TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

Nov. 25, 2016

Fidel Castro, who led his rebels to victorious revolution in 1959, embraced Sovietstyle communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half-century of rule in Cuba, died at age 90.

ON THIS DATE

1915

A new version of the Ku Klux Klan, targeting blacks, Jews, Catholics and immigrants, was founded by William Joseph Simmons.

1947

Movie studio executives meeting in New York agreed to blacklist the “Hollywood Ten” who'd been cited for contempt of Congress the day before.

1961

The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise, was commissioned.