eso ha pasado un 16 Noviembre

1532 : End of the Inca Empire


On November 16, 1532, while the Inca empire is in civil war, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro trapped the Inca emperor Atahualpa in the city of Cajamarca with an invitation to a feast with 5,000 of his soldiers, unarmed. Pizarro opened fire killing all the Inca soldiers. The emperor was taken prisoner. He was executed the following year.

1849 : Dostoyevsky sentenced to death


On November 16, 1849, Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky was sentenced to death for anti-government activities. The execution suspended at the last moment and he was sent to a labor camp in Siberia for four years.

1945 : Operation Paperclip


On November 16, 1945, the United States brought secretly in the country 88 German scientists who worked for Nazi Germany, in the construction of V1 and V2 rockets. The United States were determined to get this technology and to prevent the Soviets from recruiting the same people for the same reasons.

1988 : Benazir Bhutto elected leader of Pakistan


On November 16, 1988, Benazir Bhutto was elected as head of the Pakistan. Following the death of President Zia, who had come to power by a coup in 1977, Bhutto had returned from her exile in England and launched a campaign for free elections that her party, the Pakistan Peoples Party, won.

Cita del día : 16 Noviembre

Clark Gable
Hell, if I'd jumped on all the dames I'm supposed to have jumped on, I'd have had no time to go fishing.

Cumpleaños : 16 Noviembre

Jean Chardin, Explorador francés (1643)
Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Poeta canadiense (1839)
Jules Violle, Físico francés (1841)
Joan Lindsay, Escritora australiana (1896)
Nnamdi Azikiwe, Primer presidente de Nigeria (1904)
Renée Saint-Cyr, Actriz francesa (1904)
Burgess Meredith, Actor americano (1907)
Madeleine Cinquin (soeur Emmanuelle), Religiosa francesa-belga (1908)
José Saramago, Escritor portugués, Premio Nobel de Literatura (1922)
Robin McKinley, Escritora americana (1952)
Jacques Gamblin, Actor francés (1957)
Marg Helgenberger, Actriz americana (1958)
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Actriz italiana (1964)
Dean McDermott, Actor americano (1966)
Lisa Bonet, Actriz americana (1967)
Melvin Stewart, Nadador estadounidense (1968)
Alexander Popov, Nadador ruso (1971)
Maurizio Margaglio, Patinador artístico italiano (1974)
Oksana Baiul, Patinadora artística ucraniana (1977)
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Actriz americana (1977)
Nicole Gius, Esquiadora italiana (1980)
Ronald Pognon, Atleta francés (1982)

Nos han dejado un 16 Noviembre

Max Abraham, Físico alemán (1922)
Clark Gable, Actor americano (1960)
Achille Zavatta, Payaso francés (1993)
Daniel Nathans, Microbiólogo estadounidense, Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina (1999)
Henry Taube, Químico estadounidense, Premio Nobel de Química (2005)
Milton Friedman, Economista estadounidense (2006)
Antonio de Nigris, Futbolista mexicano (2009)
Edward Woodward, Actor inglés (2009)
Vue mer : crédit photo Aseed