THIS DAY IN HISTORY

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 15, the 319th day of 2017. There are 46 days left in the year.

IN THE NATION

1806: Explorer Zebulon Pike sighted the mountaintop now known as Pikes Peak.

1987: 28 of 82 people aboard a Continental Airlines DC-9, including the pilots, were killed when the jetliner crashed seconds after taking off from Denver’s Stapleton International Airport.

IN THE WORLD

1966: The flight of Gemini 12, the final mission of the Gemini program, ended as astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. splashed down safely in the Atlantic after spending four days in orbit.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

Actor Ed Asner is 88. Actor Yaphet Kotto is 78. Singer Frida (ABBA) is 72. Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is 70. Musician-producer Mitch Easter is 63. Golfer Lorena Ochoa is 36. Actress Shailene Woodley is 26.