Today is Thursday, November 13, the 318th day of 2008. There are 48 days left in the year.
Highlights in history on this date:
1511 - Britain's King Henry VIII joins Holy League and enters European politics.
1553 - Lady Jane Grey goes on trial for treason in England. She had been Queen of England for nine days.
1789 - American inventor Benjamin Franklin writes a letter to a friend in which he says, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."
1832 - The first streetcar _ a horse-drawn vehicle called the John Mason _ goes into operation in New York City.
1881 - Charles J. …
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