Born on this day – Henri Charrière:

Henri Charrière

Writer

Actor

November 16, 1906 – July 29, 1973

Credits:

Books: Papillon (1969); Banco (1973).

Movies: Papillon (2017); Papillon (1973); Popsy Pop (1971).

Born on this day – Burgess Meredith:

Burgess Meredith

Actor

Director

November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997

Born on this day – Gianni Ferrio:

Gianni Ferrio

Composer

Conductor

Music arranger

November 16, 1924 – October 21, 2013

Born on this day – Mary Linda Rapelye:

Mary Linda Rapelye

Actress

November 16, 1944 – April 5, 2021

Credits:

As the World Turns (1981–1985); Blind Ambition (1979); How William Shatner Changed the World (2005); In Cold Blood (1967); Ironside (1969); Late Night Saturday with Tim Kavanagh (2006); Marooned (1969); Medical Center (1969); One Life to Live (1979–1980); Star Trek / episode entitled: The Way to Eden, originally aired February 21 (1969); Star Trek Phase II (2006); The Proposal (2009).

On this day in movie history - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

directed and written by Steven Spielberg,

was released in the United States on November 16, 1977.

Music by John Williams.

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Bob Balaban, J. Patrick McNamara, Warren J. Kemmerling, Roberts Blossom, Philip Dodds, Cary Guffey, Shawn Bishop, Adrienne Campbell, Justin Dreyfuss, Lance Henriksen, Merrill Connally, George DiCenzo, Amy Douglass, Alexander Lockwood, Gene Dynarski, Mary Gafrey, Norman Bartold, Josef Sommer, Michael J. Dyer, Roger Ernest, Carl Weathers, F.J. O'Neil, Phil Dodds, Randy Mark Herman, Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, David Anderson, Richard L. Hawkins, Craig Shreeve, Bill Thurman, Roy E. Richards, Gene Rader, Eumenio Blanco, Daniel Nunez, Chuy Franco, Luis Contreras, James Keane, Dennis McMullen, Cy Young, Tom Howard, Richard Stuart, Bob Westmoreland, Matt Emery, Galen Thompson, John Dennis Johnston, John Ewing, Keith Atkinson, Robert Broyles, Kirk Raymond, Bennett Wayne Dean Sr., Danyi Deats, Jenny Inge Devaney. Basil Hoffman, J. Allen Hynek, Monty Jordan, Shay McLean, Dejah Moore, Carl Neal, Monty O'Grady, Julia Phillips, Murray Pollack, Stephen Powers, David Rambow, Howard K. Smith.

On this day in music history - The album Desire Walks On, by Heart (1993)

Desire Walks On

by Heart

was released on November 16, 1993.

On this day in music history - The album Heart Presents a Lovemongers' Christmas, by Heart (2004)

Heart Presents a Lovemongers' Christmas

by Heart

was released on November 16, 2004.