16 November 2025
► ON 16 NOVEMBER
1920 – In Winton, Queensland, Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd (now QANTAS) was registered with a nominal capital of £100,000. Two wartime aviators, Hudson Fysh and Paul McGinniss and a grazier, Fergus McMaster, were the organisers.
1934 – In Tasmania, the visiting Duke of Gloucester travelled by train from Hobart to Launceston, stopping to visit the townships of Colebrook, Parattah, Ross, Campbell Town, Clarendon and Evandale along the way.
1965 – The Soviet Union launched the Venera 3 space probe to Venus. Venera 3 was comprised of a fly-by craft, which also served as a radio relay for an entry probe which detached and parachuted to the surface. This was the first human-made craft to reach the surface of another planet.
1972 – In Alice Springs, Northern Territory, a hijacker who had commandeered an airliner with 34 passengers aboard over Central Australia, died from a gunshot wound received whilst trying to escape in a light plane.
1974 – The Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico sent an interstellar radio message towards the M 13 Great Globular star Cluster. The message is due to arrive around the year 27,000.
1982 – The space shuttle Columbia completed its first operational flight
► DIED THIS DAY…..
2009 – Truro, Cornwall, England – Edward Woodward, stage and screen actor and singer, famed for his title role in the 1967 British television spy drama Callan; also for the title role of the 1980 Australian movie Breaker Morant. He was aged 79.
Today’s photo – Lake Meadowbank, an impoundment on the Derwent River, in the middle reaches of the Derwent Valley.
Today’s Playlist (V S):
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED |
| Bohemian Rogue – Trouble in Paradise | 2025 | 06:06 | 1 | 7/11/2025 |
| Charting this day 1976 Cliff Richard – Devil Woman | 1976 | 06:12 | 4 | 31/8/2018 |
| Charting this day 1976 Elton John & Kiki Dee – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart | 1976 | 06:15 | 9 | 31/8/2025 |
| Mike Kinnebrew – Daring You To Fall In Love With Me | 2025 | 06:21 | 0 | |
| Warren Kearney – Under The Bridge | 2025 | 06:24 | 2 | 2/11/2025 |
| For a Listener: Bobby Darin – Mack The Knife | 06:28 | 3 | 21/9/2025 | |
| Mrs Mills – Doin’ The Lambeth Walk | 06:33 | 1 | 31/9/2019 | |
| Dolli & Andy Martin – Some Things Never Change | 2025 | 06:38 | 0 | |
| Rosalind Clare – Back To Galloway | 2025 | 06:41 | 1 | 19/10/2025 |
| Allan Caswell – When Scotty Was Still In His Prime | 2025 | 06:46 | 1 | 7/11/2025 |
| Vintage Vinyl Four Preps – 26 Miles | 1958 | 06:50 | 4 | 10/7/2016 |
| Hermans Hermits – The Story Of My Life | 06:54 | 0 | ||
| Bee Gees – Children Of The World | 06:56 | 0 | ||
| Larissa Tormey – Larissa & Coco | 2025 | 07:05 | 2 | 2/11/2025 |
| Charting this day 1976 ABBA – Money Money Money | 1976 | 07:11 | 11 | 26/4/2020 |
| Charting this day 1976 Skyhooks – Everybody’s Wearing Blue Jeans | 1974 | 07:14 | 17 | 9/11/2025 |
| For A Listener: Johnny O’Keefe – Shout | 07:18 | 5 | 10/3/2024 | |
| Irish Rovers – Puff the Magic Dragon | 07:23 | 0 | ||
| For a Listener: Brendan O’Dowda – Andy MacElroe | 07:26 | 0 | ||
| Leroy Anderson Orchestra – The Syncopated Clock | 07:32 | 5 | 30/7/2021 | |
| Edward Woodward – Smile | 07:35 | 2 | 19/5/2024 | |
| Vintage Vinyl Jo Stafford – Autumn In New York | 1950 | 07:40 | 4 | 9/8/2019 |
| Matt Monro – Yesterday | 07:42 | 3 | 1/12/2023 | |
| For a Listener: Bobby Goldsboro – Molly | 1963 | 07:46 | 6 | 2/11/2025 |
| Phoebe Hutchison – It’s The Simple Things In Life | 2025 | 07:50 | 0 | |
| Kane Vincent – Crazy Love | 2025 | 07:54 | 0 | |
| Seekers (Julie Anthony lead) – Georgy Girl | 1989 | 08:05 | 2 | 21/7/2023 |
| Charting this day 1976 Pussycat – Mississippi | 1976 | 08:10 | 41 | 14/11/2025 |
| Charting this day 1976 David Dundas – Jeans On | 1976 | 08:15 | 4 | 9/11/2018 |
| Lene Lie – You Promised Me Roses | 2025 | 08:22 | 5 | 23/8/2024 |
| Bobby Darin – Eighteen Yellow Roses | 1963 | 08:24 | 2 | 8/1/2021 |
| Jim Reeves – Am I Losing You | 1960 | 08:29 | 3 | 18/9/2020 |
| Lawrence Welk Orchestra – Java | 08:33 | 1 | 19/4/2024 | |
| Louise Morrissey – Tipperary So Rare | 2025 | 08:35 | 0 | |
| Peter Weekers – El Condor Pasa | 2025 | 08:38 | 2 | 7/11/2025 |
| Vintage Vinyl Bobby Helms – My Special Angel | 1957 | 08:43 | 7 | 15/8/2025 |
| Mary Duff – Rose Garden | 08:46 | 2 | 27/11/2016 | |
| Mexicans – Mexican Shuffle | 2024 | 08:52 | 3 | 23/6/2013 |