Years ago...

Today is Thursday, Nov. 16, the 320th day of 2006. There are 45 days left in the year. On this date in 1806, Moses Cleaveland, the land surveyor for whom the city of Cleveland is named, dies in Canterbury, Conn., at age 52.
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 1966, Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard is acquitted in his second trial of charges he'd murdered his pregnant wife, Marilyn, in 1954. In 1973, Skylab 4, carrying a crew of three astronauts, is launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on an 84-day mission.
November 16, 1981: Youngstown, Campbell and McDonald schools, three districts facing financial challenges because of steel mill closings, should realize big state funding increases as a result of the new state budget.
The Quanex Corp. of Houston announces that it has reached agreement to purchase 25 percent of Hunt Energy Co., the Salem based firm that plans to open a seamless steel pipe mill at Brier Hill.
The Cleveland Browns enjoy a flashback performance reminiscent of the Kardiac Kids in the 1980 season, scoring twice in the final minutes to beat the 49ers, 15-12, in San Francisco.
November 16, 1966: A 31-year-old ex-convict who participated in a sensational mass breakout of the Mahoning County Jail in 1959 has been identified by the victim in a recent attempted rape and by another woman who was molested a week earlier.
George Gund, top executive of Ohio's largest bank, the Cleveland Trust Co., who preferred small, inexpensive cars and once wore a widely discussed overcoat with patches, dies in the Cleveland Clinic Hospital at 78.
The Hubbard Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, informs the Hubbard Board of Education that its members will strike unless agreement on issues including pay and working conditions is reached.
November 16, 1956: Myron Burnside, 62, a guard at Commercial Stamping and Shearing Co., is killed instantly when a speeding, out-of-control car smashes into the watchman's shack at the plant entrance.
Contributions continue to pour into the local committee of the American Relief for Hungary effort, with the total nearing the 20,000 mark, says Atty. Stephen Matasy, chairman of the local fund.
A 17-year-old high school girl near Columbus was killed and 26 people were reported injured in separate hunting accidents on the opening day of the 1956 season.
November 16, 1931: Youngstown police are seeking a fiend who some time ago was released from an asylum and who attacked a 67-year-old woman with a club. Mrs. Willie Dickey is in St. Elizabeth Hospital at the point of death.
The South High and New Castle grid teams battle for 48 minutes to a scoreless tie in their fifth annual meeting. New Castle holds a two-one edge; two games were draws.
Three armed bandits stage a sensational holdup in a race track "bookie" joint over a drug store on W. State St. in Sharon and escape with 800 in cash.