On November 16:
1384 Jadwiga was crowned King of Poland, although she was a woman.
1532 Francisco Pizarro and his men captured Inca Emperor Atahualpa.
1840 New Zealand officially became a British colony.
1896 Joan Lindsay, Australian author (Picnic at Hanging Rock), was born.
1914 The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opened.
1938 LSD was first synthesized by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.
1940 the Nazis closed off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
The wall of ghetto in Warsaw, being constructed by German order in August 1940.
1945 UNESCO was founded.
1953 Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian, writer and actor, was born.
1973 Brendan Laney, New Zealand born Scottish rugby player, was born.
Sourced from NZ History Online & Wikipedia.
