NOVEMBER 16TH
- TODAY IS NATIONAL FAST FOOD DAY
- TODAY IS INDIANA APPRECIATION DAY
BIRTHDAYS:
- BURGESS MEREDITH (1907-1997)
- LISA BONET (1967, 51)
- MARTHA PLIMPTON (1970, 48)
- MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL (1977, 41)
ON THIS DAY:
- IN 13, TIBERIUS MARCHES THROUGH THE STREETS OF ROME IN TRIUMPH AFTER THE ROMAN SIEGE OF GERMANY
- IN 1532, FRANCISCO PIZARRO CAPTURES THE EMPEROR OF THE INCAN EMPIRE
- IN 1676, THE FIRST PRISON IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES OPENS ON NANTUCKET
- IN 1793, FRENCH REVOLUTIONARIES DROWN 90 PRIESTS IN THE LOIRE RIVER WHO ARE SUSPECTING OF BEING LOYAL TO THE FRENCH MONARCHY.
- IN 1798, AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS, KENTUCKY BECOMES THE FIRST STATE TO REJECT AN ACT OF CONGRESS AND “NULLIFY” A LAW IT DEEMS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
- IN 1801, THE NEW YORK EVENING POST PRINTS ITS FIRST EDITION
- IN 1822, CAPTAIN WILLIAM BECKNELL ARRIVES IN SANTA FE FROM MISSOURRI, COMPLETING WHAT WOULD BECOME KNOWN AS “THE SANTA FE TRAIL”
- IN 1824, NEW YORK CITY OPENS FIFTH AVENUE
- IN 1840, NEW ZEALAND BECOMES A BRITISH COLONY
- NAPOLEON GUERIN PATENTS THE LIFE PRESERVER. THE FIRST ONES ARE MADE OF CORK
- IN 1871, THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION IS CHARTERED IN NEW YORK
- IN 1875, WILLIAM BONWILL PATENTS THE DENTAL MALLET, PART OF HIS NEW PROCESS OF FILLING CAVITIES IN TEETH WITH GOLD
- IN 1894, TURKISH TROOPS MASSACRE 6,000 ARMENIANS IN KURDISTAN
- IN 1901, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT INVITES BOOKER T. WASHINGTON AND HIS FAMILY TO DINE IN THE WHITE HOUSE, PROMPTING CRITICISM FROM SOUTHERN STATES
- IN 1907, OKLAHOMA BECOMES THE 46TH STATE OF THE U.S.
- IN 1914, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FORMALLY OPENS THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
- IN 1916, 1,000 PEOPLE DIE WHEN AN AMMUNITION FACTORY EXPLODES IN RUSSIA
- IN 1920, QUEENSLAND AND NORTHERN TERRITORY AERIAL SERVICES LIMITED (QANTAS) BEGINS SERVICE IN AUSTRALIA
- IN 1925, THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ATHEISM BEGINS MEETING IN NEW YORK CITY
- IN 1933, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ESTABLISHES DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE SOVIET LEADERS OF THE U.S.S.R.
- IN 1936, GERMANY BEGINS AIR RAIDS OVER MADRID, SPAIN
- IN 1938, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SYNTHESIZE A DRUG TO STIMULATE RESPIRATION AND CIRCULATION WITHOUT AFFECTING A WOMAN’S UTERUS, ALBERT HOFFMAN AND ARTHUR STOLL ACCIDENTALLY INVENT LSD. THEY WOULD NOT REALIZE ITS PSYCHEDELIC PROPERTIES UNTIL ACCIDENTALLY INGESTING SOME FIVE YEARS LATER
- IN 1939, AL CAPONE IS FREED FROM ALCATRAZ
- IN 1940, THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBS HAMBURG, GERMANY IS RESPONSE TO THE LEVELING OF COVENTRY TWO DAYS EARLIER
- IN 1945, THE FIRST JEWISH COLLEGE, YESHIVA COLLEGE, IS FOUNDED
- IN 1945, THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO) IS FOUNDED
- IN 1947, 15,000 PEOPLE DEMONSTRATE IN THE STREETS OF BELGIUM OVER PERCEIVED LIGHT SENTENCES BEING HANDED OUT IN NAZI TRIALS
- IN 1950, DR. BOB SMITH, THE CO-FOUNDER OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS DIES OF COLON CANCER AT 71
- IN 1957, BILL RUSSELL GETS A RECORD 49 REBOUNDS IN A WIN OVER THE 76ERS
- IN 1957, ED GEIN KILLS HIS FINAL VICTIM
- IN 1959, “THE SOUND OF MUSIC” OPENS ON BROADWAY
- IN 1960, CLARK GABLE DIES AT 59
- IN 1961, PRESIDENT KENNEDY COMMITS TO INCREASING MILITARY AID TO SOUTH VIETNAM WITHOUT SPECIFICALLY ADDING TROOPS
- IN 1965, WALT DISNEY WORLD ADDS THE EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE COMMUNITY OF TOMORROW (EPCOT CENTER)
- IN 1966, THE TEMPTATIONS RELEASE THEIR “GREATEST HITS”
- IN 1968, THE DERRY CITIZENS ACTION COMMITTEE MARCHES 15,000 PEOPLE THROUGH THE STREETS OF DERRY TO DEFY A BAN ON ORGANIZED MARCHES IN NORTHER IRELAND
- IN 1968, THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE ALBUM “ELECTRIC LADYLAND” GOES TO #1
- IN 1970, ELTON JOHN RECORDS A CONCERT IN NEW YORK CITY WHICH EVENTUALLY IS RELEASED AS HIS 11-17-70 ALBUM
- IN 1973, JOHN LENNON RELEASES “MIND GAMES”
- IN 1973, PRESIDENT NIXON AUTHORIZES CONSTRUCTION OF THE ALASKAN PIPELINE
- IN 1974, JOHN LENNON GOES TO #1 WITH “WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT”
- IN 1979, PAUL MCCARTNEY RELEASES “WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS”
- IN 1981, PRESIDENT REAGAN APPROVES A COVERT PLAN TO BLOCK NICARAGUAN AND EL SALVADORIAN AID FROM CUBA
- IN 1981, 16 MILLION PEOPLE WATCH LUKE & LAURA MARRY ON “GENERAL HOSPITAL”
- IN 1985, PRESIDENT REAGAN HEADS TO GENEVA TO MEET WITH MIKHAIL GORBACHEV
- IN 1985, STARSHIP GOES TO #1 WITH “WE BUILT THIS CITY”
- IN 1987, LISA BONET AND LENNY KRAVITZ MARRY
- IN 1988, PAKISTAN HOLDS ITS FIRST FREE ELECTIONS IN 11 YEARS AND ELECTS THEIR FIRST EVER FEMALE PRIME MINISTER, BENAZIR BHUTTO
- IN 1988, ROBIN GIVENS SUES HER EX-HUSBAND MIKE TYSON FOR LIBEL FOR $125 MILLION
- IN 1988, PRESIDENT AND NANCY REAGAN HOST MARGARET THATCHER FOR A STATE DINNER AT THE WHITE HOUSE
- IN 1989, “GYPSY” OPENS ON BROADWAY
- IN 1993, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN SHUTS DOWN THE LENIN MUSEUM
- IN 1993, JIM CARREY DIVORCES HIS FIRST WIFE MELISSA AFTER 6 YEARS
- IN 1998, MONICA LEWINSKY SIGNS A BOOK DEAL FOR A TELL ALL ABOUT HER AFFAIR WITH PRESIDENT CLINTON
- IN 1990, DR. DRE RELEASES “THE CHRONIC 2001”
- IN 2000, PRESIDENT CLINTON IS THE FIRST SITTING U.S. PRESIDENT TO VISIT VIETNAM SINCE THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR
- IN 2004, MARIO RELEASES “LET ME LOVE YOU”
- IN 2009, THE SECOND TWILIGHT MOVIE, “TWILIGHT: NEW MOON” OPENS
- IN 2010, THE GEORGE W. BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY OPENS
- IN 2010, PRINCE WILLIAM ANNOUNCES HE IS ENGAGED TO KATE MIDDLETON
- IN 2010, AVRIL LAVIGNE DIVORCES SUM41 SINGER DERYCK WHIBLEY AFTER 3 YEARS
- IN 2012, “CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS” BECOMES THE BIGGEST ENTERTAINMENT LAUNCH IN HISTORY WHEN IT GROSSES $500 MILLION IN ITS FIRST 24 HOURS
- IN 2017, 19 COUNTRIES AGREE TO PHASE OUT COAL COMPLETELY AT THE UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE SUMMIT IN GERMANY
- IN 2017, AL FRANKEN IS ACCUSED OF GROPING AND KISSING A WOMAN WITHOUT CONSENT
- IN 2017, SERENA WILLIAMS MARRIES REDDIT FOUNDER ALEXIS OHANIAN