Blues musician W.C. Clark is 68.

Actor David Leisure is 57.

Former tennis player Zina Garrison is 44.

Former baseball player Dwight Gooden is 43.

Jazz singer Diana Krall is 43.

Actress Lisa Bonet is 40.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Bryan Abrams (Color Me Badd) is 38.

Actress Martha Plimpton is 37.

Olympic gold medal figure skater Oksana Baiul is 30.

Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal (inset) is 30.

On Nov. 16, 1959, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music" opened on Broadway.

In 1966, Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard was acquitted in his second trial of charges he'd murdered his pregnant wife, Marilyn, in 1954.

In 1973, President Nixon signed the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act.

In 1982, an agreement was announced in the 57th day of a strike by National Football League players.

In 2006, Democrats embraced Nancy Pelosi as the first female House speaker in history, but then selected Steny Hoyer as majority leader against her wishes.