Once Upon A Time – November 6 – 1860 – Republican Abraham Lincoln Of Illinois Elected 16th President Of U.S.A.

1813 Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain

1860 Republican Abraham Lincoln of Illinois elected the 16th President of the United States of America

1913 Mahatma Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners’ march in South Africa

1917 [OS Oct 24] Bolshevik revolution begins with bombardment of the Winter Palace in Petrograd during the Russian October Revolution

1978 Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi places the country under military rule; General Gholām Reza Azhāri forms government

Historical Events Today
Today in Film & TV
1947 NBC’s “Meet the Press” debuts – US’s longest running TV show

Today in Sport
1961 US government issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith (invented game of basketball – actually Canadian)

1865 American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe, on its cruise that sank or captured 37 vessels

1528 Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes first known European to set foot in Texas

Famous Weddings
1919 “The Sheik” actor Rudolph Valentino (24) weds actress Jean Acker (26)

1935 English Prince Henry weds Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott

1983 Businessman Vidal Sassoon (55) weds dressage champion Jeanette Hartford-Davis