Tuesday, November 16, 1688 is a Tuesday. It is day 321 of 1688 (87.7% through the year), ISO week 47, in Q4.
Calendar Specifications
Tuesday, November 16, 1688 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2020: The El Dorado Fire in California, United States, was extinguished after 71 days, having destroyed 20 structures and killed one firefighter.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to November 16.
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Historical Milestones
The El Dorado Fire in California, United States, was extinguished after 71 days, having destroyed 20 structures and killed one firefighter.
El Dorado Fire →The first case of SARS, a zoonotic respiratory coronavirus disease, was recorded in Guangdong, China.
2002–2004 SARS outbreak →Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng, released on ostensibly medical grounds after spending eighteen years in prison, was deported to the United States.
Wei Jingsheng →In Suffolk, England, a local man found the largest hoard of Roman silver and gold in Britain (sample pictured), including the largest collection of 4th- and 5th-century gold and silver coins ever discovered within the former Roma...
Suffolk →About 30 million people watched the fictional couple Luke Spencer and Laura Webber wed on the television show General Hospital in the highest-rated hour in American soap opera history.
Luke and Laura →U.S. president Richard Nixon signed an act authorizing the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline to transport oil from the Beaufort Sea to the Gulf of Alaska.
Richard Nixon →Aeroflot Flight 2230 crashed after takeoff from Koltsovo Airport, Russia, killing all 107 people aboard.
Aeroflot Flight 2230 →The Sound of Music, a musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein based on The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
The Sound of Music →World War II: Operation Queen commenced with one of the heaviest Allied tactical bombings of the war, attacking German targets in the Rur valley.
World War II →Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann first synthesized the psychedelic drug LSD in Basel, Switzerland.
Albert Hofmann →World War I: Austro-Hungarian forces launched an assault against Serbian defensive positions at the Kolubara river, beginning the Battle of Kolubara.
World War I →After a five-day trial following the North-West Rebellion, Louis Riel, a Canadian Métis leader and "Father of Manitoba", was hanged for high treason.
Trial of Louis Riel →Calculate business days and elapsed calendar time between this date and any other.
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Questions & Answers
Tuesday, November 16, 1688 falls on a Tuesday.
123,387 days ago (337 years, 9 months, 27 days ago). It is day 321 of 1688 with 45 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Tuesday, November 16, 1688 is written as XVI.XI.MDCLXXXVIII (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Last Quarter (approx. 41% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Scorpio.