At present is Saturday, Nov. 16, the 321st day of 2024. There are 45 days left within the yr.
At present in historical past:
On Nov. 16, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into regulation, authorizing the development of an 800-mile (1,290-kilometer) oil pipeline from the Alaska North Slope to the port metropolis of Valdez.
Additionally on this date:
In 1907, Oklahoma turned the forty sixth state of the union.
In 1982, an settlement was introduced within the 57th day of a strike by Nationwide Soccer League gamers.
In 1988, Benazir Bhutto was voted prime minister of Pakistan, the primary lady to be elected to steer a Muslim-majority nation.
In 1989, six Jesuit monks, a housekeeper and her daughter have been slain by military troops on the College of Central America José Simeón Cañas in El Salvador.
In 2001, investigators discovered a letter addressed to Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont containing anthrax; it was the second letter bearing the lethal germ recognized to have been despatched to Capitol Hill.
In 2001, the primary movie within the Harry Potter sequence, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” (U.S. title: “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”) debuted in theaters world wide.
In 2006, after midterm elections that noticed Democrats take management of the U.S. Home of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi was nominated by the Democratic caucus to change into speaker of the Home. (Pelosi would formally change into speaker by Home vote the next January, changing into the primary lady to serve within the position.)
In 2018, a U.S. official mentioned intelligence officers had concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi (jah-MAHL’ khahr-SHOHK’-jee).
At present’s Birthdays:
Actor Miguel Sandoval is 73.
Online game designer Shigeru Miyamoto is 72.
NASCAR Corridor of Famer Terry Labonte is 68.
Actor Marg Helgenberger is 66.
Former MLB All-Star pitcher Dwight Gooden is 60.
Jazz singer Diana Krall is 60.
Actor Lisa Bonet is 57.
Actor Martha Plimpton is 54.
Olympic determine skating gold medalist Oksana Baiul (ahk-SAH’-nah by-OOL’) is 47.
Actor Maggie Gyllenhaal (JIHL’-ehn-hahl) is 47.
Actor-comedian Pete Davidson is 31.
