sourceToday is Thursday, Nov. 16, the 320th day of 2006. There are 45 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
Two hundred years ago, on Nov. 16, 1806, Moses Cleaveland, the land surveyor for whom the city of Cleveland is named, died in Canterbury, Conn., at age 52.
On this date:
In 1776, British troops captured Fort Washington during the American Revolution.
In 1885, Canadian rebel Louis Riel was executed for high treason.
In 1907, Oklahoma became the 46th state of the union.
In 1933, the United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations.
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