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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Today is Thursday, November 15, the 320th 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

Nov 14, 2012

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Today is Wednesday, November 14, the 319th day of 2012. There are 47 days left in the year.  1666 ― Samuel Pepys reports on first blood transfusion (between dogs) 1834 ― William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 years and four months 1851 ― "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published 1918 ― Republic of Czechoslovakia created with T.G. Masaryk as President 1935 ― FDR proclaims the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth 1939 ― Oil refinery fire kills 500 and destroys Lagunillas, Venezuela 1969 ― Apollo 12 launched for second manned Moon landing 1972 ― Dow Jones closes above 1,000 for first time (1003.16) 1986 ― SEC imposes a record $100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky 1990 ― Michael Heseltine contests Thatcher's leadership of the party 

Nov 13, 2012

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Today is Tuesday, November 13, the 318th day of 2012. There are 48 days left in the year.1789 ― Ben Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death and taxes" 1839 ― First U.S. anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in N.Y. 1921 ― "The Sheik," starring Rudolph Valentino, is released 1921 ― U.S., France, Japan and British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty 1946 ― First artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mt .Greylock, Mass. 1970 ― Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong, Bangladesh 1970 ― Lt. Gen. Hafez al-Assad becomes P.M. of Syria following military coup 1971 ― Mariner 9, first to orbit another planet (Mars) 1982 ― Korean boxer Kim Deuk-koo injured when KOed by Ray Mancini 1982 ― Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington, D.C. 

Nov 12, 2012

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Today is Monday, November 12, the 317th day of 2012. There are 49 days left in the year.324 B.C. ― Origin of Era of Alexander 1859 ― Jules Leotard performs first flying trapeze circus act (Paris). He also designed the garment that bears his name 1910 ― First movie stunt; man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon 1927 ― Trotsky expelled from Soviet Communist Party; Stalin becomes undisputed dictator 1933 ― First known photo of Loch Ness monster (or whatever) is taken 1933 ― Nazis receive 92 percent of vote in Germany 1941 ― Germany's drive to take Moscow halted 1948 ― Japanese premier Hideki Tojo sentenced to death by war crimes tribunal 1979 ― U.S. halts Iranian oil imports and freezes Iranian assets 1989 ― Brazil holds first free presidential election in 29 years

Nov 11, 2012

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2012

Today is Saturday, November 10, the 315th day of 2012. There are 51 days left in the year.1674 ― Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (N.Y.) to English 1871 ― Stanley presumes to meet Livingston in Ujiji, Central Africa 1928 ― Hirohito enthroned as emperor of Japan 1951 ― First long-distance telephone call without operator assistance 1969 ― "Sesame Street" premieres on PBS TV 1971 ― U.S. table tennis team arrived in China 1975 ― U.N. General Assembly approves resolution equating Zionism with racism 1980 ― Dan Rather refuses to pay his cabbie, CBS pays the $12.55 fare 1989 ― Germans begin punching holes in the Berlin Wall 2084 ― Transit of Earth as seen from Mars

Nov 9, 2012

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Today is Friday, November 9, the 314th day of 2012. There are 52 days left in the year.1799 ― Napoleon becomes dictator (first consul) of France 1904 ― First airplane flight to last more than five minutes 1918 ― Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates after German defeat in WW I 1927 ― Giant Panda discovered, China 1953 ― Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws 1963 ― 450 die in a coal-dust explosion and 160 die in train crash (Japan) 1976 ― U.N. General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa 1984 ― Vietnam Veterans Memorial ("Three Servicemen") completed 1985 ― Gary Kasparov (USSR) becomes World Chess Champion at age of 22 1989 ― East Berlin opens its borders 

Nov 8, 2012

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Today is Thursday, November 8, the 313th day of 2012. There are 53 days left in the year.  1789 ― Bourbon Whiskey, first distilled from corn (by Elijah Craig, Bourbon, Ky.) 1793 ― Louvre in Paris, opens 1864 ― Abraham Lincoln elected to his second term as President 1895 ― Wilhelm Rontgen discovers X-rays 1944 ― 25,000 Hungarian Jews are loaned to the Nazis for forced labor1950 ― First jet-plane battle of Korean War 1956 ― U.N. demands USSR leave Hungary1966 ― Movie actor Ronald Reagan elected governor of California 1990 ― 100,000 additional U.S. troops are sent to the Persian Gulf 1990 ― Saddam Hussein fires his army chief and threatens to destroy Arabian Peninsula 

Nov 7, 2012

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Today is Wednesday, November 7, the 312th day of 2012. There are 54 days left in the year.1631 ― Pierre Gassendi observes transit of Mercury predicted by Kepler 1805 ― Lewis & Clark first sight Pacific Ocean 1865 ― London Gazette, oldest surviving journal, is founded 1917 ― Britain capture Gaza Palestine from the Turks 1917 ― October Revolution in Russia, Lenin seizes power 1918 ― Goddard demonstrates tube-launched solid propellant rockets1918 ― United Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed 1944 ― FDR wins fourth term in office, defeating Thomas E. Dewey (R) 1982 ― Liz Taylor's seventh divorce (John Warner) 1991 ― Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus and retires from Lakers

Nov 6, 2012

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Today is Tuesday, November 6, the 311th day of 2012. There are 55 days left in the year.1572 ― Supernova is observed in the constellation known as Cassiopeia 1860 ― Abraham Lincoln (R-Ill.) elected 16th President 1862 ― NY-San Francisco direct telegraphic link established 1913 ― Mohandas K. Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa 1917 ― Bolshevik revolution begins with the capture of the Winter Palace 1952 ― First hydrogen bomb exploded (by U.S. at Eniwetok Atoll) 1969 ― First Cy Young Award tie (Mike Cuellar, Baltimore and Denny McLain, Detroit) 1978 ― Shah of Iran places Iran under military rule 1986 ― Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill 1993 ― Next transit of Mercury

Nov 5, 2012

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Today is Monday, November 5, the 310th day of 2012. There are 56 days left in the year.1492 ― Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from the Indians of Cuba 1605 ― Gunpowder Plot; Catholics try to blow up English Parliament. Plot uncovered and leader Guy Fawkes hanged 1872 ― Susan B. Anthony fined $100 for trying to vote  1895 ― First U.S. patent granted for auto (George B. Selden) 1911 ― Italy attacks Turkey, takes Tipoli and Cyrenaica 1917 ― Gen. Pershing and U.S. troops see action on Western Front for first time1940 ― President FDR (D) wins unprecedented third term beating Wendell Willkie (R) 1964 ― U.S. launches Mariner 3 toward Mars; no data returned1987 ― Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg admitted using marijuana 

Nov 4, 2012

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