Today In History

Today is Friday, Nov. 23, the 327th day of 2018. There are 38 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1963: President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaimed Nov. 25 a day of national mourning following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

ON THIS DATE

› 1765: Frederick County, Maryland, became the first colonial American entity to repudiate the British Stamp Act.

› 1889: The first jukebox made its debut in San Francisco, at the Palais Royale Saloon. (The coin-operated device consisted of four listening tubes attached to an Edison phonograph.)

› 1936: Life, the photojournalism magazine created by Henry R. Luce, was first published.

› 1971: The People’s Republic of China was seated in the U.N. Security Council.

› 2000: In a setback for Al Gore, the Florida Supreme Court refused to order Miami-Dade County officials to resume hand-counting its election-day ballots. Meanwhile, Gore’s lawyers argued in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court that the high court should stay out of the Florida election controversy.

› 2004: Dan Rather announced he would step down as principal anchorman of “The CBS Evening News” in March 2005.

› 2006: Former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko died in London from radiation poisoning after making a deathbed statement blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Former Labor Secretary William E. Brock is

88. Actor Franco Nero is

77. Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas is 74. Actor-comedy writer Bruce Vilanch is 71. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is 68. Singer Bruce Hornsby is 64. Former Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., is 63. Actor Maxwell Caulfield is 59. Actor John Henton is 58. TV personality Robin Roberts (“Good Morning America”) is 58. Rock singer-musician Ken Block (Sister Hazel) is 52. Rock musician Charlie Grover is 52. Actress Salli Richardson-Whitfield is

51. Actor Page Kennedy is

42. Actress Kelly Brook is

39. Actor Lucas Grabeel is 34. TV personality Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is

31. Actress-singer Miley Cyrus is 26. Actor Austin Majors is 23. Actress Olivia Keville (TV: “Splitting Up Together”) is 16.