| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1. | 1849 | A Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor. | The Appleseed Cast | Sentence | Low Level Owl: Vol 1 |
2. | 1885 | Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba", Louis Riel is executed for treason. | Caribou (Formerly Manitoba) | Dorian Benediction | The Free Design Redesigned: the Remix |
3. | 1907 | Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory become Oklahoma and are admitted as the 46th U.S. stat | Yo La Tengo | Oklahoma USA | Fakebook |
4. | 1938 | LSD is first synthesized by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland. | Fabio | Lindo Sonho Delirante (LSD) | Brazilian 60s Nuggets |
5. | 1989 | UNESCO adopts the Seville Statement on Violence at the twenty-fifth session of its General Conference. | New Order | Ultraviolence | Power, Corruption & Lies |
6. | 1997 | After nearly 18 years of incarceration, the People's Republic of China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons. | The Blow | The Democracy of Small Things | K Records: Invisible Shield |
(Historical facts about November 16 are from Wikipedia.)
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