Monday, November 16, 2009

This was 320th day of the year and 45 days remained in the year.


November 16 Birthdays

Emperor Tiberius
42 B.C.–37 A.D., Second Roman Emperor.

W. C. Handy
songwriter (1873)

 George S. Kaufman
dramatist and journalist (1889)

 Burgess Meredith
actor (1907)

 Jose Saramago
novelist (1922)

 Chinua Achebe
writer (1930)

 Elizabeth Drew
journalist (1935)

 Robert Nozick
political philosopher (1938)

 Maggie Gyllenhaal
actor (1977)

November 16 in History

1864

General Sherman and his troops began their "March to the sea" during the Civil War.

1907

Oklahoma became the 46th state.

1933

The United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations.

1973

President Nixon signed the bill authorizing the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.

2004

President George W. Bush nominated Condoleezza Rice to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state.

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