TODAY IN HISTORYTODAY<$> is Saturday, October 28, the 301st day of 2006. There are 64 days left in the year. A reminder: Daylight-saving Time ends Sunday at 2 a.m. locally. Clocks move back one hour.

ON THIS DATE<$>:

In 1776, the Battle of White Plains was fought during the Revolutionary War, resulting in a limited British victory.

In 1965, Pope Paul VI issued a decree absolving Jews of collective guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

In 1971, by a vote of 356-244, the British House of Commons voted in favour of joining the European Economic Community.

In 1996, Richard Jewell, cleared of committing the Olympic park bombing, held a news conference in Atlanta in which he thanked his mother for standing by him and lashed out at reporters and investigators who had depicted him as the bomber.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

“Don’t forget to love yourself.” — Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (1813-1855).