Nov. 6. 1967: Parliament institutes racial segregation in public facilities, Rhodesia.

Nov. 7. 1933: Gandhi begins tour for Harijan uplift, India. 1972: After nine tries, Congress finally passes War Powers legislation, over Pres. Nixon's veto. It limits President's power to commit armed forces to hostilities abroad without Congressional approval. It has been routinely ignored ever since.

Nov. 8. 1800: "Federal Bonfire Number One," a mysterious fire swept the offices of the US Department of War, destroying books and papers, after Republicans demanded proof that money set aside for the Army had been properly expended by the Federalists. 1975: In a federal court, charges against eight National Guardsmen stemming from the 1970 Kent State shootings were dropped.

Nov. 9. 1933: Two hundred assembly-line workers at Nash automobile in Kenosha, Wisconsin, walk out to protest new piece rates. In response, owner Charles Nash locks out all 3,000 workers at his Kenosha and Racine plants. Workers at both the Racine plant and Milwaukee's Seaman Body are members of new federal labor unions, and support the Kenosha workers; when the Kenosha lockout ends, both Nash plants ask for a 20% raise and strict seniority rules. In three months, Racine plant workers strike, idling 1,200 workers. Seaman Body and the Kenosha local follow, taking out 1,800 in Milwaukee and 1,600 in Kenosha. After eight weeks of federal mediation, all workers receive raises of up to 17 percent, and unions at each plant win sole bargaining rights.

Nov. 10. 1973: Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse 5" burned as a "tool of the Devil" by school board, and the teacher who assigned it is fired, Drake, North Dakota.

Nov. 11. 1922: Birth of Novelist Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. 1942: Birth of Jimi Hendrix, Seattle, Washington.

Nov. 12. 1980: New York City Mayor Ed Koch admits to trying marijuana. 1982: Zonker talks about Hashish in a sandbox, sparking a lot of criticism (Doonesbury).

Nov. 13. 1843: Mount Rainier erupts. 1974: Karen Silkwood, anti-nuclear activist, murdered en route to meet a New York Times reporter, Oklahoma. All her documentation of safety violations disappears.

Nov. 14. 1985: Ivan Boesky agrees to plead guilty to an unspecified criminal count, pay a $100 million fine, and return his ill-gotten Wall Street profits; he was barred for life (sort of) from trading securities.

Nov. 15. 1917: Bolsheviks take Moscow, Russian Revolution ends. 1991: Brazil's Pres. Collor signs decree to return original lands to Yanomani Indians. Unfortunately, the decree means little as gold miners and ranchers continue to steal land and murder the Yanomani with impunity. Some things never change.

Nov. 16. 1849: Fyodor Dostoevsky receives death sentence for engaging in socialist activities, later commuted to four years hard labor in Siberia.

Nov. 17. 1896: Sacramento, California reports first of dozens of sightings of huge mysterious airships appearing all over US for the next six months.

Nov. 18. 1872: Susan B. Anthony arrested for voting. 1945: Birth of Cherokee Nation chief and Native American leader Wilma Mankiller.

Nov. 19. 1973: Unanimous US Supreme Court decision supports Puyallup tribal fishing rights vs. state of Washington. Pigs fly.