FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2007

Today is Friday, November 16, the 320th day of 2007. There are 45 days left in the year.

1798 _ Kentucky becomes the first U.S. state to nullify an act of Congress

1894 _ 6,000 Armenians massacred by Turks in Kurdistan

1914 _ The Federal Reserve System formally opens

1918 _ The Hungarian People's Republic declared

1950 _ The U.N. gets U.S. government approval to issue postage stamps

1959 _ ``Sound of Music" opens on Broadway

1973 _ President Nixon authorizes construction of the Alaskan pipeline

1988 _ Benazir Bhutto wins first free Pakistani elections in 11 years

1988 _ Estonia declares sovereignty in internal affairs

1989 _ Six Jesuit priests killed by El Salvadorian troops

1990 _ Manuel Noriega claims the U.S. denied him a fair trial