Today is Saturday, Nov. 15, the 320th day of 2008. There are 46 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History: November 15th
On Nov. 15, 1806, explorer Zebulon Pike sighted the mountaintop now known as Pikes Peak in present-day Colorado
In 1777, the Second Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, a precursor to the Constitution of the United States.
In 1908, China's Empress Dowager Cixi died two weeks short of her 73rd birthday.
In 1939, President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington.
In 1948, William Lyon Mackenzie King retired as prime minister of Canada after 21 years; he was succeeded by Louis St. Laurent.
In 1966, the flight of Gemini 12 ended successfully as astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. splashed down safely in the Atlantic.
In 1988, the Soviet Union launched its first space shuttle, Buran, on an unmanned 3 1/2-hour flight.
Five years ago: Two Black Hawk helicopters collided and crashed in Iraq; 17 U.S. troops were killed. Two synagogues were bombed in Istanbul; 29 people were killed.
Thought for Today: "What was once thought can never be unthought." — Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss author and playwright (1921-1990).
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