Today In History

Today is Thursday, Nov. 15, the 319th day of 2018. There are 46 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1864: During the Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman began their “March to the Sea” from Atlanta; the campaign ended with the capture of Savannah on Dec. 21.

ON THIS DATE

› 1777: The Second Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation.

› 1806: Explorer Zebulon Pike sighted the mountaintop now known as Pikes Peak in present-day Colorado.

› 1937: At the U.S. Capitol, members of the House and Senate met in air-conditioned chambers for the first time.

› 1942: The naval Battle of Guadalcanal ended during World War II with a decisive U.S. victory over Japanese forces.

› 1982: Funeral services were held in Moscow’s Red Square for the late Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev.

› 1984: Stephanie Fae Beauclair, the infant publicly known as “Baby Fae” who had received a baboon’s heart to replace her own congenitally deformed one, died at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California three weeks after the transplant.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actor Ed Asner is 89. Singer Petula Clark is 86. Comedian Jack Burns is

85. Actress Joanna Barnes is 84. Actor Yaphet Kotto is 79. Actor Sam Waterston is 78. Classical conductor Daniel Barenboim is 76. Pop singer Frida (ABBA) is 73. Actor Bob Gunton is 73. Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is 71. Actress Beverly D’Angelo is 67. Director-actor James Widdoes is 65. Rock singer-producer Mitch Easter is 64. News correspondent John Roberts is 62. Former “Jay Leno Show” bandleader Kevin Eubanks is 61. Comedian Judy Gold is 56. Actress Rachel True is 52. Rapper E-40 is 51. Country singer Jack Ingram is 48. Actor Jay Harrington is 47. Actor Jonny Lee Miller is

46. Actress Sydney Tamiia Poitier is 45. Christian rock musician David Carr (Third Day) is 44. Rock singer-musician Chad Kroeger is 44. Rock musician Jesse Sandoval is 44. Actress Virginie Ledoyen is 42. Pop singer Ace Young (TV: “American Idol”) is 38. Golfer Lorena Ochoa is 37. Hip-hop artist B.o.B is 30. Actress Shailene Woodley is 27. Actress-dancer Emma Dumont is 24.