November 16 Holidays

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 1997 — After nearly 18 years of incarceration, the People's Republic of China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for... ↗
• 1992 — The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk. ↗
• 1990 — Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album.... ↗
• 1989 — El Salvadoran army troops kills six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University. ↗
• 1988 — The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1996 — Brendan Murray, Irish singer
• 1995 — Noah Gray-Cabey, American actor and pianist
• 1993 — Pete Davidson, American comedian and actor
• 1992 — George Akpabio, Nigerian footballer
• 1991 — Tomomi Kasai, Japanese actress and singer