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\"President<\/a>
President Grant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Associated Press<\/p>\n

On Nov. 3, 1868, Republican Ulysses S. Grant won the presidential election over Democrat Horatio Seymour.
\n1839- The first Opium War between China and Britain broke out.
\n1903- Panama proclaimed its independence from Colombia.
\n1908- Republican William Howard Taft was elected president, outpolling William Jennings Bryan.
\n1911- The Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was founded in Detroit by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant.
\n1936- President Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected in a landslide over Republican Alfred M. “Alf” Landon.
\n1957- The Soviet Union launched into orbit Sputnik 2, the second manmade satellite; a dog on board named Laika was sacrificed in the experiment.
\n1964- President Lyndon B. Johnson soundly defeated Republican challenger Barry Goldwater to win a White House term in his own right.
\n1970- Salvador Allende was inaugurated as president of Chile.
\n1986- A Lebanese magazine broke the story of U.S. arms sales to Iran, a revelation that escalated into the Iran-Contra affair.
\n1992- Democrat Bill Clinton was elected the 42nd president of the United States, defeating President George H.W. Bush.
\n1992- Illinois Democrat Carol Moseley-Braun became the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
\n1994- Susan Smith of Union, S.C., was arrested for drowning her two young sons, nine days after claiming the children had been abducted by a black man. (Smith is serving life in prison.)
\n2004- Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of Afghanistan’s first-ever presidential election.
\n2005- Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, pleaded not guilty to a five-count felony indictment in the CIA leak case. (Libby was convicted, but President George W. Bush commuted his 30-month prison sentence.)
\n2009- Maine residents narrowly voted down a same-sex marriage law.
\n2010- The Federal Reserve announced a plan to buy $600 billion in Treasury bonds over the next eight months in an attempt to boost lending and stimulate economy.<\/p>\n

Today’s Birthdays:
\nFashion editor Anna Wintour turns 66 years old today.
\nLois Smith Actress 85
\nKen Berry Actor, dancer 82
\nMichael Dukakis Former governor of Massachusetts 82
\nRoy Emerson Tennis Hall of Famer 79
\nShadoe Stevens Actor 69
\nLulu Singer, actress (“To Sir, With Love”) 67
\nRoseanne Barr Actress, comedian (“Roseanne”) 63
\nKathy Kinney Actress (“The Drew Carey Show”) 62
\nDennis Miller Comedian (“Saturday Night Live”) 62
\nAdam Ant Rock singer 61
\nDolph Lundgren Actor 58
\nEvgeni Plushenko Figure skater 33
\nActress Kate Capshaw turns 62 years old today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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