November 16

Events




 * 1904 - Fleming patents thermionic tube (diode tube)
 * 1963 - Touch tone telephone introduced

Births
 * 1720 – Carlo Antonio Campioni, Italian composer (d. 1788)
 * 1766 – Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist (d. 1831)
 * 1873 – W. C. Handy, American composer (d. 1958)
 * 1888 – Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan composer and musician (d. 1957)
 * 1895 – Paul Hindemith, German composer (d. 1963)
 * 1896 – Lawrence Tibbett, American singer (d. 1960)
 * 1905 – Eddie Condon, American musician (d. 1973)
 * 1931 – Hubert Sumlin, American blues musician
 * 1933 – Garnet Mimms, American singer
 * 1962 – Gary Mounfield, English musician (Primal Scream)
 * 1962 – Josh Silver, American musician (Type O Negative)
 * 1964 – Diana Krall, Canadian Jazz pianist and singer
 * 1966 – Christian Lorenz, German keyboardist (Rammstein)
 * 1978 – Carolina Parra, Brazilian musician (CSS)
 * 1983 – K, South Korean singer