Today is Monday, November 21, the 325th day of 2011. 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
1934 ― Yanks buy Joe DiMaggio from San Francisco Seals
1935 ― First commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper)
1977 ― First flight of the Concorde (London to New York)
1980 ― Dallas' ``Who Shot JR?" episode (Kristen) gets a 53.3 rating
1980 ― John & Yoko pose nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum
1990 ― Michael Milken is sentenced to 10 years for security law violations
1990 ― Signing of Declaration of ``End of Cold War" in Paris