1860 – Republican Abraham Lincoln of Illinois elected the 16th President of the United States of America.
1917 – New York State adopts a constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote in state elections.
1928 – Colonel Jacob Schick patents 1st electric razor.
1935 – 1st test flight of Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft.
1936 – RCA displays TV for press.
1938 – 3 DiMaggio brothers play together for 1st time, in a charity all-star game.
1941 – USA lends Soviet Union $1 million.
1947 – NBC’s “Meet the Press” debuts – US’s longest running TV show.
1958 – AL announces that Kansas City will play AL record 52 night games in 1959.
1962 – Edward M. Kennedy 1st elected as Democratic Senator for Massachusetts.
1966 – 1st entire lineup televised in color (NBC)
1967 – US launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon, November 9.
1970 – Twins Jim Perry wins AL Cy Young Award.
1975 – “Hello, Dolly” opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 51 performances.
1984 – Incumbent Republican President Ronald Reagan re-elected President of the United States in a landslide; wins 49 states, and defeats Democrat Walter Mondale.
1990 – Braves’ Dave Justice wins NL Rookie of Year.
2001 – Crude oil for December delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) falls to a two-year low after OPEC members warn that a downward price spiral could occur if major non-OPEC oil exporters do not reduce oil production.
2012 – Barack Obama is re-elected as US President, defeating Republican candidate Mitt Romney.
2018 – Colorado votes to abolish slavery as a form of punishment in state constitution.
2018 – In US midterm elections Democrats retake control of the House of Representatives after eight years, the Senate is held by Republicans.