DAILY ALMANAC
Today is Monday, Nov. 16, the 321st day of 2020. There are 45 days left in the year.
On this date in:
1776: British troops captured Fort Washington in New York during the American Revolution.
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.
1960: Academy Award-winning actor Clark Gable died in Los Angeles at age 59.
1970: The Lockheed L-1011 Tristar jetliner went on its first test flight, from Palmdale, Calif.
1982: An agreement was announced in the 57th day of a strike by National
Football League players.
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 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.
2006: Democrats embraced Nancy Pelosi as the first female House speaker in history, but then selected Steny Hoyer as majority leader against her wishes.
2017: Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken became the first member of
Congress to be caught up in a wave of allegations of sexual abuse and inappropriate behavior, after a Los Angeles radio anchor accused him of forcibly kissing her and groping her during a 2006 USO tour. (Franken eventually resigned from the Senate.)
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. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to immediately return the White House press credentials of CNN reporter Jim Acosta.
Actor Clu Gulager (film’s “The Last Picture Show,” TV’S “The Virginian”) is 92. Actor Joanna Pettet (“Knots Landing”) is 78. Actor Steve Railsback is 75. Actor David Leisure (“Empty Nest”) is 70. Actor Miguel Sandoval (“Medium”) is 69. Actor Marg Helgenberger (“CSI”) is 62. Drummer Mani of Stone Roses is 58. Country singer-guitarist Keith Burns of Trick Pony is 57. Jazz singer Diana Krall is 56. Actor
Harry Lennix (“The Blacklist”) is 56. Guitarist
Dave Kushner of Velvet Revolver is 54. Actor Lisa Bonet is 53. Actor Tammy Lauren (“Wanda at Large,” “Martial Law”) is 52. Singer Bryan Abrams of Color Me Badd is 51. Actor Martha Plimpton is 50. Actor Missi Pyle (“Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay”) is 48. Actor Maggie Gyllenhaal is 43. Singer Trevor Penick (OTown) is 41. Singer Siva Kaneswaran of The Wanted is 32. Comedian Pete Davidson (“Saturday Night Live”) is 27.