Other Notable Events, November 16

In 2006, Turkey severed military ties with France over a century-old dispute involving the deaths of some 1.2 million Armenians.

In 2007, the United Nations warned global warming of 1-3 degrees Celsius would lead to a rise in sea levels that would swallow up island nations, decimate one-quarter or more of the world's species, cause famine in Africa and spark increasingly violent hurricanes.

In 2008, after nearly a year of negotiations with the United States, the Iraqi Cabinet agreed to withdrawal of U.S. combat troops by Dec. 31, 2011.

Also in 2008, at least 23 workers were feared dead after a bridge being built collapsed in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials said.

In 2009, on a four-day stop in Beijing, U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao discussed such key issues as human rights, climate change, trade, Iran and denuclearization of North Korea.

In 2010, a U.S. House committee found Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., guilty of 11 counts of ethics violations and recommended the former Ways and Means chairman be censured for misconduct, the stiffest House penalty short of expulsion.

In 2011, Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach facing 40 counts of sexually abusing young boys, admitted in an interview he had showered with boys and horsed around but maintained there was no sexual abuse.

Also In 2011, U.S. President Barack Obama repeated his promise for greater American military involvement in the Pacific in a speech to the Australian Parliament, pledging, We are here to stay.