MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Today is Monday, November 16, the 320th day of 2009. There are 45 days left in the year.

1532 _ Pizarro seizes Incan emperor Atahualpa after victory at Cajamarca

1894 _ 6,000 Armenians massacred by Turks in Kurdistan

1901 _ Three autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 & 4/5 seconds

1908 _ Arturo Tuscanini begins conducting N.Y.'s Metropolitan Opera

1914 _ Federal Reserve System formally opens

1933 _ Roosevelt establishes diplomatic relations with USSR

1959 _ ``Sound of Music" opens on Broadway

1981 _ Luke marries Laura on General Hospital

1988 _ Estonia declares sovereignty in internal affairs

1990 _ Manuel Noriega claims US denied him a fair trial