1789 – Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States.
1860 – Abraham Lincoln (Rep-R-Ill) elected 16th American President.
1888 – Benjamin Harrison (R-Sen-Ind) beats President Grover Cleveland (D), 233 electoral votes to 168, Cleveland received slightly more votes.
1903 – USA recognizes independence of Panama.
1917 – New York adopts a constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote in state elections.
1928 – Republican candidate Herbert Hoover is elected President of the United States, defeating Democrat candidate Al Smith.
1928 – Colonel Jacob Schick patents first electric razor.
1938 – 3 DiMaggio brothers play together for first time, charity all star game.
1941 – USA lends Soviet Union $1 million.
1945 – The first landing of a jet on a carrier takes place on USS Wake Island when an FR-1 Fireball touches down.
1945 – House Committee on Un-American Activities begins investigation of 7 radio commentators.
1958 – American League announces that Kansas City will play a record 52 night games in 1959.
1962 – Edward Kennedy 1st elected (Sen-D-Mass)
1967 – US launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon November 9.
1970 – Twins Jim Perry wins AL Cy Young Award.
1981 – Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie to win a Cy Young Award.
1986 – President Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill.
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 – 5 people are shot at a poultry processing plant in Fresno, California.
2012 – Elizabeth Warren becomes the first female Senator from Massachusetts.
2012 – Tammy Duckworth becomes the first disabled woman and first person born in Thailand to be elected to US Congress.
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