What happened on November 16 in the history of India and the world?
Famous events, birth anniversaries, and death anniversaries today, November 16 in Indian and world history.
Historical events in Indian and world history on November 16
International day for tolerance
1849, 16 November: World famous Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky was sentenced to death for being a member of an underground organization.
1868, 16 November: Scientists Lacier and Nansen discovered helium by studying a total solar eclipse. It is named after the Greek sun-god Helios.
1893, 16 November: Dr. Annie Besant arriveed in India.
1907, 16 November: Oklahoma became the 46th state of the United States.
1914, 16 November: US Federal Reserve opened.
1915, 16 November: Vishnu Ganesh Pingale, accused in the Lahore conspiracy, and seven others, including Bagi Kartar Singh, were hanged.
1938, 16 November: Albert Hofmann’s invention of the lysergic acid diethylamide drug came into existence.
1945, 16 November: UNESCO was established.
1988, 16 November: Benazir Bhutto became Pakistan’s prime minister.
1997, 16 November: Swaraj Paul, a non-resident Indian entrepreneur, was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Bradford University, UK.
2013, 16 November: 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 on this day – November 16 in Indian history
Famous birthdays of the people in India and the world on this day – 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 of famous people on this day – November 16
Death anniversaries of famous personalities on this day on 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.
