Today is Thursday, November 4, the 308th day of 2010. There are 57 days left in the year.

On this date

In 1964, Shiite cleric the Ayatollah, Ruhollah Khomeini is forcibly exiled from Iran. He settles first in Iraq then France.

In 1979, the Iran hostage crisis began as militants stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran, seizing its occupants; for some, it was the start of 444 days of captivity.

Thought for Today

"The line of least resistance was always the most difficult line in the long run." — Peter Cheyney, English author (1896-1951).