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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.

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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.
1776
American Revolution: the United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
1822
American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
1849
A Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor.
1852
The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
1914
The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
1940
Holocaust: in occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
1944
Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur river was launched
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
Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.

Who were born on November 16?

1841
Jules Violle, French physicist (d. 1923)
1888
Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan composer and pianist (d. 1957)
1890
Elpidio Quirino, 6th President of the Philippines (d. 1956)
1896
Pavel Sergeevich Alexandrov, Russian mathematician (d. 1982)
1909
Mirza Nasir Ahmad, 3rd Caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and 3rd successor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (d. 1982)
1954
Dick Gross, Australian politician
1961
Frank Bruno, British boxer
1966
Dean McDermott, Canadian actor
1967
Lisa Bonet, American actress
1982
Jannie du Plessis, South African rugby player

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