Today is Friday, November 9, the 313th day of 2007. There are 52 days left in the year.
694 _ Spanish King Egica accuses Jews of aiding Moslems/sentenced to slavery
1282 _ Pope Martinus IV excommunicates King Pedro III of Aragonorth
1494 _ The Medici family becomes rulers of Florence
1729 _ Spain, France and England signs the Treaty of Seville
1799 _ Napoleon becomes dictator (1st consul) of France
1927_ Giant Panda discovered in China
1937 _ Japans army conquers Shanghai
1940 _ Germany invades Norway and Denmark in WWII
1944 _ The Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize
1963 _ 450 die in a coal-dust explosion and 160 die in train crash in Japan
1976 _ The U.N. General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa
1980 _ Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares a holy war against Iran
1989 _ East Berlin opens its borders
1994 _ Chandrika Kumaratunga chosen the female president of Sri Lanka