On this day: November 16

POSTED: 08:50 PM PST Nov 14, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Nov 15, 2012 

Coca-Cola patents its iconic contoured bottle, Al Capone leaves prison, Luke and Laura get married, Harry Potter makes his movie debut, and Prince William and Kate Middleton announce their engagement, all on this day.

OTD November 16 - Peanuts
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United Feature Syndicate

1952: In the "Peanuts" comic strip, Lucy first holds a football for Charlie Brown. It would be the first of an annual running gag in which Lucy pulls away the football just as Charlie Brown is about to kick it, sending him flying.

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