Happy Birthday Jill

Today is Jill’s Birthday and I missed celebrating it with her:

So here is a tribute.

Today is Saturday, Nov. 15, the 320th day of 2008

There are 46 days left in the year.

Thought for Today: "What was once thought can never be unthought."

Today's Highlight in History:

• On Nov. 15, 1806, explorer Zebulon Pike sighted the mountaintop now known as "Pikes Peak" in present-day Colorado.
• In 1708, British statesman William Pitt the Elder was born in London.
• In 1777, the Second Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, a precursor to the Constitution of the United States.
• In 1889, Brazil was proclaimed a republic as its emperor, Dom Pedro II, was overthrown.
• In 1908, China's Empress Dowager Cixi died two weeks short of her 73rd birthday.
• In 1939, President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
• In 1948, William Lyon Mackenzie King retired as prime minister of Canada after 21 years; he was succeeded by Louis St. Laurent.
• In 1958, actor Tyrone Power died in Madrid, Spain, at age 44 while filming "Solomon and Sheba."
• In 1966, the flight of Gemini 12 ended successfully as astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Junior splashed down safely in the Atlantic.
• Five years ago: Two Black Hawk helicopters collided and crashed in Iraq; 17 U.S. troops were killed. Two synagogues were bombed in Istanbul; 29 people were killed. A gangway on the cruise ship RMS Queen Mary 2 collapsed in St. Nazaire, France, killing 15 people. Democrat Kathleen Blanco was elected the first female governor of Louisiana, defeating Republican Bobby Jindal in a runoff. Death claimed billionaire Laurence Tisch at age 80 and actress Dorothy Loudon at age 70.
• One year ago: During a feisty Democratic debate in Las Vegas, Hillary Rodham Clinton accused her closest rivals, Barack Obama and John Edwards, of slinging mud "right out of the Republican playbook" and sharply criticized their records. Cyclone Sidr struck Bangladesh, killing more than 3,200 people and leaving millions homeless. Baseball player Barry Bonds was indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice, charged with lying when he told a federal grand jury that he did not knowingly use performance-enhancing drugs. A revamped indictment was unsealed last May. Actress Lindsay Lohan completed her jail sentence for drunken driving in a swift 84 minutes.
• November 15, 1959 Cleveland Browns' halfback Bobby Mitchell sets club record for longest run from scrimmage (90-yards), beat Washington 31-17
• November 15, 1960 USS George Washington, 1st sub with nuclear ballistic missiles, launched
• November 15, 1961 U.N. bans nuclear arms
• November 15, 1964 KBYU TV channel 11 in Provo, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting
• November 15, 1965 Craig Breedlove sets land speed record (600.601 mph-966.57 kph)
• November 15, 1966 Gemini XII (Lovell/Aldrin) returns to Earth
• November 15, 1967 Michael Adams in X-15 reaches 80 km
• November 15, 1969 1st Jackson Five record to enter top 100 (I Want You Back)
• November 15, 1969 250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Washington D.C. against Vietnam War
• November 15, 1969 Wendy's Hamburgers opens
• November 15, 1971 Intel advertises 4004-processor
• November 15, 1972 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 48 launched to study gamma rays
• November 15, 1974 Ringo releases "Goodnight Vienna" and "Only You" in UK
• November 15, 1975 Miss Teenage America Pageant
• November 15, 1977 President Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran
• November 15, 1978 183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka
• November 15, 1979 ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage
• November 15, 1981 "Camelot" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 48 performances
• November 15, 1985 Spencer W. Kimball, U.S. head of mormon church, dies at 90
• November 15, 1986 2nd time Saturday Night Live uses a time delay (Sam Knison hosts)
• November 15, 1987 28 of 82 aboard Continental Airlines DC-9, die in crash at Denver
• November 15, 1987 Leile McBridge (Denver), crowned Miss Black America
• November 15, 1988 91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV collapses
• November 15, 1988 Soviet space shuttle makes unmanned maiden flight (2 orbits)
• November 15, 1989 "Few Good Men" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 497 performances
• November 15, 1990 President Bush signs Clear Air Act of 1990
• November 15, 1990 Producers confirm that Milli Vanilla didn't sing on their album
• November 15, 1990 U.S. 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) launches into orbit
• November 15, 1991 Dow Jones avg drops 120.31 points (5th largest dive)
• November 15, 1992 Cuban Ilyushin IL-18 flight to Puerto Plata crashes, 34 die
• November 15, 1993 Howard Stern radio show premieres in Myrtle Beach South Carolina on WYAV 104.1 FM
• November 15, 1994 6.7-8.1 earthquake strikes Philippines, killing 45
• November 15, 1995 Space shuttle Atlantis docks with orbiting Russian space station Mir
• November 15, 1997 William Shatner (66) weds Norine Kidd
• November 15, 1999 Next transit of Mercury visible in North America
• November 15, 2006 Al Jazeera launches Al Jazeera English

And on a more personal note:

Love an miss you Donna.