@rh18bold:Today in History

Today is Tuesday, November 20, the 324th day of 2007. There are 41 days left in the year.

On this date

In 1947 Princess Elizabeth, heir to the British throne, married Prince Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey.

In 1962, US president John F. Kennedy agreed to lift the blockade of Cuba, ending the Cuban missile crisis.

In 1975, General Francisco Franco, who had ruled Spain since the end of the Spanish Civil War, died.

Thought for Today

"No man remains quite what he was when he recognises himself." — Thomas Mann