Arecibo message

November 16 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

1. 1974Arecibo message
2. 1992Hoxne Hoard
3. 1992Suffolk
4. 1997Wei Jingsheng
5. 1997China
6. 20022002–2004 SARS outbreak
7. 2004Half-Life 2
8. 2005Australia men's national soccer team
9. 2009Space Shuttle program
10. 2020El Dorado Fire
11. 2022Artemis program

Also in 1974

• September 15Air Vietnam Flight 706Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
• September 17BangladeshBangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.
• August 14Turkish invasion of CyprusTurkey launches the second phase of the invasion of Cyprus, which eventually resulted in the Turkish occupation of 37% of Cyprus.
• June 26Universal Product CodeThe Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
• May 4ManasluAn all-female Japanese team reached the summit of Manaslu in the Himalayas, becoming the first women to climb a peak higher than 8,000 me…
• June 1Henry HeimlichIn an informal article in a medical journal, Henry Heimlich introduced the concept of abdominal thrusts, commonly known as the Heimlich m…
• November 21Birmingham pub bombingsBombs exploded in two pubs in central Birmingham, England, killing 21 people and leading to the imprisonment of six people who were later…
• May 18Smiling BuddhaIndia conducted its first nuclear test explosion at Pokhran, the first confirmed nuclear test by a nation outside the five permanent memb…

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Sources

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