Today is Tuesday, Nov. 27, the 331st day of 2001. There are 34 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
One hundred years ago, on Nov. 27, 1901, the U.S. Army War College was established in Washington, D.C.
On this date:
In 1910, New York's Pennsylvania Station opened.
In 1942, during World War II, the French navy at Toulon scuttled its ships and submarines to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
In 1945, Gen. George C. Marshall was named special U.S. envoy to China to try to end hostilities between the Nationalists and the Communists.
In 1953, playwright Eugene O'Neill died in Boston at age 65.
In 1970, Pope Paul VI, visiting the Philippines, was slightly wounded at the Manila airport by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest.
In 1973, the Senate voted 92-to-3 to confirm Gerald R. Ford as vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who had resigned.
In 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay-rights activist, were shot to death inside City Hall by former supervisor Dan White.
In 1983, 183 people were killed when a Colombian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 crashed near Madrid's Barajas airport.
In 1985, the British House of Commons approved the Anglo-Irish accord giving Dublin a consultative role in the governing of British-ruled Northern Ireland.
In 1989, 107 people were killed when a bomb blamed by police on drug traffickers destroyed a Colombian jetliner.
Ten years ago: Israel signalled its anger with what it regarded as the high-handedness of the United States by rejecting an invitation to attend Mideast peace talks in Washington on Dec. 4. The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution paving the way for the establishment of a U.N. peacekeeping operation in war-ravaged Yugoslavia.
Five years ago: A federal judge blocked enforcement of a California initiative to dismantle affirmative action, saying civil rights groups had a "strong probability" of proving it unconstitutional. Evan C. Hunziker, an American jailed by North Korea on spy charges, was set free, ending a three-month ordeal.
One year ago: A day after George W. Bush was certified the winner of Florida's presidential vote, Al Gore laid out his case for letting the courts settle the nation's long-count election. Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien's Liberal Party won a third straight majority in the House of Commons.
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On Nov. 28, 1942, nearly 500 people died in a fire that destroyed the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston.
On this date:
In 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name.
In 1919, American-born Lady Astor was elected the first female member of the British Parliament.
In 1925, the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville's famed home of country music, made its radio debut on station WSM.
In 1943, President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met in Tehran during World War II.
In 1944, the MGM movie musical "Meet Me in St. Louis," starring Judy Garland, opened in New York.
In 1958, the African nation of Chad became an autonomous republic within the French community.
In 1964, the United States launched the space probe Mariner 4 on a course to Mars.
In 1975, President Ford nominated Federal Judge John Paul Stevens to the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated by William O. Douglas.
In 1985, the Irish Senate approved the Anglo-Irish accord concerning Northern Ireland.
In 1990, Margaret Thatcher resigned as prime minister of Britain during an audience with Queen Elizabeth II, who conferred the premiership on John Major.
Ten years ago: Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev expressed unhappiness over reports that the United States might move toward diplomatic recognition of Ukraine after the republic's upcoming independence referendum.
Five years ago: Defense Secretary William Perry joined U.S. soldiers in the mud and freezing rain of Bosnia-Herzegovina to deliver a Thanksgiving message of discipline and patience for their peacekeeping mission. A stuck hatch on the space shuttle Columbia prevented two astronauts from going on a spacewalk (engineers later discovered a loose screw had jammed the hatch mechanism).
One year ago: George W. Bush's lawyers asked the U.S. Supreme Court to bring "legal finality" to the presidential election by ending any further ballot recounts; Al Gore's team countered that the nation's highest court should not interfere in Florida's recount dispute. Former Texas Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez, who had served 37 years on Capitol Hill, died in San Antonio at age 84.
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