- 1957] The streak ends: Dick Lynch scampers around right end for a touchdown, ending Oklahoma's streak of 47 consecutive wins. Notre Dame beats the #1 ranked Sooners 7-0 in Norman (OK)...
- 1959] The birth of The Pats: William "Billy" Sullivan Jr. and a group of Boston businessmen is awarded the 8th and final franchise in the American Football League (AFL). The Boston Patriots are born...
- 1960] "Happy Trails": Clark Gable dies of a heart attack at 59...1961] House speaker Sam Rayburn is the victim of cancer at 79...
- 1966] Dr. Sam is free: Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard is acquitted in his second trial on charges of murdering his pregnant wife in 1954...
- 1973] Put this in your pipe and smoke it: President Richard M. Nixon signs the Alaska Pipeline measure into law...
- 1981] Wedding Bells: Luke marries Laura on "General Hospital" before a TV audience of 16 million viewers...1987] Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet rock down the aisle. They separate in 1990 and divorce in 1993...
- 1982] Over and out: An agreement is announced in the 57th day of a strike by the NFL players...
- 1995] Diseased: Attorney General Janet Reno discloses that she has Parkinson's disease...
- 2001] A federal case: Congress passes an aviation security bill mandating that airport screeners be federal employees...
- 2004] Rice is nice: National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice is picked as the new secretary of state. She succeeds Colin Powell...For more on November 16:
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