TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT Nov. 16, 1907

Oklahoma became the 46th state of the union.

ALSO ON THIS DATE 1776

British troops captured Fort Washington in New York during the American Revolution.

1885

Canadian rebel leader Louis Riel was executed for high treason.

1917

Georges Clemenceau again became prime minister of France.

1933

The United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations.

1939

Mob boss Al Capone, ill with syphilis, was released from prison after serving 7 1⁄2 years for tax evasion and failure to file tax returns.

1945

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization was founded at the conclusion of a conference in London.

1959

The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “The Sound of Music” opened on Broadway.

1960

Academy Award-winning actor Clark Gable died in Los Angeles at age 59.

1966

Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard was acquitted in Cleveland at his second trial of murdering his pregnant wife, Marilyn, in 1954.