Today is Thursday, November 15, the 320
th
day of 2012. There are 46 days left in the year.
1492 ― Christopher Columbus notes first recorded reference to tobacco
1919 ― Senate first invokes cloture to end a filibuster (Versailles Treaty)
1920 ― League of Nations holds first meeting, in Geneva
1926 ― NBC on-air debut with a radio network of 24 stations
1939 ― Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews
1939 ― Social Security Administration approves first unemployment check
1969 ― 250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Washington, D.C. against the Vietnam War
1969 ― Janis Joplin, accused of vulgar and indecent language in Tampa, Fla.
1979 ― British government identifies Sir Anthony Blunt as fourth man in Soviet spy ring
1988 ― PLO proclaims the State of Palestine, recognizes Israeli existence