- 384 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 16 November.
- Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
- 2022: Artemis Program: NASA launches Artemis 1 on the first flight of the Space Launch System, the start of the program's future missions to the moon.
Holidays and observances
Events
1989El Salvadoran army troops kill six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University.
1959National Airlines Flight 967 explodes in mid-air over the Gulf of Mexico, killing all 42 aboard.
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Died on this day
Quote of the day
“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.”
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Where do the entries come from?
From Wikipedia’s on-this-day pages for this language, updated once a day and ordered by how often each article is read.