On this day, Nov. 16
1907 Oklahoma became the 46th state of the union.
1914 The newly created Federal Reserve Banks opened in 12 cities.
1933 The United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations.
1982 An agreement was announced in the 57th day of a strike by National Football League players.
1989 Six Jesuit priests, a housekeeper and her daughter were slain by army troops at the University of Central America Jose Simeon Canas in El Salvador.
1991 Former Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards won a landslide victory in his bid to return to office, defeating State Rep. David Duke, a former Ku Klux Klan leader.
2001 Investigators found a letter addressed to Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont containing anthrax; it was the second letter bearing the deadly germ known to have been sent to Capitol Hill.
2004 President George W. Bush picked National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice to be his new secretary of state, succeeding Colin Powell.
2006 Democrats embraced Nancy Pelosi as the first female House speaker in history, but then selected Steny Hoyer as majority leader against her wishes.
2018 A U.S. official said intelligence officials had concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Today’s birthdays: Journalist Elizabeth Drew, 87. Blues musician W.C. Clark, 83. Actor Joanna Pettet, 80. Actor Steve Railsback, 77. Actor David Leisure, 72. Actor Miguel Sandoval, 71. Actor Marg Helgenberger, 64. Rock musician Mani, 60. Former pro tennis player Zina Garrison, 59. Former MLB All-Star pitcher Dwight Gooden, 58. Jazz singer Diana Krall, 58. Actor Harry Lennix, 58. Rock musician Dave Kushner (Velvet Revolver), 56. Actor Lisa Bonet, 55. Actor Tammy Lauren, 54. Actor Martha Plimpton, 52. Actor Michael Irby, 50. Actor Missi Pyle, 50. Rock musician Corey McCormick (Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real), 46. Olympic gold medal figure skater Oksana Baiul, 45. Actor Maggie Gyllenhaal, 45. Pop singer Trevor Penick, 43. Former NBA player Amare Stoudemire, 40. Actor Kimberly J. Brown is 38. Rock singer Siva Kaneswaran (The Wanted), 34. Actor-comedian Pete Davidson, 29. Actor Casey Moss, 29. Actor Noah Gray-Cabey, 27.