Today is Monday, November 5, the 309th day of 2007. There are 56 days left in the year.
1414 _ Council of Constance (16th ecumenical council) opens
1492 _ Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from the Indians of Cuba
1838 _ Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation
1911 _ Italy attacks Turkey, takes Tipoli and Cyrenaica
1913 _ Ludwig III crowned king of Bavaria
1914 _ Britain annexes Cyprus
1935 _ Parker Brothers launches game of Monopoly
1940 _ President FDR (D)wins unprecedented 3rd term beating Wendell Willkie (R)
1956 _ Britain and France land forces in Egypt
1987 _ Iceberg twice the size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic
1987 _ U.S. Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg admitted using marijuana