1860 – Abraham Lincoln (Rep-R-Ill) elected 16th American President.
1869 – 1st intercollegiate football (soccer) game (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4)
1900 – Republican US President William McKinley and his Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt, defeat Democrat William Jennings Bryan.
1917 – New York adopts a constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote in state elections.
1928 – Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds.
1928 – Colonel Jacob Schick patents 1st electric razor.
1936 – RCA displays TV for press.
1941 – USA lends Soviet Union $1 million.
1947 – NBC’s “Meet the Press” debuts – US’s longest running TV show.
1957 – “Rumple” opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 45 performances.
1962 – Edward M Kennedy 1st elected (Sen-D-Mass)
1966 – 1st entire lineup televised in color (NBC)
1967 – US launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon Nov. 9.
1975 – “Hello Dolly” opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 51 performances.
1981 – Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie to win a Cy Young Award.
1986 – President Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill.
1995 – Art Modell officially announces Cleveland Browns are moving to Baltimore.
2012 – 5 people are shot at a poultry processing plant in Fresno, California.
2012 – Elizabeth Warren becomes the first female Senator from Massachusetts.