Today is Wednesday, Nov. 25, the 329th day of 2009. There are 36 days left in the year.

On this date:

In 1758, during the French and Indian War, the British captured Fort Duquesne in present-day Pittsburgh.

In 1783, the British evacuated New York, their last military position in the United States during the Revolutionary War.

In 1908, the first issue of The Christian Science Monitor was published.

In 1947, movie studio executives meeting in New York agreed to blacklist the "Hollywood Ten" who'd been cited for contempt of Congress the day before.

In 1973, Greek President George Papadopoulos was ousted in a bloodless military coup.

Thought for Today:

"Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul." — Henry van Dyke, American clergyman (1852-1933).