TODAY IN HISTORY

1914

The newly created Federal Reserve Banks opened in 12 cities.

1907

Oklahoma became the 46th state of the union.

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.

1982

An agreement was announced in the 57th day of a strike by National Football League players.

1989

Six Jesuit priests, a housekeeper and her daughter were slain by army troops at the University of Central America Jose Simeon Canas in El Salvador.

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.