November 16 in history: • 1776 – American Revolutionary War: A Dutch fort on Sint Eustatius fired The First Salute to an American brig (pictured), marking the first international recognition of the American flag. → go there • 1885 – After a five-day trial following the North-West Rebellion, Louis Riel, a Canadian Métis leader and "Father of Manitoba", was hanged for high treason. → go there • 1938 – Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann first synthesized the psychedelic drug LSD in Basel, Switzerland. → go there • 1967 – Aeroflot Flight 2230 crashed after takeoff from Koltsovo Airport, Russia, killing all 107 people aboard. → go there • 1981 – 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. → go there Died 1005: Ælfric of Abingdon Wiki link Born 1720: Charles-Antoine Campion Wiki link Died 1960: Clark Gable Wiki link Born 2000: Hannah Hampton Wiki link Pictured: ''Andrew Doria''.