FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020

1844-Spain grants Dominican Rep independence

1860-Abraham Lincoln (R-Ill-Rep) elected 16th President

1861-Jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as Confederate President

1869-First intercollegiate football (soccer) game (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4)

1900-President William McKinley (R) re-elected, beating William Jennings Bryan

1913-Mohandas K. Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa

1917-Bolshevik revolution begins with the capture of the Winter Palace

1918-Republic of Poland proclaimed

1923-USSR adopts experimental calendar, with 5-day "weeks"

1936-RCA displays TV for the press

1952-First hydrogen bomb exploded (by US at Eniwetok Atoll)

1961-U.S. government issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith

1962-BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote

1966-First entire lineup televised in color (NBC)

1967-US launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon Nov 9

1978-Shah of Iran places Iran under military rule

1985-General Jaruzelski elected Poland's head of state

1990-Arsenio Hall gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

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