Today is Tuesday, November 6, the 310th day of 2007. There are 55 days left in the year.
1572 _ Supernova is observed in the constellation known as Cassiopeia
1813 _ Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain
1844 _ Spain grants Dominican Republic independence
1860 _ Abraham Lincoln elected 16th U.S. president
1884 _ British protectorate proclaimed over southeast New Guinea
1917 _ The Bolshevik revolution begins with the capture of the Winter Palace
1918 _ The Republic of Poland proclaimed
1956 _ President Eisenhower re-elected defeating Adlai E Stevenson
1957 _ Felix Gaillard becomes premier of France
1973 _ Abe Beame elected first Jewish mayor on NYC
1978 _ The shah of Iran places Iran under military rule
1985 _ General Jaruzelski elected Poland's head of state
1986 _ Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill
1990 _ Arsenio Hall gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
1990 Fire destroys some of Universal Studio's stages