Today in History
Today’s highlight:
On Nov. 16, 1914, the newly created Federal Reserve Banks opened in 12 cities.
On this date:
1776: during the British American troops Revolution. captured Fort Washington in New York 1933: diplomatic The relations. United States and the Soviet Union established Al 1939: Capone, was released Mob ill with boss from syphilis, prison after tax evasion serving and 712 failure years for to file tax returns. 1960: Academy actor Clark Awardwinning Gable died 59. in Los Angeles at age 1961: Samuel House T. Rayburn Speaker died in served Bonham, as speaker Texas, since having 1940 except for two terms. 1966: Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard was acquitted in Cleveland at his second trial of murdering his pregnant wife, Marilyn Sheppard, in 1954. 1981: Actor William Holden was found dead in his apartment in Santa Monica, California; he was 63. 1982: An agreement was announced in the 57th day of a strike by National Football League players. 2001: Investigators found a letter addressed to Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-VT., 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. 1997: China’s most prominent pro-democracy campaigner,
Wei Jingsheng, arrived in the United States after being released following nearly 18 years of imprisonment in his country. 2006: Democrats embraced Nancy Pelosi as the first woman House speaker in history, but then selected Steny Hoyer as majority leader against her wishes. Ten years ago: A U.S. government health task force suggested most women wait until age 50 to get mammograms, conflicting with the American Cancer Society’s advice to start at 40. Five years ago: President Barack Obama returned to Washington following the conclusion of the Group of 20 economic forum in Brisbane, Australia.
One year ago: A U.S. official said intelligence officials had concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had ordered the killing of journalist Jamal
Khashoggi. Ten days after the election Democrat Stacey Abrams acknowledged that Republican Brian Kemp had won Georgia’s gubernatorial race; Abrams had hoped to make history as America’s first black woman governor.