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 State accepts a constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote in state elections.
1918 – WWI: On the Western Front, Germany is now retreating as French and American troops cross the Meuse and move to take Sedan.
1928 – Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds.
1928 – Colonel Jacob Schick patents 1st electric razor.
1936 – RCA displays TV for press.
1938 – 3 DiMaggio brothers play together for 1st time, charity all star game.
1941 – USA lends Soviet Union $1 million.
1956 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is re-elected President of the United States, defeating Democrat candidate Adlai Stevenson.
1967 – US launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon November 9.
1970 – Twins Jim Perry wins American League Cy Young Award.
1981 – Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie to win a Cy Young Award.
1985 – Space shuttle Challenger lands at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
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 OPC members warn that a downturn price spiral could occur if major non-OPEC oil exporters do not reduce oil production.
2005 – The Evansville Tornado of November 2005 kills 25 in Northwestern Kentucky and Southwestern Indiana.
2012 – Barack Obama is re-elected as US President defeating Republican candidate Mitt Romney.
2012 – Elizabeth Warren becomes the first female Senator from Massachusetts.
2018 – In US midterm elections Democrats retake control of the House of Representatives after eight years, the Senate is held by Republicans.
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