Non-musical history for today: 1849 – A Russian court sentenced writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence was later commuted to hard labor. He was literally in the firing line to be shot when the reprieve came in. He  later described the experience he believed to be the last moments of his life in his novel The Idiot. In that story, a young man sentenced to death by firing squad was reprieved at the last moment, as recounted by the main character, Prince Myshkin, who describes the experience from the point of view of the victim and considers the philosophical and spiritual implications.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for November 16.

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