THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Today is Thursday, November 15, the 319th day of 2007. There are 46 days left in the year.

1492 _ Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco

1777 _ Articles of Confederation adopted by Continental Congress

1884 _ Colonization of Africa organized at international conference in Berlin

1889 _ Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, deposed; republic proclaimed

1932 _ Walt Disney Art School created

1935 _ The Commonwealth of the Phillipines inaugurated

1957 _ The U.S. sentences Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel to 30 years and $3,000

1969 _ 250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Wash DC against the Vietnam War

1977 _ President Jimmy Carter welcomes the Shah of Iran

1979 _ ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage

1982 _ Funeral services held in Moscow's Red Square for Leonid I Brezhnev

1983 _ The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus proclaimed

1988 _ PLO proclaims the state of Palestine, recognizes Israeli existence

1991 _ Dow Jones average drops 120.31 points (5th largest dive)