TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 16, the 320th day of 2022. There are 45 days left in the year.

ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY

On Nov. 16, 1914, the newly created Federal Reserve Banks opened in 12 cities.

1960 — Academy Award-winning actor Clark Gable died in Los Angeles at age 59.

1961 — House Speaker Samuel T. Rayburn died in Bonham, Texas, having served as speaker since 1940 except for two terms.

2018 — A US official said intelligence officials had concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

2020 — President-elect Joe Biden warned of dire consequences if President Donald Trump and his administration continued to refuse to coordinate with his transition team on the Coronavirus pandemic and kept blocking briefings on national security policy issues and vaccine plans; Biden told reporters, “More people may die if we don’t coordinate.”

Ten years ago — Former CIA Director David Petraeus told Congress that classified intelligence showed the Sept. 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed US Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans was a terrorist attack, but that the Obama administration withheld the suspected role of al-Qaida affiliates to avoid tipping them off.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Journalist Elizabeth Drew is 87. Actor Steve Railsback is 77. Actor Marg Helgenberger is 64. Former MLB All-Star pitcher Dwight Gooden is 58. Jazz singer Diana Krall is 58. Actor Lisa Bonet is 55. Actor Tammy Lauren is 54. Actor Martha Plimpton is 52. Actor Missi Pyle is 50. Olympic gold medal figure skater Oksana Baiul is 45. Actor Maggie Gyllenhaal is 45. Former NBA player Amare Stoudemire is 40.