| November 16 |
| 1798 |
|
British seamen board the U.S. frigate Baltimore
and impress a number of crewmen as alleged deserters, a practice that contributed
to the War of 1812. |
| 1813 |
|
The British announce a blockade of Long Island Sound,
leaving only the New England coast open to shipping. |
| 1821 |
|
Trader William Becknell reaches Santa Fe, N.M.,
on the route that will become known as the Santa Fe Trail. |
| 1846 |
|
General Zachary Taylor takes Saltillo, Mexico. |
| 1864 |
|
Union General William T. Sherman departs Atlanta
and begins his "March to the Sea." |
| 1892 |
|
King Behanzin of Dahomey (now Benin), leads soldiers
against the French. |
| 1902 |
|
A cartoon appears in the Washington Star,
prompting the Teddy Bear Craze, after President Teddy Roosevelt refused to kill
a captive bear tied up for him to shoot during a hunting trip to Mississippi. |
| 1907 |
|
The Indian and Oklahoma territories are unified
to make Oklahoma, which becomes the 46th state. |
| 1913 |
|
Swann's Way, the first volume of Marcel Proust's
7-part novel Remembrance of Things Past, is published. |
| 1920 |
|
Metered mail is born in Stamford, Connecticut with
the first Pitney Bowes postage meter. |
| 1945 |
|
Eighty-eight German scientists, holding Nazi secrets,
arrive in the United States. |
| 1948 |
|
President Harry S Truman rejects four-power talks
on Berlin until the blockade is removed. |
| 1953 |
|
The United States joins in the condemnation of Israel
for its raid on Jordan. |
| 1955 |
|
The Big Four talks, taking place in Geneva on German
reunification, end in failure. |
| 1960 |
|
After the integration of two all-white schools,
2,000 whites riot in the streets of New Orleans. |
| 1965 |
|
In the last day of the fighting at Landing Zone
X-Ray, regiments of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division repulse NVA forces in the Ia
Drang Valley. |
| 1967 |
|
U.S. planes hit Haiphong shipyard in North Vietnam
for the first time. |
| 1979 |
|
American Airlines is fined $500,000 for improper
DC-10 maintenance. |
| 1982 |
|
The space shuttle Columbia completes its
first operational flight. |
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