
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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.
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November 16 Historical Event(s)
- 534A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published.
- 1805Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schöngrabern – Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Murat.
- 1852The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
- 1863American Civil War: Battle of Campbell’s Station near Knoxville, Tennessee – Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.
- 1907Cunard Line’s RMS Mauretania, sister ship of RMS Lusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
- 1907Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, that is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
- 1914The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
- 1938LSD is first synthesized by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland.
- 1943World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway.
- 1989A 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?
- 1720Carlo Antonio Campioni, Italian composer (d. 1788)
- 1889George S. Kaufman, American playwright (d. 1961)
- 1896Oswald Mosley, British politician and founder of the British Union of Fascists (d. 1980)
- 1938Robert Nozick, American philosopher (d. 2002)
- 1944Oliver Braddick, British psychologist
- 1962Gary Mounfield, English bassist (The Stone Roses, Primal Scream)
- 1964Harry J. Lennix, American actor
- 1965Mika Aaltonen, Finnish footballer
- 1971Koshi Rikdo, Japanese manga artist
- 1977Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian figure skater
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