Today is Saturday, Nov. 16, the 320th day of 2002. There are 45 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Saturday, Nov. 16, the 320th day of 2002. There are 45 days left in the year. On this date in 1864, Union Gen. William T. Sherman and his troops begin their "March to the Sea" during the Civil War.
In 1776, British troops capture Fort Washington during the American Revolution. In 1885, Canadian rebel Louis Riel is executed for high treason. In 1907, Oklahoma becomes the 46th state of the union. In 1933, the United States and the Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations. In 1959, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music" opens on Broadway. In 1961, House Speaker Samuel T. Rayburn dies in Bonham, Texas, having served as speaker since 1940 except for two terms. In 1973, President Nixon signs the Alaska Pipeline measure into law.
November 16, 1977: Snow and ice control on Mahoning County roads will be curtailed in the evening and on weekends, Engineer Michael Fitas says, in an effort to cut expenses.
A Public Review Board of the United Auto Workers Internationals Union throws out the election of Marlin "Whitey" Ford as president of Local 1112 at Lordstown and orders that a new election be held.
Youngstown's only natural foods restaurant, The Vivarian, opens at 755 Wick Ave., offering menu items such as whole wheat spaghetti and a host of unusual salads. There's no coffee, but several kinds of tea. A sign asks diners to "Please Refrain from Smoking."
November 16, 1962: The Boardman Board of Zoning Appeals decides that Boardman will have a private swimming club pool after an estimated 400 persons cram an auditorium in West Blvd. Elementary School to hear opposing views. The board rules that building a pool at West Blvd. and Boardman-Canfield Road would be a permissible use of the residential land.
Seven Youngstown Paint and Glass Co. workers drop a $750 plate glass display window that was to replace a cracked one on the W. Federal St. side of the Strouss-Hirshberg Co. C.R. Fitch, vice president of the firm, says the men could not explain how they lost control of the 440-pound sheet of glass that shattered on the sidewalk, alarming passersby.
A special police squad is established in Columbus to enforce the city's Sunday closing law.
November 16, 1952: Bishop James A. McFadden, first bishop of the Youngstown Catholic Diocese, is in grave condition in St. Elizabeth Hospital with complications resulting from a respiratory infection and has been given the last rites of the church.
More than two-score of nationally known figures in business, banking, transportation, politics and military affairs, including Ohio Gov. Frank J. Lausche, will be attending the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce annual dinner at the Hotel Pick-Ohio.
David J. McDonald, Phillip Murray's right-hand man for 30 years, takes over as head of the United Steelworkers of America, CIO.
Struthers Patrolman Raymond Darwich, 31, is critically injured when struck by a car while directing traffic at the scene of an accident in front of the Shopping Plaza on Youngstown-Poland Road.
November 16, 1927: State officials vow that there will be no shortage of auto license tags for 1928 and are having 1.4 million auto tags and 200,000 truck tags produced.
Two men are in a hospital in Warren and a man and a woman are in serious condition at their homes with ptomaine poisoning believed to have been caused by eating chicken sandwiches procured from vending machines at three different Warren plants. The machines dispense sandwiches, pie and candy at 10 cents each.
Federal agents arrest two Ohio State University students on charges of bootlegging and vow that additional arrests will be made in an effort to rid the university area of liquor.