FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008

Today is Friday, November 21, the 326th day of 2008. There are 40 days left in the year.

1818 _ Russia's Czar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine

1871 _ Moses Gale patents a cigar lighter

1877 _ Tom Edison announces his ``talking machine" invention

1964 _ World's longest suspension bridge ``Verrazano Narrows" opens (NYC)

1967 _ Phillip & Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet

1968 _ Supremes & Temptations release ``I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"

1977 _ First flight of the Concorde (London to New York)

1980 _ Fire at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84

1990 _ Michael Milken is sentenced to 10 years for security law violations

1990 _ Signing of Declaration of ``End of Cold war" in Paris