November 16

Tuesday 16, 2004:

X-43A scramjet becomes the fastest air-breathing jet flying at nearly Mach 10 at approx. 11,200 km/h or 3.11 km/s

Friday 16, 2001:

The first Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, is released, becoming the second highest grossing film around the world of all time.

Thursday 16, 2000:

Bill Clinton becomes the first sitting US President to visit Vietnam.

Sunday 16, 1997:

After nearly 18 years of incarceration, the People's Republic of China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons.

Saturday 16, 1996:

Mother Teresa receives honorary US citizenship.

Friday 16, 1990:

Rocky V is the 5th and final Rocky sequel to open in theaters, starring Sylvester Stallone.

Thursday 16, 1989:

A death squad composed of El Salvadoran army troops, most of them trained by the School of the Americas, kill six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University.

Wednesday 16, 1988:

In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan choose populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister.

Monday 16, 1981:

Luke and Laura marry on General Hospital; it is the highest-rated hour in daytime television history.

Sunday 16, 1980:

Louis Althusser murders his wife and immediately confesses.

Friday 16, 1979:

The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semanatoarea in Bucharest, Romania.

Wednesday 16, 1977:

Close Encounters of the Third Kind opens in theaters.

Friday 16, 1973:

US President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.

Sunday 16, 1969:

The first episode of The Clangers is broadcast by the BBC.

Tuesday 16, 1965:

Venera program: The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.

Saturday 16, 1957:

Serial killer Edward Gein murders his last victim, Bernice Worden.

Friday 16, 1945:

Cold War: The United States controversially imports 88 German scientists to help in the production of rocket technology.

Tuesday 16, 1943:

World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vermork, Norway.

Saturday 16, 1940:

New York City's Mad Bomber places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

Thursday 16, 1933:

The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.

Monday 16, 1914:

The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens for business.

Saturday 16, 1907:

Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory become Oklahoma and are admitted as the 46th U.S. state.

Friday 16, 1906:

Opera star Enrico Caruso is charged with an indecent act after allegedly pinching a woman's bottom in the monkey house of New York's Central Park Zoo.

Wednesday 16, 1904:

John Ambrose Fleming invents the vacuum tube.

Monday 16, 1896:

First transmission of electrical power between two cities was sent from Niagara Falls to industries in Buffalo, New York. (See War of Currents.)

Monday 16, 1885:

Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba", Louis Riel is executed for high treason.

Monday 16, 1863:

American Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee. Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.

Monday 16, 1857:

The relief of Lucknow. The most Victoria Crosses won in a single day (24).

Friday 16, 1849:

A Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his execution is canceled at the last minute.

Friday 16, 1821:

American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.

Saturday 16, 1776:

American Revolutionary War: Hessian mercenaries capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.

Wednesday 16, 1532:

Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa.

Tuesday 16, 1384:

Hedwig is crowned King of Poland, although she is a woman.

Tuesday 16, 534:

A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published.

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