Today is the 327th day of 2012 and the 62nd day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1497, explorer Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope in Africa.

In 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as his replacement.

In 1990, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigned.

In 1995, "Toy Story," the first full-length film to be entirely computer-generated, was released.

In 2005, Angela Merkel took office as the first female chancellor of Germany.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: George Eliot (1819-1880), writer; Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), French president and general; Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981), songwriter; Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), composer; Rodney Dangerfield (1921-2004), actor/comedian; Robert Vaughn (1932- ), actor; Billie Jean King (1943- ), tennis player; Jamie Lee Curtis (1958- ), actress; Boris Becker (1967- ), tennis player; Scarlett Johansson (1984- ), actress.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1986, Mike Tyson knocked out Trevor Berbick, becoming, at 20 years and 5 months of age, the youngest-ever heavyweight boxing champion.

TODAY'S FACT: In 2010, "Toy Story 3" was released, earning $415 million at the U.S. box office. The original "Toy Story" grossed $191.8 million.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "How can anyone govern a nation that has 246 different kinds of cheeses?" -- French President Charles de Gaulle

TODAY'S NUMBER: 12 -- Grand Slam women's singles titles won by Billie Jean King.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter (Nov. 20) and full moon (Nov. 28).

Today is the 326th day of 2012 and the 61st day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1783, Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis Francois Laurent d'Arlandes made the first successful balloon ascent.

In 1877, Thomas Edison announced his invention of the phonograph.

In 1922, Rebecca Felton of Georgia was sworn in as the first female U.S. senator.

In 1995, leaders representing warring factions in the former Yugoslavia initialed a peace agreement in Dayton, Ohio.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Voltaire (1694-1778), philosopher; Stan Musial (1920- ), baseball player; Earl Monroe (1944- ), basketball player; Goldie Hawn (1945- ), actress; Tina Brown (1953- ), editor; Bjork (1965- ), singer/actress; Troy Aikman (1966- ), football player/sportscaster; Ken Griffey Jr. (1969- ), baseball player.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1942, the National Hockey League discontinued overtime in regular-season games because of wartime restrictions on train schedules. It was restored in 1983.

TODAY'S FACT: Prolific inventor Thomas Edison received his first patent in 1869 for a vote-recording machine.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking." -- Voltaire

TODAY'S NUMBER: 24 -- All-Star Games in which baseball Hall of Famer Stan Musial appeared.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter (Nov. 20) and full moon (Nov. 28).

Today is the 325th day of 2012 and the 60th day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1789, New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

In 1945, the Nuremberg Trials against World War II Nazi war criminals began.

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy lifted the blockade against Cuba in response to the Soviet Union removing its missiles from the Caribbean nation.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Edwin Hubble (1889-1953), astronomer; Alistair Cooke (1908-2004), TV host; Robert Byrd (1917-2010), senator; Nadine Gordimer (1923- ), writer; Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968), senator; Estelle Parsons (1927- ), actress; Richard Dawson (1932-2012), actor/TV host; Don DeLillo (1936- ), writer; Joe Biden (1942- ), U.S. vice president; Bo Derek (1956- ), actress; Joel McHale (1971- ), actor/comedian; Nadine Velazquez (1978- ), actress.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1997, A.C. Green played in his 907th consecutive NBA game, a record that he would extend to 1,192 games.

TODAY'S FACT: Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia was the longest-serving senator in U.S. history, with more than 50 years of service.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes." -- Robert F. Kennedy

TODAY'S NUMBER: 21 -- defendants at the Nuremberg Trials, which began this date in 1945.

TODAY'S MOON: First quarter moon (Nov. 20).