FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Today is Friday, November 6, the 310th day of 2009. There are 55 days left in the year.

1572 _ Supernova is observed in the constellation known as Cassiopeia

1860 _ Abraham Lincoln (R-Ill.) elected 16th President

1861 _ Jefferson Davis elected to six-year term as Confederate President

1913 _ Mohandas K. Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa

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

1918 _ Republic of Poland proclaimed

1952 _ First hydrogen bomb exploded (by U.S. at Eniwetok Atoll)

1956 _ Holland and Spain withdraw from Olympics, protest Soviets in Hungary

1978 _ Shah of Iran places Iran under military rule

1993 _ Next transit of Mercury