Today is Sunday, November 16, the 320th day of the year 2025. There are 45 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On November 16, 1988, Benazir Bhutto was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, the first woman elected as head of a predominantly Muslim country.
Also on this date:
In 1907, Oklahoma became the 46th state in the Union.
In 1914, newly created Federal Reserve Banks opened in 12 cities.
In 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of an 800-mile (1,290-kilometer) oil pipeline from Alaska’s North Slope to the port city of Valdez.
In 1982, an agreement was announced during the 57th day of the National Football League players’ strike.
In 1989, six Jesuit priests, a housekeeper and her daughter were killed by Salvadoran army troops at the José Simeón Cañas University of Central America in San Salvador, the capital.
In 2001, investigators found a letter addressed to Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont containing anthrax; it was the second letter carrying the deadly germ known to have been sent to the Capitol.
In 2001, the first film in the Harry Potter series, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” (US title: “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”), debuted in cinemas around the world.
In 2006, after the midterm elections that saw Democrats take control of the United States House of Representatives, Representative Nancy Pelosi of California was nominated by the Democratic caucus to become Speaker of the House. (Pelosi would officially become Speaker by vote of the House the following January, the first woman to hold the position.)
In 2018, a U.S. official said intelligence agencies concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the October killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
In 2022, NASA resumes lunar exploration 50 years after the end of the legendary Apollo program, propelling the uncrewed Orion space capsule above the Kennedy Space Center for a 25-day mission to orbit the Moon.
Today’s birthdays:
- Actor Miguel Sandoval is 74 years old.
- Video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto is 73 years old.
- NASCAR Hall of Famer Terry Labonte is 69 years old.
- Actress Marg Helgenberger is 67 years old.
- Former MLB All-Star pitcher Dwight Gooden is 61 years old.
- Jazz singer Diana Krall is 61 years old.
- Actress Lisa Bonet is 58 years old.
- Actress Martha Plimpton is 55 years old.
- Olympic gold medalist in figure skating Oksana Baiul (ahk-SAH’-nah by-OOL’) is 48 years old.
- Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal (JIHL’-ehn-hahl) is 48 years old.
- Actor-comedian Pete Davidson is 32 years old.
