Post by Math Professor on Nov 7, 2008 17:23:39 GMT -6
1916: Jeannette Rankin, R-Mont., becomes the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
1944: Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected to a historic fourth term as president.
1954: “Face the Nation” premieres on CBS to challenge NBC's “Meet the Press.”
1962: Richard M. Nixon, having lost California's gubernatorial race, holds what he calls his “last press conference,” telling reporters, “You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore.”
1967: The first black mayors of major U.S. cities are elected: Carl Stokes of Cleveland and Richard Hatcher of Gary, Ind.
1989: David Dinkins, a Democrat, is elected New York City's first African-American mayor. In Virginia, Lieutenant Governor Douglas Wilder, a Democrat, becomes the first elected African-American governor.
1991: Basketball star Earvin “Magic” Johnson announces his retirement from the Los Angeles Lakers after testing positive for HIV.
2000: For the first time in more than a century, the U.S. presidential election is undecided at the end of Election Day, with Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush awaiting the results from Florida, Oregon and New Mexico.
(If you have more historic events that occured on this day, Nov. 7th, please be my guest and post them, thanks.)
1944: Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected to a historic fourth term as president.
1954: “Face the Nation” premieres on CBS to challenge NBC's “Meet the Press.”
1962: Richard M. Nixon, having lost California's gubernatorial race, holds what he calls his “last press conference,” telling reporters, “You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore.”
1967: The first black mayors of major U.S. cities are elected: Carl Stokes of Cleveland and Richard Hatcher of Gary, Ind.
1989: David Dinkins, a Democrat, is elected New York City's first African-American mayor. In Virginia, Lieutenant Governor Douglas Wilder, a Democrat, becomes the first elected African-American governor.
1991: Basketball star Earvin “Magic” Johnson announces his retirement from the Los Angeles Lakers after testing positive for HIV.
2000: For the first time in more than a century, the U.S. presidential election is undecided at the end of Election Day, with Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush awaiting the results from Florida, Oregon and New Mexico.
(If you have more historic events that occured on this day, Nov. 7th, please be my guest and post them, thanks.)
