Page 7: Historical Events In November - 01
Monday, 16 February 2026
1963 Revolt against the Diem regime in South Vietnam. 

1963 Elsa Maxwell, author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 80. 

1966 William Dana in X-15 reaches 93 km. 

1967 Benita Hume, actress (Vicky-Thew Halls of Ivy), dies at 61 

1968 Georgios Papandreou, Greek minister/premier, dies at 80. 

1969 Beatles'""Abbey Road," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 11 weeks 

1970 Discotheque in Grenoble France burns, all exits padlocked and 142 die 

1970 Bhola cyclone in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) killing =500000 people. 

1971 Eisenhower dollar put into circulation 

1971 G von Le Fort, writer, dies at 95 

1972 Ezra Loomis Pound, US poet (Throne), dies at 87 

1974 Ralf Harolde, actor (Safe, Framed, Stolen Harmony), dies at 75. 

1975 Doro Merande, actress (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 77. 

1976 Oscar Beregi Jr, actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City), dies at 58 

1979 Federal government made $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler 

1979 Tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 m gallons of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster 

1979 Jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death. 

1981 Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from Britain (National Day) 

1982 James Broderick, actor (Doug-Family), dies of cancer at 55. 

1983 Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn Catalog), dies at 96. 

1984 Norman Krasna, author (Dear Ruth), dies of a heart attack at 74. 

1985 Phil Silvers, comedic actor (Sgt Bilko), dies in his sleep at 73. 

1986 Paul Frees, animation voice (Bullwinkle), dies at 66. 

1989 Dedication of the National Army Memorial in Anzac Parade, Canberra, by the Governor-General, the Hon Bill Hayden. 

1989 Scandinavian Airlines System bans smoking on many flights. 

1989 Typhoon Gay (1989) in Thailand, India killing 1036 people. 

1990 Last of Margaret Thatcher's original cabinet steps down, Deputy PM Sir Geoffrey Howe. 

1990 Rhetoric escalates as Bush likens Saddam to Hitler. 

1990 Sandra Miller awarded $100 for Mike Tyson fondling her breasts. 

1991 Joseph Papp, US theater producer (Chorus Line, Hair), dies at 70 

1992 Jeremias Chitunda, vice-chairman (Angolese Unita-rebellion), dies 

1993 Australia grants permanent extension on visas given to Chinese present in the country at the time of the Tienanmen Square massacre in Beijing in June 1989. 

1993 Maastricht Treaty takes effect. 

1993 Anatoli Fyodorovich Voronov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12a backup), dies at 63 

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