On This Day: November 16

11 verified moments happened on November 16. Here they are in the order they actually happened — the same kind of puzzle you solve in Whensly every day.

1. 1940🤝 Cornell scores on an illegal fifth down to beat Dartmouth, then voluntarily forfeits the game once the film confirms the error.College Football · Source: Wikipedia, 'Fifth Down Game (1940)' (Nov 16 1940)
2. 1957Notre Dame ends Oklahoma's record 47-game winning streak with a 7-0 upsetSports · Source: Notre Dame fightingirish.com / ESPN / 125.nd.edu: Notre Dame 7-0 ends OU 47-game streak, Nov 16, 1957
3. 1957🛑 Notre Dame shuts out No. 2 Oklahoma 7-0 in Norman, ending the Sooners' NCAA-record 47-game winning streak.College Football · Source: Wikipedia, '1957 Oklahoma Sooners football team'; '1957 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team' (Nov 16 1957)
4. 1959⛰️ The Sound of Music opens at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, the final Rodgers and Hammerstein show about the singing Trapp family.Music · Source: Wikipedia, 'The Sound of Music' (Nov 16 1959)
5. 1990🏠 Home Alone opens, leaving young Kevin McCallister to booby-trap his house against two bumbling burglars at Christmas.Movies · Source: Wikipedia, US release (Nov 16 1990)
6. 1991➡️ Florida State's Gerry Thomas misses wide right from 34 yards and No. 2 Miami survives the top-ranked Seminoles 17-16.College Football · Source: Wikipedia, 'Wide Right I' (Nov 16 1991)
7. 1997Jeff Gordon clinches his second NASCAR championship at Atlanta's NAPA 500, winning both the race and the title.Stock Car Racing · Source: Wikipedia, "1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season"; NASCAR.com
8. 2001🧙 The first Harry Potter film opens in theaters, launching a global wizarding franchise.Movies · Source: Wikipedia, 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)' US release (Nov 16 2001)
9. 2008Jimmie Johnson wins his third consecutive championship at Homestead, the longest streak since Cale Yarborough.Stock Car Racing · Source: Wikipedia, "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season"
10. 2013🙏 Nick Marshall's deflected 73-yard touchdown pass to Ricardo Louis on fourth down beats Georgia 43-38 in the Prayer at Jordan-Hare.College Football · Source: Wikipedia, 'Prayer at Jordan–Hare' (Nov 16 2013)
11. 2014Kevin Harvick wins the first winner-take-all elimination championship at HomesteadStock Car Racing · Source: Wikipedia, “Kevin Harvick”; NASCAR.com (Nov 16, 2014)