Today is Saturday, Nov. 21, the 325th day of 2009. There are 40 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On Nov. 21, 1934, the Cole Porter musical “Anything Goes,” starring Ethel Merman as Reno Sweeney, opened on Broadway.

On this date:

• In 1922, Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia was sworn in as the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate.

• In 1973, President Richard Nixon’s attorney, J. Fred Buzhardt, revealed the existence of an 18 1/2-minute gap in one of the White House tape recordings related to Watergate.

Today’s Birthdays: Baseball Hall-of-Famer Stan Musial is 89. Actress Marlo Thomas is 72. Singer Dr. John is 69. Basketball Hall of Famer Earl Monroe is 65. Actress Goldie Hawn is 64. Actress-singer Lorna Luft is 57. Actress Cherry Jones is 53. Gospel singer Steven Curtis Chapman is 47. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Troy Aikman is 43. Rhythm-and-blues singer Chauncey Hannibal (BLACKstreet) is 41. MLB All-Star player Ken Griffey, Jr. is 40. Rapper Pretty Lou (Lost Boyz) is 38. Actor/former football player Michael Strahan is 38.

Thought for Today: “We are always doing, says he, something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us.”—Joseph Addison, English essayist and poet (1672-1719).