1934

Tulsa is on U.S. 75, one of the five superhighways proposed by Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes. That highway would stretch from the Canadian to the Mexican border. Tulsa also was on a connecting highway, No. 66, that would link to St. Louis, Mo.

1941

With World War II not yet a year old for the United States, coffee rationing had begun and gasoline rationing would start Dec. 1. J.W. "Jack" Bates, chairman of the Tulsa County Rationing Board, explained that stamp No. 27 in every adult's ration book would be valid for one pound of coffee that must last until Jan. 3, which was about one cup a day.

1994

Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who strangled and dismembered 17 boys and men and cannibalized some of them, was murdered in a Wisconsin prison by a fellow inmate. Dahmer had been sentenced to 16 life prison terms for slayings in Ohio and Wisconsin.

2001

Enron Corp., once the world's largest energy trader, collapsed after would-be rescuer Dynegy Inc. backed out of an $8.4 billion deal to take it over. Investors went on a record one-day rush to unload shares -- 339 million of them -- that sent Enron stock down 85 percent. By the end of the trading day, one Enron share was worth 61 cents, less than a sixth of the price of a hot dog at Enron Field in Houston.

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