A bit of November 16th history…
1380 - French King Charles VI declares no taxes for ever
1532 - Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro captures Inca Emperor Atahualpa after a surprise ambush at Cajamarea in the Peruvian Andes
1581 - Tsar Ivan the Terrible attacks his son and heir, Ivan Ivanovich, with a scepter after an argument leading to the latter’s death 3 days later (pictured)
1901 - Booker T Washington and his family are invited to dine at the White House with Teddy and Edith Roosevelt, prompting condemnation from the South
1938 - LSD is 1st synthesized in Switzerland
1945 - Funding of UNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
1948 - Operation Magic Carpet begins with 1st plane from Yemen carrying Jews to Israel
1965 - Walt Disney launches EPCOT center: Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow
2002 - 1st case of SARS is recorded in Guangdong Province, China, though it is not identified until much later
A bit of November 16th history… 1380 - French King Charles VI...