November 16: on this day in history
A few events that happened on November 16. You do not need to know them all; curiosity is enough.
Historical events
- 1855Scottish explorer David Livingstone became the first European to see Victoria Falls.
- 1904John Ambrose Fleming patented the thermionic valve, one of the electronic age's first vacuum tubes.
- 1965The Soviet Union launched the Venera 3 spacecraft toward Venus.
- 1992A large hoard of Roman gold and silver was discovered in the village of Hoxne, England.
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