FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Today is Friday, November 2, the 306th day of 2018. There are 59 days left in the year.

1648 — 12,000 Jews massacred by Chmielnicki hordes in Narol, Podlia

1783 — General Washington bids farewell to his army

1841 — Akbar Khan successfully revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan

1889 — North Dakota becomes 39th & South Dakota becomes the 40th state

1898 — Theodor Herzl arrives in Jerusalem

1904 — British newspaper "Daily Mirror" begins publishing

1917 — Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine

1917 — Lansing-Ishii Agreement; U.S. recognizes Japan’s privileges in China