TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2007

Today is Tuesday, November 6, the 310th day of 2007. There are 55 days left in the year.

1572 _ Supernova is observed in the constellation known as Cassiopeia

1813 _ Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain

1844 _ Spain grants Dominican Republic independence

1860 _ Abraham Lincoln elected 16th U.S. president

1884 _ British protectorate proclaimed over southeast New Guinea

1917 _ The Bolshevik revolution begins with the capture of the Winter Palace

1918 _ The Republic of Poland proclaimed

1956 _ President Eisenhower re-elected defeating Adlai E Stevenson

1957 _ Felix Gaillard becomes premier of France

1973 _ Abe Beame elected first Jewish mayor on NYC

1978 _ The shah of Iran places Iran under military rule

1985 _ General Jaruzelski elected Poland's head of state

1986 _ Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill

1990 _ Arsenio Hall gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

1990 Fire destroys some of Universal Studio's stages