Timeline November 2016

Events in November 2016 11

• 1926 – 2016 Fidel Castro (1926-2016) Died 25 November 2016, aged 90 Castro led Cuba as Prime Minister and later President for nearly five decades after leading the 1959 revolution that overthrew Fulgencio Batista. He established a one-party communist state that survived a U.S. trade embargo and decades of Cold War hostility. He formally transferred power to his brother Raul in 2008 but remained a symbolic figure until his death.
• 1928 – 2016 William Trevor (1928-2016) Died 20 November 2016, aged 88 Trevor was an Irish writer regarded as one of the leading short story writers in the English language. He won the Whitbread Prize three times and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times. His work often depicted quiet lives in provincial Ireland and England.
• 1934 – 2016 Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) Died 7 November 2016, aged 82 Cohen was a Canadian singer-songwriter and poet known for songs including "Hallelujah" and "Suzanne." His work blended poetry, spirituality, and melancholy across a five-decade recording career. He released his final album, You Want It Darker, weeks before his death.
• 1938 – 2016 Janet Reno (1938-2016) Died 7 November 2016, aged 78 Reno served as U.S. Attorney General from 1993 to 2001, the first woman to hold the position and the longest-serving Attorney General in the 20th century. Her tenure included the Waco siege and the Elian Gonzalez custody case. She later lived with Parkinson's disease.
• 2016 Smoky Mountain Wildfire Relief After devastating wildfires struck the Great Smoky Mountains near Dollywood, pledged $1,000 per month for six months to every family who lost their home. Her My People Fund ultimately raised over $12 million for wildfire victims.
• 2016 Chicago Cubs Win World Series Team ends 108-year championship drought The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians in a seven-game World Series, winning their first championship since 1908. Game 7 went to extra innings after a rain delay. The victory ended the longest championship drought in major North American professional sports.
• 2016 – present Web Summit Lisbon Global Tech Event One of the world’s largest technology conferences, which moved permanently to Lisbon in 2016.
• 2016 Donald Trump elected 45th US President shocks the world Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the US presidential election on November 8, 2016, in one of the most surprising election results in modern history.
• 2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them #4 film of 2016 — $814m worldwide Directed by David Yates. Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York with a suitcase full of magical creatures.
• 2016 Bruce Springsteen receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom From Barack Obama Awarded the highest US civilian honour.
• 2016 Colombia-FARC Peace Agreement Signed Revised accord ends 52-year conflict The Colombian government and the FARC guerrilla group signed a revised peace accord in Bogota, ending more than five decades of armed conflict. An earlier version of the deal had been narrowly rejected in a national referendum weeks before. The Colombian Congress ratified the revised agreement in late November.