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