{"id":29769,"date":"2016-11-16T08:48:58","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T14:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=29769"},"modified":"2016-11-16T08:49:41","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T14:49:41","slug":"today-in-history-292","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=29769","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Today in History: Wednesday, November\u00a0 16, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Nov. 16, 1864, Union Gen. William T. Sherman and his troops began their “March to the Sea” during the Civil War.
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1907<\/td>\nOklahoma became the 46th state.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1933<\/td>\nThe United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1959<\/td>\nThe Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “The Sound of Music” opened on Broadway.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1961<\/td>\nHouse Speaker Sam Rayburn, D-Texas, died at age 79.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1966<\/td>\nDr. Samuel H. Sheppard was acquitted in his second trial on charges of murdering his pregnant wife, Marilyn, in 1954.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1973<\/td>\nSkylab 4, with three astronauts on board, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on an 84-day mission.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1973<\/td>\nPresident Richard M. Nixon signed the Alaska Pipeline measure into law.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1982<\/td>\nAn agreement was announced in the 57th day of a strike by National Football League players.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>\nEstonia’s parliament declared the Baltic republic sovereign.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\nAttorney General Janet Reno disclosed that she had Parkinson’s disease.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nCongress passed a law mandating that airport screeners be federal employees.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nPresident George W. Bush picked National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice to be secretary of state, succeeding Colin Powell.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nU.S. Rep. Charles Rangel was convicted on 11 of 13 charges related to financial misconduct, prompting fellow lawmakers to censure the 80-year-old New York Democrat.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nThe engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton was announced in London.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nPresident Barack Obama presented the Medal of Honor to Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, the first living service member from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars to receive the nation’s top military award.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Actress Martha Plimpton (“Raising Hope”) turns 46 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Elizabeth Drew<\/td>\nJournalist<\/td>\n81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Leisure<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marg Helgenberger<\/td>\nActress (“C.S.I.”)<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diana Krall<\/td>\nJazz singer<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lisa Bonet<\/td>\nActress (“The Cosby Show”)<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Missi Pyle<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maggie Gyllenhaal<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amar’e Stoudemire<\/td>\nBasketball player<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Atlanta Falcons defensive end Osi Umenyiora turns 36 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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