1860 – Abraham Lincoln (Rep-R-III) elected 16th American President.
1917 – New York State adopts a constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote in state elections.
1928 – Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds.
1929 – Providence Steam Roller become first NFL team to host a game at night, under floodlights; lose 16-0 against the Chicago Cardinals at the Cycledome, Providence, RI.
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.
1945 – The first landing of a jet on a carrier takes place on USS Wake Island when an FR-1 Fireball touches down.
1947 – NBC’s “Meet the Press” debuts – US’s longest running TV show.
1958 – American League announces that KC will play AL record 52 night games in 1959.
1966 – 1st entire lineup televised in color (NBC)
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 is re-elected President of the United States in a landslide, winning 49 states and defeating Democrat candidate Walter Mondale.
1986 – President Reagan signs landmark immigration bill.
1993 – Evander Holyfield beats Riddick Bowe in 12 for heavyweight boxing title.
2012 – 5 people are shot in a poultry processing plant in Fresno, California.
2012 – Barack Obama is re-elected as US President, defeating Republican candidate Mitt Romney.
2018 – In US midterm elections Democrats retake control of the House of Representatives after eight year, the Senate is held by Republicans.
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