November 6, 2022
QUOTE
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
--Charles Dow
BIRTHDAYS
1851 – Charles Dow, Journalist and economist
1854 – John Philip Sousa,Composer and bandleader
1861 – James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball
1880 – Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company
IN MEMORY
1998 – Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler
2014 – Tommy Macpherson, Scottish soldier and businessman
2014 – Rick Rosas, Bass player
2020 – Ken Spears, Writer
IN ON THIS DAY
447 – A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.
1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States with only 40% of the popular vote, defeating John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas in a four-way race.
1900 – President William McKinley is re-elected, along with his vice-presidential running mate, Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York. Republicans also swept the congressional elections, winning increased majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
1906 – Teddy Roosevelt travels to Panama, being the first President of the United States to make an official diplomatic tour outside of the Continental United States.
1943 – The 1st Ukrainian Front liberates Kyiv from German occupation.