November 6

A quick look at Today in History, check out some Celebrity Birthdays, and find out what Days of the Year to celebrate.

TODAY IN HISTORY:

1860 – Abraham Lincoln was elected to be the 16nth President of the United States by defeating three other candidates.

1861 – Jefferson Davis was elected as the President of the Confederacy in the U.S.

1894 – William C. Hooker received a patent for the mousetrap.

1923 – Jacob Schick was granted a patent for the electric shaver.

1923 – The Ottawa Beach Hotel, which was the largest resort on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, burned to the ground. The land became Holland State Park.

1928 – Herbert Hoover was elected as the 31st President of the United States.

1935 – Edwin H. Armstrong announced his development of FM broadcasting.

1947 – TV’s “Meet the Press” debuted on NBC.

1956 – Dwight D. Eisenhower was re-elected President.

1961 – In the Saraha Desert of Algeria, a natural gas well ignited when a pipe ruptured. The flames rose between 450 feet and 800 feet. The fire burned until April 28, 1962 when a team, led by Red Adair, used explosives to deprived the fire of oxygen.

1965 – The state of Michigan brought back turkey hunting. Four hundred hunters in Allegan County were able to try their luck.

1967 – Phil Donahue began a TV talk show in Dayton, OH. The show continued for 29 years.

1973 – NASA’s Pioneer 10 spacecraft began photographing the planet Jupiter.

1984 – Ronald Reagan was re-elected President.

1984 – For the first time in 193 years, the New York Stock Exchange remained open during a Presidential election day.

1990 – An arson fire destroyed about 20% of the Universal Studios backlot in southern California.

1995 – Art Modell, the owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced that he signed a deal what would relocate the team to Baltimore, MD to become the Baltimore Ravens. It would be the first time the city of Baltimore had a football team since 1983 when they were the Baltimore Colts.

2001 – The TV series “24” debuted on Fox. It ran for 9 seasons.

2005 – The movie “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” debuted in theaters.

2006 – Having shed 75 pounds, Kirstie Alley appeared on Oprah in a bikini.

2006 – Guy Fieri began taking us on tours of restaurants when the TV show “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” premiered.

2007 – For the first time in his Presidency, George W. Bush had one of his vetoes overturned. The House of Representatives voted 361-50 to override his veto of a $23 billion bill that would fund nearly 900 water projects across the nation. Up to this time, Bush had broken out his veto pen only five times.

2012 – President Barack Obama was re-elected, narrowly defeating Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

2018 – Michigan voters decided to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use by a 56-44 percent margin.

BIRTHDAYS:

June Squibb – 96 years old (1929) – Actress

P. J. Proby – 87 years old (1938) – Singer and songwriter

Sally Field – 79 years old (1946) – Actress

Arturo Sandoval – 76 years old (1949) – Cuban-American musician

Michael Cunningham – 73 years old (1952) – Novelist and screenwriter

Maria Shriver – 70 years old (1955) – Journalist and author

Lori Singer – 68 years old (1957) – Actress and musician

Peter DeLuise – 59 years old (1966) – Actor, writer, director, and producer

Stephanie Vozzo – 59 years old (1966) – Professional comic book colorist and music agent

Kelly Rutherford – 57 years old (1968) – Actress

Jerry Yang – 57 years old (1968) – Taiwanese-American engineer and businessman, co-founded Yahoo!

Colson Whitehead – 56 years old (1969) – Author

Ethan Hawke – 55 years old (1970) – Actor, author, and director

Rebecca Romijn – 53 years old (1972) – Model and actress

Zoe McLellan – 51 years old (1974) – Actress

Sal Vulcano – 49 years old (1976) – Comedian and actor

Erik Cole – 47 years old (1978) – Ice hockey player

Taryn Manning – 47 years old (1978) – Actress and singer

Adam LaRoche – 46 years old (1979) – Baseball player

Lamar Odom – 46 years old (1979) – Basketball player

Luke Jackson – 44 years old (1981) – Basketball player and coach

Patina Miller – 41 years old (1984) – Actress and singer

Ricky Romero – 41 years old (1984) – Baseball player

Katie Leclerc – 39 years old (1986) – Actress

Ben Rector – 39 years old (1986) – Singer, songwriter and musician

John Holland – 37 years old (1988) – Puerto Rican-American basketball player

Emma Stone – 37 years old (1988) – Actress

Jozy Altidore – 36 years old (1989) – Soccer player

Bowen Yang – 35 years old (1990) – Australian-born American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer

Pierson Fodé – 34 years old (1991) – Actor and model

Doron Lamb – 34 years old (1991) – Basketball player

Day'Ron Sharpe – 24 years old (2001) – Basketball player

Aiden Fucci – 19 years old (2006) – Convicted murderer

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