Today is the 332nd day of 2012 and the 67th day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, establishing the Nobel Prize.

In 1942, the French navy sank its fleet at Toulon to prevent its use by the Nazis.

In 1973, the U.S. Senate approved the nomination of House Minority Leader Gerald Ford, a Michigan Republican, as vice president.

In 2005, French surgeons completed the first known partial face transplant, grafting a new nose, lips and chin.

TODAY'S HISTORY: Anders Celsius (1701-1744), scientist/inventor; Robert Livingston (1746-1813), diplomat; Charles A. Beard (1874-1948), historian; Bruce Lee (1940-1973), actor/martial arts expert; Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970), musician; Bill Nye (1955- ), science educator/TV personality; Caroline Kennedy (1957- ), presidential daughter and writer; Michael Vartan (1968- ), actor.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1985, Vince Coleman became the fourth person ever to be unanimously named National League Rookie of the Year. He had stolen 110 bases for the St. Louis Cardinals.

TODAY'S FACT: Pierre and Marie Curie are the only husband and wife to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics (1903).

TODAY'S QUOTE: "The Nobel is a ticket to one's funeral. No one has ever done anything after he got it." -- T.S. Eliot

TODAY'S NUMBER: 44 -- Nobel Prizes that have been awarded to women since 1901.

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

Today is the 331st day of 2012 and the 66th day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1789, the United States observed a day of Thanksgiving declared by George Washington in celebration of the new Constitution.

In 1992, it was announced that the Queen of England would begin paying income taxes, the first time a British monarch would do so since the 1930s.

In 2000, nearly three weeks after Election Day, Florida's presidential election results were certified in favor of George W. Bush.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919), physician/feminist; Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000), cartoonist; Tina Turner (1939- ), singer/actress; Shawn Kemp (1969- ), basketball player; Peter Facinelli (1973- ), actor; Natasha Bedingfield (1981- ), singer.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1956, Bob Richards became the first pole vaulter to win a second Olympic gold medal and set an Olympic record in the process.

TODAY'S FACT: To preserve the length of the holiday shopping season, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed legislation on this day in 1941 that decreed Thanksgiving would always fall on the fourth Thursday of November. Thanksgiving had been celebrated on the last Thursday of November, which in some years was the fifth, since 1863.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." -- George Washington

TODAY'S NUMBER: 537 -- number of votes by which George W. Bush secured victory in Florida in 2000.

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

Today is the 330th day of 2012 and the 65th day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1895, Oscar Hammerstein I opened the Olympia, the second theater in what is now known as Broadway, or New York City's Theater District. The Empire Theatre, which opened in 1893, was the first.

In 1947, studio executives agreed to blacklist the "Hollywood 10," who were cited for contempt of Congress the previous day for not cooperating with the House Un-American Activities Committee.

In 2002, President George W. Bush signed legislation creating the Homeland Security Department, naming Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge as its first secretary.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), financier/philanthropist; Virgil Thomson (1896-1989), composer/music critic; Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999), baseball player; Augusto Pinochet (1915-2006), Chilean president; Ben Stein (1944- ), actor/game show host; Amy Grant (1960- ), musician; John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960-1999), presidential son and publisher; Jill Hennessy (1968- ), actress; Christina Applegate (1971- ), actress; Barbara and Jenna Bush (1981- ), presidential daughters.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1980, Sugar Ray Leonard recovered the WBC welterweight boxing title when his opponent, Roberto Duran, said "no mas, no mas" ("no more, no more"), in the eighth round.

TODAY'S FACT: Augusto Pinochet came to power in 1973 in a violent coup that deposed Salvador Allende, the first elected Socialist president of Chile.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself." -- Andrew Carnegie

TODAY'S NUMBER: 58,575 -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees, making it the largest organization overseen by the Department of Homeland Security.

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