Today is Friday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2009 with 55 to follow. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Venus, Mars and Saturn. The evening stars are Jupiter, Neptune, Mercury and Uranus.


Left: On November 6th, 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected President of the Confederate States of America.

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