Event:
Chocolate manufacturers state that a cocoa-pod fungus and dry weather in cocoa-growing regions has created a shortage of cocoa that may increase in the future; world chocolate demand already exceeds production capacity
More Notable Events on November 16:
1973 President Nixon authorizes construction of Alaskan pipeline
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1933 Roosevelt establishes diplomatic relations with U.S.S.R.
1907 Oklahoma becomes 46th state