TODAY<\p>IN<\p>HISTORYToday is Monday, November 27, the 331st day of 2006. There are 34 days left in the year.ON<\p>THIS<\p>DATE<$>1582 — William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway.

1703 — Coastal storm in England takes estimated 8,000 lives.

1967 — Israeli forces raze Arab buildings in the Gaza Strip and on the West Bank in response to Arab attacks while the return of some Arab refugees from the east bank to the Israeli-occupied West Bank resumes.

1979 — Iranian students occupying the U.S. Embassy in Teheran surround the building with explosives and claim to have planted mines in the compound to ward off any attack by the U.S. in an attempt to free the hostages.

2001 — US Assistant Secretary of State William Burns and retired Marine Corps General Anthony Zinni meet with top Israeli and Palestinian officials as part of a US peace initiative.

2004 — Chechnya’s president firmly ruled out any negotiations with top rebel leaders, saying there is “nothing to talk about” with former separatist president Aslan Maskhadov and warlord Shamil Basayev.THOUGHT<\p>FOR<\p>TODAY<$>

“Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.” — Estonian proverb.