1845 – First nationally observed uniform election day in the United States, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
1904 – Harvard Stadium becomes the first stadium built specifically for football.
1914 – Vogue holds first model show, Fashion Fete’ in New York City.
1924 – California legalizes professional boxing. It had been declared illegal since 1914.
1929 – Richard E. Byrd, Laurence McKinley Gould and their polar expedition team begin a 2 1/2 month, 1500-mile dog-sled journey into the Queen Maud Mountains. The first exploration of the interior of Antarctica.
1939 – First air conditioned automobile, the Packard, is exhibited in Chicago.
1948 – Humorist Will Rogers commemorated by the United States Postal Service on a 3-cent stamp
1952 – Republican candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected President of the United States, defeating Democrat candidate Adlai Stevenson.
1958 – Democrats win the House of Representatives.
1962 – United States performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island in the central Pacific Ocean.
1968 – “Wichita Lineman,” the 12th album by Glen Campbell, is released. It’s named Billboard Album of the Year in 1969.
1975 – Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer wins his second Cy Young Award.
1979 – 500 Iranian students loyal to Ayatollah Khomeini seize the United States Embassy in Tehran, taking 80 hostages for 444 days.
1983 – Washington Capitals record the first National Hockey League regular-season overtime victory, beating the Vancouver Canucks 5-4.
1987 – National Basketball Association announces four new franchises; Charlotte and Miami for 1988 and Minneapolis and Orlando for 1989.
1994 – San Francisco: First conference that focuses exclusively on the subject of the commercial potential of the World Wide Web.
1997 – Mercury Nashville Records releases “Come on Over,” the third studio album by Shania Twain. It’s named Billboard Album of the Year in 1998.
2008 – Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States, defeating Republican candidate John McCain.
2014 – The United States votes in midterm elections: Republicans retain the House of Representatives and regain the Senate.
2019 – Largest mass commutation in United States history when 462 non-violent inmates are freed from Oklahoma prisons as part of state prison reform.
2021 – The World Health Organization says Europe is again the epicenter for COVID-19 after cases rise 50% in a month.
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