On This Day November 16th

 

OTD

November 16th is the 320th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 45 days remain until the end of the year.

  Events

1532 – Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa at the Battle of Cajamarca.

1632 – King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed at the Battle of Lützen during the Thirty Years' War.

1776 – American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.

1805 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schöngrabern: Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Joachim Murat.

1822 – American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.

1855 – David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia-Zimbabwe.

1871 – The National Rifle Association of America receives its charter from New York State.

1938 – Albert Hofmann first synthesized LSD from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.

1973 – Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida, for an 84-day mission.

1990 – Pop group Milli Vanilli is stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals.

 

Birthdays

42 BC – Tiberius, Roman emperor (d. 37 AD)

1753 – James McHenry, Irish American surgeon and politician (d. 1816)

1873 – W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1958)

1895 – Paul Hindemith, German composer, violist and conductor (d. 1963)

1916 – Daws Butler, American voice actor and singer (d. 1988)

1929 – Peter Boizot, English businessman (d. 2018)

1946 – Terence McKenna, American botanist, philosopher, and author (d. 2000)

1964 – Dwight Gooden, American baseball player

1977 – Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress and singer

1993 – Pete Davidson, American comedian and actor[

 

 Holiday Spotlight

World Philosophy Day

  Philosophy delves into the concepts of existence, knowledge, values, the mind, language, and reason and has evolved throughout history. Philosophy has undoubtedly shaped our present world and will mold and transform our future world’s societies. Therefore, it is only befitting that UNESCO institutionalized World Philosophy Day in 2005.

 In 2007, UNESCO published a 726-page multilingual (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish) program and meeting document on the Records of the General Conference, 33rd session, Paris, 2005. This was the Proclamation of World Philosophy Day. In launching World Philosophy Day in 2005, UNESCO emphasized that philosophy is vital to young people and a discipline that inspires the objective analysis and evaluation of issues to make a judgment. World Philosophy Day boosts the development of independent critical rational thinking, which leads to an improved understanding of the world, encouraging peace and forbearance. The UNESCO General Conference in 2005 was convinced that embedding World Philosophy Day in society would popularize philosophy, particularly in teaching it to the world.

 After the day’s first celebration in 2002, UNESCO deemed it imperative to institutionalize the celebration of philosophical reflection worldwide in 2005. This annual festivity supports people worldwide to participate and share their respective cultural legacies for authentic and peaceful synchronicity.

 

 Other Include

Beaujolais Nouveau Day

Children's Grief Awareness Day

Educator for a Day

Great American Smoke out

Have a Party with Your Bear Day

International Day for Tolerance

International Guinness World Records Day

National Button Day

National Fast-Food Day

National Rural Health Day

Social Enterprise Day

Use Less Stuff Day

World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day

World Pancreatic Cancer Day

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