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This Day In History: November 16th

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Communication
 
 
Crime and Corruption
1885
Canada
Canadian rebel Louis Riel was executed for high treason.
1966
USA
Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard was acquitted in his second trial of charges he had murdered his pregnant wife, Marilyn, in 1954.
1998
USA
In Burlington, Wisconsin, five high school students, aged 15 to 16, were arrested in an alleged plot to kill a carefully selected group of teachers and students.
1999
USA
Chrica Adams, the pregnant girlfriend of Rae Carruth, was shot four times in her car. She died a month later from her wounds. The baby survived. Carruth was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years and 11 months in prison for his role in the murder.
Defence
1985
USA
Colonel Oliver North was put in charge of the shipment of HAWK anti-aircraft missiles to Iran.
 
Disasters
 
 
Discovery
1973
USA
Skylab 3 carrying a crew of three astronauts, was launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, on an 84-day mission.
 
Education
 
 
Film, Television and Radio
 
 
Heads of State
2000
USA
Bill Clinton became the first serving U.S. president to visit Communist Vietnam.
 
Health and Social Welfare
1981
USA
A vaccine for hepatitis B was approved. The vaccine had been developed at Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research.
 
Industry
1915
USA
Coca-Cola had its prototype for a countoured bottle patented. The bottle made its commercial debut the next year.
 
Law
1998
USA
The U.S. Supreme Court said that union members could file discrimination lawsuits against employers even when labor contracts require arbitration.
 
Motor Sport
 
 
People
1997
China
China released Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident from jail for medical reasons. He had been incarcerated for almost 18 years.
1998
USA
It was announced that Monica Lewinsky had signed a deal for the North American rights to a book about her affair with U.S. President Clinton.
1999
USA
Johnny Depp received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Politics
1907
USA
Oklahoma was admitted as the 46th state.
1933
USA
The United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations for the first time.
1988
Estonia
Estonia's parliament declared that the Baltic republic "sovereign," but stopped short of complete independence.
Publishing
1952
USA
In the Peanuts comic strip, Lucy first held a football for Charlie Brown.
 
Religion
 
 
Science
2004
USA
A NASA unmanned "scramjet" (X-43A) reached a speed of nearly 10 times the speed of sound above the Pacific Ocean.

 
Sport
1957
USA
Jim Brown (Cleveland Browns) set an NFL season rushing record of 1163 yards after only eight games.
1982
USA
An agreement was announced on the 57th day of a strike by National Football League (NFL) players.
1994
USA
Major League Soccer announced that it would start its inaugural US season in 1996.
Technology
2004
USA
A NASA unmanned "scramjet" (X-43A) reached a speed of nearly 10 times the speed of sound above the Pacific Ocean.

 
The Arts
 
 
The Environment
 
 
The Law
1973
USA
U.S. President Nixon signed the Alaska Pipeline measure into law.
 
The Workforce
 
 
Trade and Economy
 
 
Transport
 
 
War
1776
UK
British troops captured Fort Washington during the American Revolution.
1864
USA
Union Gen. William T. Sherman and his troops began their "March to the Sea" during the U.S. Civil War.
1969
USA
The U.S. Army announced that several had been charged with massacre and the subsequent cover-up in the My Lai massacre in Vietnam on March 16, 1968.
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