Today is Tuesday, November 8, the 313rd day of 2016. There are 53 days
left in the year.
1793 — Louvre in Paris, opens
1837 — Mount Holyoke Seminary in Massachusetts, first U.S. college founded
for women
1861 — U.S. removes Confederate officials from British steamer Trent
1864 — Abraham Lincoln elected to his second term as President
1870 — Democratic governor elected in Tennessee
1889 — Montana admitted as 41st state
1892 — Grover Cleveland (D) elected President
1895 — Wilhelm Rontgen discovers x-rays
1900 — Theodore Dreiser’s novel “Sister Carrie” is published