1. In 1855, the Rogue River Wars came to a decisive end with the battle of Hungry Hill. A combined force of U.S. Army soldiers and Oregon volunteers defeated a coalition of Native American tribes who had been fighting against white settlement of their land. This battle marked the end of armed conflict in the Rogue River Valley.

2. In 1922, the first radio broadcast from Oregon State University aired on station KFDJ in Corvallis. The program was a speech by university president William Jasper Kerr and marked the beginning of OSU's long relationship with broadcasting.

3. On November 16, 1937, Oregon governor Charles Martin signed the state's first law to regulate employer-employee relationships. The Oregon Employment Relations Act established collective bargaining rights for workers and was seen as a landmark in labor law.

4. In 1978, the Oregon State Board of Higher Education voted to rename Oregon State University's sports teams from the Beavers to the Bells. The controversial decision was met with widespread criticism and protests, and the name change was ultimately abandoned.

5. On November 16, 2018, a wildfire broke out in the town of Paradise, California, killing 85 people and causing widespread destruction. Many Oregon firefighters were among the thousands who responded to the disaster, providing assistance and support to their California colleagues.