TODAY’S HISTORY

1789: North Carolina was admitted as the 12th U.S. state. 1877: Thomas Edison announced his invention of the phonograph. 1922: Rebecca Felton of Georgia was sworn in as the first female U.S. senator. 1995: Leaders representing warring factions in the former Yugoslavia initialed a peace agreement in Dayton, Ohio.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:

Voltaire (1694-1778), philosopher; Stan Musial (19202013), baseball player; Earl Monroe (1944-), basketball player; Harold Ramis (1944-2014), actor/director; Goldie Hawn (1945-), actress; Tina Brown (1953-), editor; Bjork (1965-), singer/actress; Troy Aikman (1966-), football player/sportscaster; Ken Griffey Jr. (1969-), baseball player; Michael Strahan (1971-), football player/TV personality; Carly Rae Jepsen (1985-), singer-songwriter.

TODAY’S FACT: In 1783, Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis Francois Laurent d’Arlandes made the first untethered manned hot air balloon flight.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1942, the National Hockey League discontinued overtime in regular-season games because of wartime restrictions on train schedules. It was restored in 1983.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.” — Voltaire

TODAY’S NUMBER: 24 — All-Star team selections for baseball Hall of Famer Stan Musial. Musial and Willie Mays are tied for second behind Hank Aaron (25) for the all-time All-Star team selections record.

First quarter moon (Nov. 21).