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10 years ago
Nov. 28, 1998:The Carthage Central School Board of Education is considering adding girls lacrosse to the varsity sports lineup next school year.
25 years ago
Nov. 28, 1983:Residents of Parish, an Oswego County community of 600, are still reeling from the shock of a Sunday morning fire that destroyed three businesses on East Main Street, the bulk of the village's downtown section. A grocery store, a variety store, an oil company office and three apartments above the businesses were involved in the fire that "pretty much destroyed the better part of downtown," according to a tired and saddened Fire Chief Kenneth C. Henderson.
50 years ago
Nov. 28, 1958:Two giant utilities competing for the natural gas franchise in the north country will resume their legal battle before the Public Service Commission in Albany on Dec. 9. The Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. and the Consumers Gas Co. of Toronto, through its wholly owned subsidiary, the St. Lawrence Gas Co. of Ogdensburg, both want to serve the St. Lawrence valley area.
75 years ago
Nov. 28, 1933:Watertown has a population of 34,812, according to an estimate made from the 1934 edition of Kimball's city directory, released this morning. This is an increase over the 1930 federal census, which listed the population as 32,205. Besides the alphabetical listing of the residents, there is a street directory and a classified business directory. In the front is a geographical, statistical and historical summary of the city.
100 years ago
Nov. 28, 1908:The New York Engine Co. announced that the building of patterns to be used in the construction of gas engines and gas producers started at the Watertown Engine Co. Three months will be required to make the patterns. Then the building of the engines and producers will commence, and the industry will take on a new lease of life. The incorporation of the new company was due directly to the failure of a big gas engine installed two years ago at the New York Air Brake Co.
125 years ago
Nov. 28, 1883:The supervisors smoked a box of cigars from the Antwerp Gazette last evening, and this morning visited the orphans' home, where they found everything in apple-pie order, and gladdened the hearts of the little ones with many presents.
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Today is Friday, Nov. 28,the 333rd day of 2008. There are 33 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 28, 1942, nearly 500 people died in a fire that destroyed the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston.
On this date:
In 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name.
In 1990, Margaret Thatcher resigned as British prime minister during an audience with Queen Elizabeth II, who conferred the premiership on John Major.
In 2001, Enron Corp. collapsed after would-be rescuer Dynegy Inc. backed out of an $8.4 billion deal to take it over.
Ten years ago:Some Republicans expressed disappointment and outrage over President Clinton's written responses to 81 questions from the House Judiciary Committee concerning the Monica Lewinsky affair, with one accusing the president of "word games."
Five years ago:President Bush returned to his ranch in Crawford, Texas, after a secret, nearly 36-hour journey that took him to Iraq for a Thanksgiving visit with U.S. troops.
One year ago:A day after an international Mideast peace conference in Annapolis, Md., President Bush told the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian territories he was personally committed to their mission of peace. Republican presidential rivals Rudolph W. Giuliani and Mitt Romney clashed over immigration in a provocative, no-holds-barred CNN/YouTube debate. O.J. Simpson pleaded not guilty in Las Vegas to charges of kidnapping and armed robbery stemming from a confrontation with sports memorabilia dealers. (Simpson and a codefendant were convicted last month.)
Today's Birthdays:Recording executive Berry Gordy Jr. is 79. Former Sen. Gary Hart, D-Colo., is 72. Singer-songwriter Bruce Channel is 68. Singer Randy Newman is 65. Movie director Joe Dante is 62. CBS News correspondent Susan Spencer is 62. "Late Show" orchestra leader Paul Shaffer is 59. Actor Ed Harris is 58. Actress S. Epatha Merkerson is 56. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is 55. Country singer Kristine Arnold (Sweethearts of the Rodeo) is 52. Actor Judd Nelson is 49. Movie director Alfonso Cuaron is 47. Rock musician Matt Cameron is 46. Actress Jane Sibbett is 46. Comedian Jon Stewart is 46. Actress Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon is 42. Rhythm-and-blues singer Dawn Robinson is 40. Hip-hop musician apl.de.ap (Black Eyed Peas) is 34. Actress Aimee Garcia is 30. Rapper Chamillionaire is 29. Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead is 24. Actress Scarlett Pomers ("Reba") is 20.
Thought for Today:"I am not sure that God always knows who are His great men; He is so very careless of what happens to them while they live." — Mary Hunter Austin, American novelist and playwright (1868-1934).
