MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Today is Monday, November 15, the 319th day of 2010. There are 46 days left in the year.

1492 ― Christopher Columbus notes first recorded reference to tobacco

1881 ― American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded (Pittsburgh)

1884 ― Colonization of Africa organized at international conference in Berlin

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

1920 ― Free City of Danzig established under League of Nations protection

1920 ― League of Nations holds first meeting, in Geneva

1939 ― Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews

1969 ― 250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Washington, D.C. against the Vietnam War

1977 ― President Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran

1988 ― PLO proclaims the State of Palestine, recognizes Israeli existence