Shimla, Nov. 16 Keekli Bureau
2006
American economist Milton Friedman, who was a leading proponent of monetarism and won the 1976 Nobel Prize for Economics, died at age 94.
1988
Benazir Bhutto, elected prime minister of Pakistan on this day in 1988, became the first woman in modern history to lead a Muslim country, serving as prime minister from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996.
1973
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act was signed by U.S. President Richard Nixon; the pipeline—which connects the oil fields of Prudhoe Bay in northern Alaska with the harbour at Valdez—became operational four years later.
1960
Actor Clark Gable, who epitomized the American ideal of masculinity for three decades and was known as the “King of Hollywood,” died of a heart attack, days after finishing work on The Misfits (1961).
1922
Portuguese novelist José Saramago, who won the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born.
1855
British explorer David Livingstone was the first European to see Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya).
1836
Kalakaua, the last king and second-to-last monarch of Hawaii (1874–91), was born.
1776
Sint Eustatius became the first foreign government to recognize the fledgling United States.
1632
Swedish King Gustav II Adolf died during the Battle of Lützen, though his forces were victorious; his cause was skillfully directed by his chief adviser, Axel Oxenstierna.
1272
British monarch Henry III died at age 65.
42
Tiberius, the second Roman emperor and the adopted son of Augustus, was born.
