Today’s highlight

On Nov. 15, 1864, during the Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman began their “March to the Sea” from Atlanta; the campaign ended with the capture of Savannah on Dec. 21.

On this date

1777: The Second Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation.

1806: Explorer Zebulon Pike sighted the mountaintop now known as Pikes Peak in present-day Colorado.

1937: At the U.S. Capitol, members of the House and Senate met in air-conditioned chambers for the first time.

1942: The naval Battle of Guadalcanal ended during World War II with a decisive U.S. victory over Japanese forces.

1939: President Franklin D. Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.

1959: Four members of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, were found murdered in their home.

1966: The flight of Gemini 12, the final mission of the Gemini program, ended successfully as astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. splashed down safely in the Atlantic after spending four days in orbit.

1969: A quarter of a million protesters staged a peaceful demonstration in Washington against the Vietnam War.