THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023

1676 — First colonial prison organized, Nantucket, Massachusetts

1864 — Union Gen William T Sherman begins march to the sea during Civil War

1894 — 6,000 Armenians massacred by Turks in Kurdistan

1907 — Oklahoma becomes 46th state

1914 — Federal Reserve System formally opens

1918 — Hungarian People's Republic declared

1933 — Roosevelt establishes diplomatic relations with USSR

1959 — "Sound of Music" opens on Broadway

1973 — President Nixon authorizes construction of the Alaskan pipeline

1984 — Houston blocks 20 Denver shots tying NBA regulation game record

1988 — Benazir Bhutto wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years

1988 — Estonia declares sovereignty in internal affairs

1989 — 6 Jesuit priests are killed by El Salvadorian troops