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Monday, November 16, 2026
Monday, November 16, 2026 falls on a Monday. It is day 320 of the year, ISO week 47, in Q4.
Today's date
Monday, November 16, 2026 falls on a Monday. It is day 320 of the year, ISO week 47, in Q4.
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November 16, 2026 is day 320 of 365, ISO week 47, in Q4. The moon is First Quarter and the zodiac sign is Scorpio.
Monday, November 16, 2026 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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The El Dorado Fire in California, United States, was extinguished after 71 days, having destroyed 20 structures and killed one firefighter.
The first case of SARS, a zoonotic respiratory coronavirus disease, was recorded in Guangdong, China.
Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng, released on ostensibly medical grounds after spending eighteen years in prison, was deported to the United States.
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...
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.
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.
Aeroflot Flight 2230 crashed after takeoff from Koltsovo Airport, Russia, killing all 107 people aboard.
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.
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