FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2007

Today is Friday, November 9, the 313th day of 2007. There are 52 days left in the year.

694 _ Spanish King Egica accuses Jews of aiding Moslems/sentenced to slavery

1282 _ Pope Martinus IV excommunicates King Pedro III of Aragonorth

1494 _ The Medici family becomes rulers of Florence

1729 _ Spain, France and England signs the Treaty of Seville

1799 _ Napoleon becomes dictator (1st consul) of France

1927_ Giant Panda discovered in China

1937 _ Japans army conquers Shanghai

1940 _ Germany invades Norway and Denmark in WWII

1944 _ The Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize

1963 _ 450 die in a coal-dust explosion and 160 die in train crash in Japan

1976 _ The U.N. General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa

1980 _ Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares a holy war against Iran

1989 _ East Berlin opens its borders

1994 _ Chandrika Kumaratunga chosen the female president of Sri Lanka