Today is Wednesday, Nov. 21, the 325th day of 2001. There are 40 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
On this date:
In 1877, inventor Thomas A. Edison announced the invention of his phonograph.
In 1899, Vice President Garret A. Hobart, serving under President McKinley, died in Paterson, N.J., at age 55.
In 1922, Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia was sworn in as the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate.
In 1942, the Alaska highway across Canada was formally opened.
In 1964, New York's Verrazano Narrows Bridge opened.
In 1969, the Senate voted down the Supreme Court nomination of Clement F. Haynsworth, the first such rejection since 1930.
In 1973, President Nixon's attorney, J. Fred Buzhardt, revealed the existence of an 18 1/2 -minute gap in one of the White House tape recordings related to Watergate.
In 1979, a mob attacked the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing two Americans.
In 1980, 87 people died in a fire at the MGM Grand Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.
In 1990, junk-bond financier Michael R. Milken, who had pleaded guilty to six felony counts, was sentenced by a federal judge in New York to 10 years in prison (Milken served two).
Ten years ago: The U.N. Security Council chose Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt to be the new Secretary-General. President Bush signed a civil rights bill, then sought to calm a storm of controversy by withdrawing a tentative order to end government hiring preferences for blacks and women.
Five years ago: Thirty-three people were killed, more than 100 injured, when an explosion blamed on leaking gas ripped through a six-story building in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
One year ago: In a setback for George W. Bush, the Florida Supreme Court granted Al Gore's request to keep the presidential recounts going; Democrats were jubilant, Republicans bitter and angry.
Today is Friday, Nov. 23, the 327th day of 2001. There are 38 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 23, 1971, the People's Republic of China was seated in the U.N. Security Council.
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On this date:
In 1765, Frederick County, Md., repudiated the British Stamp Act.
In 1804, the 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, was born in Hillsboro, N.H.
In 1889, the first jukebox made its debut in San Francisco, at the Palais Royale Saloon.
In 1903, singer Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in "Rigoletto."
In 1936, Life, the magazine created by Henry R. Luce, was first published.
In 1943, during World War II, U.S. forces seized control of Tarawa and Makin atolls from the Japanese.
In 1945, most U.S. wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, ended.
In 1959, the musical "Fiorello!," with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, opened on Broadway.article of incorporation for pennsylvania
In 1963, President Johnson proclaimed Nov. 25 a day of national mourning following the assassination of President Kennedy.
In 1980, some 4,800 people were killed by a series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy.
Ten years ago: Yugoslavia's rival leaders agreed to a new cease-fire, the 14th of the Balkan civil war.
Five years ago: A hijacked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 crashed into the waves off Comoros Islands, killing 125 of the 175 people on board. Forty-four people were injured when an Amtrak train derailed on a Secaucus, N.J., bridge. Following a four-day visit to Australia, President Clinton arrived in the Philippines for a summit of Asian-Pacific leaders.
One year ago: In a setback for Al Gore, the Florida Supreme Court refused to order Miami-Dade county officials to resume hand-counting election-day ballots. Meanwhile, Gore's lawyers argued in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court that the high court should stay out of the Florida election controversy.