On this day in History - November 16

1860 – Fisgard Lighthouse shines its first light, becoming the first permanent lighthouse in what is now British Columbia.

1885 – Métis leader and Manitoba founder Louis Riel is executed for treason.

1920 – Qantas is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.

1938 – Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann first synthesizes LSD at Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.

1990 – Pop duo Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award after it emerges that other singers provided the vocals on their album.

2022 – NASA launches Artemis I, the first flight of its Space Launch System rocket, sending an uncrewed Orion spacecraft toward the Moon.