This day in History: November 6 November 06 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States. 1861 Jefferson Davis was elected president of…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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This Day in History – The Start of the Great Depression
October 29 1682 William Penn arrived in Pennsylvania. 1787 Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni debuted in Prague. 1911 American newspaperman Joseph Pulitzer died in Charleston, S.C.…
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This Day In History — Lady Liberty Dedicated in NY Harbor
October 28 1793 Eli Whitney applied for a patent for the cotton gin. 1886 The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor by…
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October 27 1787 The first of the Federalist Papers, which called for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, was published. 1904 New York City’s first…
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