Okla-homey
11/16/2010, 07:08 AM
November 16, 1907: Oklahoma enters the Union
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103 years ago today, Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory collectively enter the United States as Oklahoma, the 46th state.
In 1907, Congress decided to admit Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory into the Union as a single state, with all Indians in the state becoming U.S. citizens. Representatives of the two territories drafted a constitution, and on September 17, 1907, it was approved by voters of the two territories.
On November 16, Oklahoma was welcomed into the United States by President Theodore Roosevelt.
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In the history of Oklahoma sports, a sad day:
53 years ago, on this day in 1957, Notre Dame beat Oklahoma 7-0, ending the Sooners’ 47-game, 1,512-day college football winning streak. The game also marked the first time in more than 120 games that Oklahoma didn’t score a single point.
Coach Bud Wilkinson's Sooners still hold the NCAA record for the most consecutive wins by a major college football team. In fact, since World War I only four Division I teams have won more than 30 games in a row: Toledo won 35 from 1969-1971, the University of Miami won 34 from 2000-2002, and Wilkinson’s Sooners won 31 from 1948-50.
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/6323/statehood.jpg (http://img97.imageshack.us/i/statehood.jpg/)
103 years ago today, Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory collectively enter the United States as Oklahoma, the 46th state.
In 1907, Congress decided to admit Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory into the Union as a single state, with all Indians in the state becoming U.S. citizens. Representatives of the two territories drafted a constitution, and on September 17, 1907, it was approved by voters of the two territories.
On November 16, Oklahoma was welcomed into the United States by President Theodore Roosevelt.
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/8995/statehoodproclamation.jpg (http://img97.imageshack.us/i/statehoodproclamation.jpg/)
In the history of Oklahoma sports, a sad day:
53 years ago, on this day in 1957, Notre Dame beat Oklahoma 7-0, ending the Sooners’ 47-game, 1,512-day college football winning streak. The game also marked the first time in more than 120 games that Oklahoma didn’t score a single point.
Coach Bud Wilkinson's Sooners still hold the NCAA record for the most consecutive wins by a major college football team. In fact, since World War I only four Division I teams have won more than 30 games in a row: Toledo won 35 from 1969-1971, the University of Miami won 34 from 2000-2002, and Wilkinson’s Sooners won 31 from 1948-50.