On This Day - Nov. 30

1982 CE - Michael Jackson's second solo album, Thriller, is released worldwide. It will become the best-selling album in history. 

Photo of the Day

Swordfish skeleton at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC.

In the News

Egyptian Court Drops Case Against Mubarak Over 2011 Protest Deaths
Death Toll from Ebola Outbreak Nears 7,000 in West Africa: WHO
Russia Calls for End to Sanctions as EU Targets Ukraine Separatists
China Rebukes Turkey for Offer to Shelter Uighur Refugees
Space Rock Sheds Light on Mysterious Mineral on Earth

Quote of the Day

"Most of the time we think we're sick, it's all in the mind". --Thomas Wolfe

Song of the Day

Pâna când nu te iubeam
Artist - Pink Martini
Album - Get Happy

Film of the Day

A Bridge Too Far

Director - Richard Attenborough

Starring - Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Robert Redford

Wiki of the Day

Ancient Pueblo peoples, Ancestral Pueblo peoples , or Ancestral Puebloans were an ancient Native American culture centered on the present-day Four Corners area of the United States, comprising southern Utah, northeastern Arizona, northern New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado.^[1] They lived in a range of structures, including pit houses, pueblos, and cliff dwellings designed so that they could lift entry ladders during enemy attacks, which provided security. Archaeologists referred to one of these cultural groups as the Anasazi, although the term is not preferred by contemporary Pueblo peoples.^[2]

The word Anaasází is Navajo for "Ancient Ones" or "Ancient Enemy".^[3] Archaeologists still debate when this distinct culture emerged. The current consensus, based on terminology defined by the Pecos Classification, suggests their emergence around the 12th century BCE, during the archaeologically designated Early Basketmaker II Era. Beginning with the earliest explorations and excavations, researchers wrote that the Ancient Puebloans are ancestors of contemporary Pueblo peoples.^[1][3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Pueblo_peoples