ANDREWS MCMEEL ALMANAC

Today is the 321st day of 2017 and the 57th day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1800, the United States Congress met for the first time in Washington, D.C., in the unfinished Capitol building.

In 1869, the Suez Canal was officially opened.

In 1871, the National Rifle Association was granted a charter by the state of New York.

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy dedicated Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Shelby Foote (1916-2005), author/historian; Rock Hudson (1925-1985), actor; Martin Scorsese (1942- ), film director; Lauren Hutton (1943- ), actress; Jim Boeheim (1944- ), basketball coach; Danny DeVito (1944- ), actor; Lorne Michaels (1944- ), producer; John Boehner (1949- ), politician; Stephen Root (1951- ), actor; Jeff Buckley (1966-1997), singer-songwriter; Rachel McAdams (1978- ), actress; Ryan Braun (1983- ), baseball player; Christopher Paolini (1983- ), writer.

TODAY'S FACT: Congress passed the Height of Buildings Act in 1899, stating that no building in Washington, D.C., could be built taller than the Capitol. It was amended in 1910, allowing buildings to be as tall as the width of the adjacent street plus 20 feet.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1968, with about a minute on the clock and the New York Jets leading the Oakland Raiders 32-29, NBC switched to a scheduled broadcast of "Heidi." Oakland then scored two touchdowns in nine seconds, winning 43-32, as thousands of angry football fans overloaded NBC's switchboard.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "People make a grievous error thinking that a list of facts is the truth. Facts are just the bare bones out of which truth is made." -- Shelby Foote

TODAY'S NUMBER: 59,000 -- average number of airline passengers traveling through Washington Dulles International Airport per day.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (Nov. 10) and new moon (Nov. 18).

ANDREWS MCMEEL ALMANAC

Today is the 320th day of 2017 and the 56th day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1801, the first New York Post newspaper was published.

In 1841, the first underwater tunnel was completed beneath the Thames River in London.

In 1907, Oklahoma was admitted as the 46th U.S. state.

In 1914, the Federal Reserve System of the United States officially opened.

In 1973, President Richard Nixon signed legislation authorizing the construction of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: W.C. Handy (1873-1958), composer; George Kaufman (1889-1961), playwright; Burgess Meredith (1907-1997), actor; Jose Saramago (1922-2010), author; Chinua Achebe (1930-2013), author; Marg Helgenberger (1958- ), actress; Dwight Gooden (1964- ), baseball player; Lisa Bonet (1967- ), actress; Oksana Baiul (1977- ), figure skater; Maggie Gyllenhaal (1977- ), actress; Amar'e Stoudemire (1982- ), basketball player; Pete Davidson (1993- ), actor/comedian.

TODAY'S FACT: The $10 bill is the U.S. currency with the shortest life span, lasting an average of 4.5 years in circulation.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1957, the longest winning streak in college football history ended at 47 games, when the Notre Dame Fighting Irish upset the Oklahoma Sooners.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "If I could repeat my childhood, I would repeat it exactly as it was, with the poverty, the cold, little food, with the flies and pigs, all that." -- Jose Saramajo

TODAY'S NUMBER: 800 -- length (in miles) of the trans-Alaska pipeline system.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (Nov. 10) and new moon (Nov. 18).

ANDREWS MCMEEL ALMANAC

Today is the 319th day of 2017 and the 55th day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1920, the League of Nations held its first assembly in Geneva.

In 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt laid the cornerstone for the Jefferson Memorial during a ceremony in Washington, D.C.

In 1969, Vietnam anti-war demonstrations reached a peak when an estimated quarter- to half-million protesters marched peacefully in Washington, D.C.

In 2002, Hu Jintao took over leadership of China's Communist Party, replacing Jiang Zemin.

In 2006, the international 24-hour news channel Al Jazeera English launched worldwide.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: William Herschel (1738-1822), astronomer; Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965), U.S. Supreme Court justice; Marianne Moore (1887-1972), poet; Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), artist; Ed Asner (1929- ), actor; Petula Clark (1932- ), singer; Sam Waterston (1940- ), actor; Daniel Barenboim (1942- ), pianist/conductor; Jonny Lee Miller (1972- ), actor; Chad Kroeger (1974- ), singer-songwriter; Shailene Woodley (1991- ), actress; Karl-Anthony Towns (1995- ), basketball player.

TODAY'S FACT: Georgia O'Keeffe was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S. civilian honor, by President Gerald Ford in 1977.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 2005, Major League Baseball team owners and the players' union agreed on a tougher testing policy for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "What I write could only be called poetry because there is no other category to put it." -- Marianne Moore

TODAY'S NUMBER: 22 -- average age of a U.S. infantryman serving in the Vietnam War.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (Nov. 10) and new moon (Nov. 18).