@rh18bold:Today in History

Today is Thursday, November 20, the 325th day of 2008. There are 41 days left in the year.

On this date

In 1910, revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I. Madero.

In 1917, a British force including 324 tanks struck at the German lines at Cambrai, the first big battle to involve tanks. The British made no gains and lost 43,000 casualties.

In 1945, 22 out of 24 indicted Nazi officials went on trial (one in absentia) before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.

In 1947, Princess Elizabeth, married Prince Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey.

Thought for Today

"People, when they first come to America, whether as travellers or settlers, become aware of a new and agreeable feeling: that the whole country is their oyster." — Alistair Cooke, British-born American journalist and broadcaster (1908-2004).