Academic Kids:Selected anniversaries/November 16
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- 1532 - Francisco Pizarro and his men captured Incan Emperor Atahualpa and his nobles.
- 1885 - Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba", Louis Riel, was executed for high treason.
- 1981 - Luke and Laura marry on General Hospital; it is the highest-rated hour in American daytime television history.
- 2002 - The first known outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) began in the Guangdong province of China.
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