UPI Almanac for Friday, Nov. 16, 2007.

UPI almanac for Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006.

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 16, the 320th day of 2005 with 45 to follow.

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 16, the 321st day of 2004 with 45 to follow.

Today is Sunday, Nov. 16, the 320th day of 2003 with 45 to follow.

Clarinetist Edmond Hall was born this day in 1901 in New Orleans. On the New York swing and traditional jazz scene he worked with Henry Allen, Teddy Wilson, Eddie Condon and Louis Armstrong's All-Stars.

Trumpeter Yank Lawson was born this day in Trenton, Mo. A regular with the World's Greatest Jazz Band, he cut his jazz teeth with Wingy Manone, Ben Pollack, Bob Crosby, Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman.

Saxophone and clarinet player Bud Freeman was born this day in Chicago in 1906. He first took up the C-melody saxophone in 1923, switching to tenor two years later.

Guitarist Eddie Condon opened his famous jazz club on this day in 1945 in New York's Greenwich Village. The Chicago-style jazz joint had three locations before closing for good in 1985, 10 years after Condon's death.