Today is Friday, November 11, the 316th day of 2016. There are 50 days left in the year.
1647 — Massachusetts passes first U.S. compulsory school attendance law
1648 — Dutch & French agree to divide St Maarten, Leeward Islands
1714 — A highway in the Bronx is laid out, later renamed East 233rd Street
1778 — Iroquois Indians in NY kill 40 in Cherry Valley Massacre
1790 — Chrysanthemums are introduced into England from China
1811 — Cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain
1860 — First Jewish wedding in Buenos Aires Argentina
1862 — The opera “La Forza De Destino” is produced (St Petersburg Russia)
1864 — Sherman’s troops destroy Rome, Georgia