Today is Saturday, Nov. 7, the 311th day of 2009. There are 54 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 7, 1917, Russia's Bolshevik Revolution took place as forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisional governme
Today is Friday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2009. There are 55 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 6, 1934, Nebraska voters approved a constitutional amendment which dissolved their two-chamber legislature in favor of a nonpartis
Today is Thursday, Nov. 5, the 309th day of 2009. There are 56 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 5, 1605, the "Gunpowder Plot" failed as Guy Fawkes was seized before he could blow up the English Parliament.
Glancing Backward
Today is Wednesday, Nov. 4, the 308th day of 2009. There are 57 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
One year ago, on Nov. 4, 2008, Democrat Barack Obama was elected the first black president of the United States, defeating Republican J
Today is Tuesday, Nov. 3, the 307th day of 2009. There are 58 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 3, 1900, the first major U.S. automobile show opened at New York's Madison Square Garden under the auspices of the Automobile Clu
Today is Monday November 2, the 306th day of 2009. There are 59 days left in the year.
Today's highlight in History:
In 1783, Gen. George Washington issues his "Farewell Address to the Army" near Princeton, New Jersey.
Glancing Backward
Today is Sunday, Nov. 1, the 305th day of 2009. There are 60 days left in the year. This is All Saints Day.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 1, 1765, the Stamp Act went into effect, prompting stiff resistance from American colonists.
Glancing Bac
Today is Saturday, Oct. 31, the 304th day of 2009. There are 61 days left in the year. This is Halloween. A reminder: Daylight-saving time ends Sunday at 2 a.m. local time. Clocks go back one hour.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 31, 1517, Martin
Today is Friday, Oct. 30, the 303rd day of 2009. There are 62 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 30, 1938, the radio play "The War of the Worlds," starring Orson Welles, aired on CBS. (The live drama, which employed fake break
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 28, the 301st day of 2009. There are 64 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Clevel
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2009. There are 65 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 27, 1787, the first of the Federalist Papers, a series of essays calling for ratification of the U.S. Constitution, was publishe
Today is Monday, Oct. 26, the 299th day of 2009. There are 66 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 26, 1979, South Korean President Park Chung-hee was shot to death during a dinner party along with his chief bodyguard by th
Today is Sunday, October 25, the 298th day of 2009. There are 67 days left in the year.
Today's highlight
in history:
In 1936, Germany and Italy form the Rome-Berlin Axis.
Glancing Backward Locally:
25 years ago - 1984
The totem pole in Ulst
Today is Saturday, Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2009. There are 68 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
In Oct. 24, 1945, the United Nations officially came into existence as its charter took effect. (On this date in 1949, construction beg
Today is Friday, Oct. 23, the 296th day of 2009. There are 69 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 23, 1983, 241 U.S. service members, most of them Marines, were killed in a suicide truck-bombing at Beirut International Airport
Today is Thursday, October 22nd, the 295th day of 2009. There are 70 days left in the year.
Today's highlight in history:
In 1918 the Great Influenza Epidemic begins. During World War I, over 18 million people die from the flu virus.
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Today is Wednesday, Oct. 21, the 294th day of 2009. There are 71 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 21, 1959, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opened to the public in New York.
Glancing B
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 20, the 293rd day of 2009. There are 72 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 20, 1944, during World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur stepped ashore at Leyte in the Philippines, 2½ years after he'd said,
Today is Monday, October 19, the 292nd day of 2009. There are 73 days left in the year.
Today's highlight in history:
In 1781, British troops under Lord Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, ending the American Revolution war.
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Today is Sunday, October 18, the 291st day of 2009. There are 74 days left in the year.
Today's highlight in history:
On Oct. 17, 1968 the U.S. Olympic Committee suspends two black athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, for giving a black
Today is Friday, Oct. 16th, the 289th day of 2009. There are 76 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 16, 1859, radical abolitionist John Brown led a group of 21 men in a raid on Harpers Ferry in western Virginia, where they seiz
Today is Thursday, Oct. 15, the 288th day of 2009. There are 77 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 15, 1969, peace demonstrators staged activities across the country, including a candlelight march around the White House, as pa
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 14, the 287th day of 2009. There are 78 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 14, 1939, during World War II, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the HMS Royal Oak, a British battleship anchored at Scapa Fl
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 13, the 286th day of 2009. There are 79 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 13, 1792, the cornerstone of the executive mansion, later known as the White House, was laid during a ceremony in the District o
Today is Monday, Oct. 12, the 285th day of 2009. There are 80 days left in the year. This is Columbus Day in the United States, as well as Thanksgiving Day in Canada.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus arrived wit
Today is Sunday, Oct. 11, the 284th day of 2009. There are 81 days left in the year.
Today's highlight in history:
The Daughters of the American Revolution, a nonprofit organization for the descendants of individuals who aided in achieving
Today is Saturday, Oct. 10, the 283rd day of 2009. There are 82 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 10, 1913, the Panama Canal was effectively completed as President Woodrow Wilson sent a signal from the White House by telegrap
Today is Thursday, Oct. 8, the 281st day of 2009. There are 84 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 8, 1871, the Great Chicago Fire erupted; fires also broke out in Peshtigo, Wis., and in several communities in Michigan.
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