Historical Events - November 16
1849 : World famous Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky was sentenced to death for being a member of an underground organization.
1868 : Scientists Lacier and Nansen discovered helium by studying a total solar eclipse. It is named after the Greek sun-god Helios.
1893 : Dr. Annie Besant arriveed in India.
1907 : Oklahoma became the 46th state of the United States.
1914 : US Federal Reserve opened.
1915 : Vishnu Ganesh Pingale, accused in the Lahore conspiracy, and seven others, including Bagi Kartar Singh, were hanged.
1938 : Albert Hofmann’s invention of the lysergic acid diethylamide drug came into existence.
1945 : UNESCO was established.
1988 : Benazir Bhutto became Pakistan’s prime minister.
1997 : Swaraj Paul, a non-resident Indian entrepreneur, was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Bradford University, UK.
2013 : After a long career of 24 years, the great cricketer Sachin Tendulkar retired from cricket and within a few hours, he was declared the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India. He got this honor at the youngest age (40).
Famous Birthdays – November 16
42 BC: Tiberius, the second Roman emperor.
1846: Akbar Allahabadi, an Indian Urdu.
1896: Oswald Mosley, 6th Baronet, a British politician.
1897: Choudhry Rahmat Ali, a Pakistani nationalist.
1909: Hāfiz Mirza Nasir Ahmad, the third caliph, head of the Ahmadiyya Community.
1904: Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigeria’s first president.
1927: Shriram Lagoo, an Indian film, and theatre actor.
1930: Mihir Sen, an Indian long-distance swimmer, and businessman.
1936: Ramoji Rao, an Indian film producer, and media entrepreneur.
1942: Sam Pitroda, an Indian telecom engineer, inventor and entrepreneur.
1946: Terence McKenna, an American ethnobotanist.
1963: Meenakshi Seshadri, an Indian actress, model, and dancer.
1973: Pullela Gopichand, a former Indian badminton player.
Death Anniversaries – November 16
1240: Ibn Arabi, an Arab Andalusian Muslim scholar, mystic, poet, and philosopher.
1797: Frederick William II, King of Prussia.
1915: Vishnu Ganesh Pingale, accused in the Lahore conspiracy, and seven others, including Bagi Kartar Singh, were hanged.
1947: Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman, and politician. He was the founder of the Venice Film Festival.
1950: Dr. Bob Smith, an American physician, and one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous.
1960: Clark Gable, American actor.
1967: Roshanlal Nagrath alias Roshan, Indian musician.
1973: Alan Wilson Watts, a British writer, and speaker.
2006: Milton Friedman, an American economist. He received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
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