1864 — Abraham Lincoln elected to his second term as President
1895 — Wilhelm Rontgen discovers x-rays
1950 — First jet-plane battle of Korean War
1956 — U.N. demands USSR leave Hungary
1960 — JFK (MA-D-Sen) beats VP Richard Nixon (R) for president
1979 — ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (the forerunner to "Nightline")
1984 — Anna Fisher becomes the 1st "mom" to go into orbit
1987 — 11 die as a bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army exploded at Ulster Remembrance Day Service
1988 — 900 die as earthquake hits China
1990 — 100,000 additional U.S. troops are sent to the Persian Gulf
1990 — Saddam fires his army chief & threatens to destroy Arabian Peninsula
1994 — Republicans regain control of U.S. Congress
2016 — Donald John Trump (R) beats Hillary Clinton (D) to become the 45th President of the United States.