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Today in History: November 16

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Today in History

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.

Born on November 16
42 BC   Tiberius Claudius Nero, Roman Emperor.
1811   John Bright, British Victorian radical who founded the Anti-Corn Law League.
1839   Louis-Honore Frechette, Canadian poet.
1873   W.C. Handy, father of the blues, famous for "St. Louis Blues."
1889   George S. Kaufman, American playwright and collaborator with Moss Hart (You Can't Take it With You , The Man Who Came to Dinner).
1930   Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist.

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