Today is Friday, November 21, the 326th day of 2008. There are 40 days left in the year.
1818 _ Russia's Czar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine
1871 _ Moses Gale patents a cigar lighter
1877 _ Tom Edison announces his ``talking machine" invention
1964 _ World's longest suspension bridge ``Verrazano Narrows" opens (NYC)
1967 _ Phillip & Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet
1968 _ Supremes & Temptations release ``I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
1977 _ First flight of the Concorde (London to New York)
1980 _ Fire at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84
1990 _ Michael Milken is sentenced to 10 years for security law violations
1990 _ Signing of Declaration of ``End of Cold war" in Paris