Nov 6
1860
Lincoln’s unlikely presidential victory
On this day in 1860, Americans voted in arguably the most consequential presidential election in U.S. history. The winner was Abraham Lincoln. And the country would never be the same. He saved the Union, helped end slavery, and is regarded as one of the country’s greatest presidents. But it almost didn’t happen. Discover Lincoln’s unlikely path to the presidency.
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On this day (October 25, Old Style) in 1917, the second phase of the Russian Revolution began as the Bolsheviks seized power.
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James Naismith, born in Canada this day in 1861, was a physical education director and coach who in 1891 invented basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts, now home of the game’s hall of fame, named in his honor.
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2012
American politician Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat from Wisconsin, became the first openly gay person to be elected to the U.S. Senate. [Take our quiz about American history and politics.]
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1995
Art Modell, the owner of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns, announced that he was moving the team to Baltimore, which enraged sportswriters and Cleveland fans. [Test your knowledge of American football.]
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1984
U.S. President Ronald Reagan won reelection in a landslide victory over Democratic candidate Walter F. Mondale. [Take our quiz about U.S. presidential elections.]
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1888
Benjamin Harrison of the Republican Party was elected U.S. president by an electoral majority despite losing the popular vote by more than 90,000 to his Democratic opponent, Grover Cleveland. [Test your knowledge of how voters voted in U.S. presidential elections across history.]
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1887
Professional baseball player Walter Johnson, who had perhaps the greatest fastball in the history of the game, was born in Humboldt, Kansas. [See if Walter Johnson made our list of the 10 greatest baseball players of all time.]
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1854
American bandmaster John Philip Sousa, who composed 136 military marches, was born. [Test your knowledge of musical nicknames.]
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1661
Charles II, who ruled Spain from 1665 to 1700 and was the last monarch of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty, was born. [Test your knowledge of kings and emperors.]
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