Today is Friday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2009. There are 55 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

• On Nov. 6, 1934, Nebraska voters approved a constitutional amendment which dissolved their two-chamber legislature in favor of a nonpartisan, single legislative body (or “unicameral”), which was implemented in 1937.

Today’s Birthdays: Director Mike Nichols is 78. Country singer Stonewall Jackson is 77. Singer Eugene Pitt (The Jive Five) is 72. Singer P.J. Proby is 71. Country singer Guy Clark is 68. Actress Sally Field is 63.

Thought for Today: “When writers come, I find I’m talking all the time, exchanging thoughts I haven’t exchanged for some time. I get stupid in solitude.” — Mary McCarthy, American author (1912-1989).