This Day in History
16 Nov 1948
Operation Magic Carpet - 1st plane from Yemen carrying Jews to Israel
16 Nov 1950
Egyptian King Faruk demands departure of all British troops
16 Nov 1950
UN gets US government approval to issue postage stamps
16 Nov 1950
US President Harry Truman proclaims emergency crisis caused by communist threat
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Oklahoma enters the Union
Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory collectively enter the United States as Oklahoma the 46th state.Oklahoma with a name derived from the Choctaw Indian w...
Hessians capture Fort Washington
During the Revolutionary War Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Knyphausen and a force of 3000 Hessian mercenaries lay siege to Fort Washington on Long Island. Th...
Riker Torpedo Racer sets the world speed record for electric cars
On November 16 1901 a spare low-slung car called the Torpedo Racerbasically a square platform on bicycle wheelsbreaks the world...
Goebbels publishes his screed of hate
On this day in 1941 Joseph Goebbels publishes in the German magazine Das Reich that The Jews wanted the war and now they have itreferri...
New Fatherland League launched in Germany
On this day in 1914 in Germany a small group of intellectuals led by the physician Georg Nicolai launch Bund Neues Vaterland the New Fatherland League.One of ...
U.S. provides support to beleaguered Cambodians
As the fighting gets closer to Phnom Penh the United States steps up its air activities in support of the Cambodian government. U.S. helicopter gunships struc...
Ky defends South Vietnamese operations in Cambodia
South Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky speaking at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point says Cambodia would be overrun by communist forces wi...
Kennedy decides to increase military aid to Saigon
President John F. Kennedy decides to increase military aid to South Vietnam without committing U.S. combat troops.Kennedy was concerned at the advances being ma...
Notre Dame ends Oklahoma record winning streak
On November 16 1957 Notre Dame beats Oklahoma 7-0 ending the Sooners 47-game 1512-day college football winning streak. The game also marked the fir...
Nixon supports construction of the Alaskan oil pipeline
On this day in 1973 President Richard Nixon declares that Americas energy requirements have outpaced its production capacity and urges Congress to pass...
Becknell opens trade on the Santa Fe Trail
On this day Missouri Indian trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe New Mexico sells his goods at an enormous profit and makes plans to return the next ...
Pizarro traps Incan emperor Atahualpa
On November 16 1532 Francisco Pizarro the Spanish explorer and conquistador springs a trap on the Incan emperor Atahualpa. With fewer than 200 men against ...
The Sound of Music premieres on Broadway
Did the young Austrian nun named Maria really take to the hills surrounding Salzburg to sing spontaneously of her love of music Did she comfort herself with th...
Fyodor Dostoevsky is sentenced to death
On this day in 1849 a Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for his allegedly antigovernment activities linked to a radical intellectual group. Hi...
First Harry Potter film opens
On this day in 2001 the British author J.K. Rowlings star creationbespectacled boy wizard Harry Pottermakes his big-screen debut in Har...
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