Today in History for 16th November 2025

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Historical Events

1798 - Kentucky becomes first state to nullify an act of Congress
1957 - BBC’s 1st pop music show, the "Six-Five Special", is broadcast from the tiny 2i’s Coffee Bar in London
1959 - Boston business executive Billy Sullivan is awarded eighth and final franchise of developing American Football League (AFL); later branded Boston Patriots
1970 - South Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky defends operations in Cambodia because communist forces could overrun South Vietnam "within 24 hours" if troops operating there were withdrawn
1972 - "Dear Oscar" opens at Playhouse Theater NYC for 5 performances

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Famous Birthdays

1896 - Joan Lindsay, Australian author (Picnic at Hanging Rock), born in St Kilda East, Victoria, Australia (d. 1984)
1908 - Sœur Emmanuelle [Madeleine Cinquin], Belgian-French and honorary Egyptian religious sister (Roman Catholic), human rights worker, and writer (Un pauvre a crié, le Seigneur l'écoute), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2008)
1930 - Walter Cole [stage name Darcelle XV] American drag performer (Portland's Darcelle XV Showplace, aged 85 became world’s oldest drag performer), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2023)
1961 - Bruno Amato, American actor (The Internship), born in Orange, New Jersey
1983 - Britta Steffen, German swimmer (Olympic gold 50/100m 2008), born in Schwedt, Germany

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Famous Deaths

1328 - Prince Hisaaki, 8th Japanese shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate (1289-1308), dies at 52
1668 - Antoon Anselmo, South Netherlands lawyer, dies at about 79
1884 - František Chvostek, Czech-Austrian military physician and medicinal lecturer, dies at 49
1958 - Samuel Hopkins Adams [Warner Fabian], American journalist and muckraker (Great American Fraud), dies at 87
1965 - William Thomas Cosgrave, Irish politician and Fine Gael party leader (President of the Irish Free State, 1922-32), dies at 85

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