Today in Histroy
Here is what happened on Saturday-November 7th......
It is day 310 of the year 2008, and there are 55 days left...

Famous People Born On This Day In History...


1867   Madame Marie Curie, discovered radium.
1918   Billy Graham, televangelist.
1922   Al Hirt
1943   Joni Mitchell


Events On This Day In History..

1805   Lewis and Clark first sighted the Pacific Ocean. .
1811   Battle of Tippecanoe, gives Harrison a presidential slogan. .
1874   First cartoon to use the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party appears in Harper's Weekly. It was drawn by Thomas Nast. .
1875   Verney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa from sea to sea. .
1885   Canada completes its own transcontinental railway. .


And Don't Forget...

Sadie Hawkins Day (the ladies take the initiative!)