On This Day (November 16)

[MSFixR]

1384 – Though she was only a ten-year old girl, Jadwiga (pictured) was crowned "King of Poland".

1532 – Sapa Inca Atahualpa was captured by Conquistador Francisco Pizarro at the Battle of Cajamarca in Cajamarca, Peru.
1632 - King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden died (killed in battle) (b. 1594)
1776 - American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States, the first country in the world to do so (This is a controversial statement, because other sources say that the Kingdom of Morocco was the first to extend diplomatic recognition to the new United States).
1873 - W. C. Handy, American composer born. (d. 1958)
1885 – After a five-day trial following the North-West Rebellion, Louis Riel, Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba", was executed by hanging for high treason.
1896 - Lawrence Tibbett, American singer born. (d. 1960)
1896 - First transmission of electricity between a power plant and a city was sent from the Niagara Falls hydroelectric plant to industries in Buffalo, New York.
1904 - John Ambrose Fleming invents the vacuum tube.
1932 - New York City's Palace Theatre fully coverted to a cinema, which is considered the final death knell of vaudeville as a popular entertainment in the United States.
1957 - Serial killer Edward Gein murders his last victim, Bernice Worden.
1960 - Clark Gable, American actor died. (b. 1901)
1979 – The first line of Bucharest Metro, the M1 Line, opened from Timpuri Noi to Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania.
2002 – The first case of the respiratory disease Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) was recorded in Guangdong, China.

[Ophelia]

I shall name my next child Guangdong or Jadwiga.

[Ophelia]

or both - Jadwiga Guangdong or Guangdong Jadwiga. or maybe Handy Tibbit.

I've reserved the name Dengue [Fever] for my daughter. The Bends for my son.

[Mónica]

Awesome.

Thankx for the list, FixR!