November 09 1888 Jack the Ripper killed his last victim, Mary Jane Kelly. 1938 Nazis burned and looted temples and Jewish-owned stores and houses in…
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This Day In History — JFK elected President
November 08 1889 Montana became the 41st state. 1892 Former president Grover Cleveland beat incumbent Benjamin Harrison and became the only president to win nonconsecutive…
View More This Day In History — JFK elected PresidentThis Day In History — Voter Dispute in 2000 Presidential Election
November 07 1874 The Republican Party was first symbolized as an elephant in a cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast in Harper’s Weekly magazine. 1916 Jeannette…
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This Day In History — Franklin Roosevelt Wins Historic Third Term
November 05 1605 The Gunpowder Plot to blow up the English Parliament failed. 1872 Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for trying to vote in…
View More This Day In History — Franklin Roosevelt Wins Historic Third TermThis Day In History — Obama is elected to his first term
November 04 1842 Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill. 1880 James and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio, patented the first cash register. 1922…
View More This Day In History — Obama is elected to his first termThis Day In History — Laika Goes to Space
November 03 1839 The first Opium War between China and Britain broke out. 1903 Panama proclaimed its independence from Colombia. 1952 Clarence Birdseye marketed the…
View More This Day In History — Laika Goes to SpaceThis Day In History — The Spruce Goose takes flight
November 02 1889 North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states, respectively. 1947 Howard Hughes flew the Spruce Goose on its first…
View More This Day In History — The Spruce Goose takes flightThis Day In History — Sistine Chapel painting is opened to the public
November 01 1512 Michelangelo’s paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were shown to the public for the first time. 1755 Earthquake, fires, and…
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October 31 1517 Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace church, marking the start of the Protestant Reformation in…
View More This Day In History — Donner Party Gets Hungry…This Day In History — Orson Welles broadcasts “War of the Worlds”
October 30 1534 The English parliament passed the Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church. 1938 Radio broadcast of The…
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