The Phenomenon of November 16: A Day Filled with Surprises and Celebrations Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1904  Eddie Condon, Goodland Ind, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show)   

1905  Neth/Russ Count Witte is recorded as becoming premier of Russia   

1905  Astrid SLT Bernadotte, Queen of Belgium/Princess of Sweden   

1907  Oklahoma is recorded as becoming 46th state.   

1907  Oklahoma is recorded as becoming the United States 46th state   

1908  Arturo Tuscanini begins conducting NY's Metropolitan Opera   

1908  Burgess Meredith, US actor is born.   

1908  Burgess Meredith, Cleve Ohio, actor (Mr Novak, Penguin-Batman, Rocky).   

1909  EVV Eindhoven soccer team forms.   

1909  Francis Thome, composer, dies at 59.   

1912  Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, author (Weird White)   

1914  The Federal Reserve Banking Act is adopted in the U.S.   

1914  Federal Reserve System formally opens   

1916  Eugene O'Neill's "Bound East for Cardiff," premieres in NYC.   

1916  Daws Butler, Toledo OH, animation voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound).   

1917  British occupy Tel Aviv and Jaffa   

1917  John Whiting, British dramatist/actor (Saint's Day)   

1918  Hungarian People's Republic declared.   

1919  Admiral Horthy conquerors Budapest from Béla Kuns Soviet Republic.   

1919  Udo Kasemets, composer.   

1920  Postage meter inaugural used in US in lieu of postage stamps   

1920  Australia's Qantas airways founded in Winton, Queensland as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.   

1920  Betty Hicks, LPGA golfer.   

1922  Pope Pius XI calls on Belgian people to unite   

1922  Royal Dano, NYC, actor (Red Badge of Courage, Cocaine Wars, House II).   

1924  Cleveland Bulldogs lose to Frankford Yellowjackets, ends 31-game undefeated streak (NFL and major-league football record)   

1924  Joep J P de Boer, Dutch MP (CDA).   

1924  Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer, dies at 78.   

1925  American Association for Advancement of Atheism forms (NY).   

1926  NY Rangers 1st game, beat Montreal Maroons 1-0.   

1926  Ton de Leeuw, Dutch composer   

1927  Barbara Payton, Cloquet MN, actress (Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde)   

1928  Clu Gulager, Holdenville Okla, actor (Virginian, Survivors, Tall Man).   

1929  Renate Rubinstein, [Tamar], German/Ned's author/columnist (Tamar).   

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