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November 16

1532. Spanish Conquistadors capture the Inca Emperor Atahualpa. He will be the last of the Inca Emperors.

1914. The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.

1938. LSD is first synthesized by a Swiss chemist, as part of a program seeking treatments for migraines, Parkinson's Syndrome and other disorders.

1940. The Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world. Hundreds of thousands will die from disease and starvation, or being shipped to Nazi death camps, before all is said and done.

1945. The US Army secretly admits 88 German scientists and engineers to help in the development of rocket technology. Later, more will be added, including Wernher von Braun, one of the most influential and important rocket scientists of the 20th century, even though he was a member of the Nazi party and an SS officer.