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November 05, 2009
This Day in History: Nov. 7:
1874: The Republican Party was first symbolized as an elephant in a cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly magazine. 1916: Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress. 1917: Vladimir Lenin's forces overthrew Alexander Kerensky's government in Russia's Bolshevik Revolution. 1944: President Franklin D. Roosevelt won a fourth term in office, defeating Thomas E. Dewey. 1962: Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt died in New York City at age 78. 1967: Carl Stokes of Cleveland became the first African-American mayor of a major U.S. city. 1989:
L. Douglas Wilder was elected governor of Virginia. He became the nation's first elected black governor. 2000: The U.S. went to the polls to choose between George W. Bush and Al Gore. The outcome wouldn't be known for more than a month because of disputed votes in Florida.-- from Infoplease website
Famous birthdays today (besides yours): Physicist Madame Marie Curie, 1867; Revolutionary Leon Trotsky, 1879; Evangelist Billy Graham, 1918; Singer Johnny Rivers, 1942; Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell,1943; Actor Christopher Knight ("The Brady Bunch"), 1957; Actor Jeremy London ("Party of Five"), 1972; Actor Jason London ("The Rage: Carrie Two"), 1972; Actress Yunjin Kim ("Lost"), 1973. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites
Posted by Lynn at November 5, 2009 09:07 PM