TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT Nov. 23, 1971

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

ON THIS DATE 1889

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

1936

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

1963

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

2003

Five U.S. soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. Eduard Shevardnadze resigned as president of Georgia in the face of protests.

2008

The government unveiled a bold plan to rescue Citigroup, injecting a fresh $20 billion into the troubled firm as well as guaranteeing hundreds of billions of dollars in risky assets.