Today In History
Today is Wednesday, Nov. 21, the 325th day of 2018. There are 40 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1922: Rebecca L. Felton, a Georgia Democrat, was sworn in as the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate; her term, the result of an interim appointment, ended the following day as Walter F. George, the winner of a special election, took office.
ON THIS DATE
› 1789: North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
› 1931: The Universal horror film “Frankenstein,” starring Boris Karloff as the monster and Colin Clive as his creator, was first released.
› 1967: President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Air Quality Act.
› 1979: A mob attacked the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing two Americans.
› 1985: U.S. Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Jay Pollard was arrested, accused of spying for Israel. (Pollard later pleaded guilty to espionage and was sentenced to life in prison; he was released on parole on Nov. 20, 2015.)
› 1995: Balkan leaders meeting in Dayton, Ohio, initialed a peace plan to end three and a half years of ethnic fighting in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Actor Laurence Luckinbill is 84. Actress Marlo Thomas is 81. Actor Rick Lenz is 79. Singer Dr. John is 78. Actress Juliet Mills is 77. Basketball Hall of Famer Earl Monroe is
74. Rock musician Lonnie Jordan (War) is 70. Singer Livingston Taylor is 68. Actress-singer Lorna Luft is 66. Actress Cherry Jones is 62. Rock musician Brian Ritchie (The Violent Femmes) is 58. Gospel singer Steven Curtis Chapman is
56. Actress Nicollette Sheridan is 55. Singer-actress Bjork is 53. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Troy Aikman is
52. Rhythm and blues singer Chauncey Hannibal (BLACKstreet) is 50. Rock musician Alex James (Blur) is 50. Baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. is 49. TV personality Rib Hillis is
48. Rapper Pretty Lou (Lost Boyz) is 47. Country singer Kelsi Osborn (SHeDAISY) is 44. Actor Jimmi Simpson is 43. Singer-actress Lindsey Haun is 34. Actress Jena Malone is 34. Pop singer Carly Rae Jepsen is 33. Actor-singer Sam Palladio is 31.