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This Day in History 11/8/20 Nov 08, 2020

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 8th. He was one of the Old West’s most colorful, and dangerous, figures: on this day in 1887, gunslinger, gambler, and occasional dentist Doc Holliday died of tuberculosis. Holliday left a successful dental practice in Dallas and drifted between the wild towns of the Old West, making his living at card tables and aggravating his tuberculosis with heavy drinking and late nights.

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This Day in History 11/7/20 Nov 07, 2020

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 7th. This year we’re celebrating 100 years of U.S. women voting, but even before the 19th amendment was passed, Jeannette Rankin of Wyoming became the first woman ever to win a seat in Congress on this day in 2016. A dedicated pacifist, Rankin’s first vote as a U.S. congresswoman was against U.S. entry into World War I.

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This Day in History 11/6/20 Nov 06, 2020

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 6th. He remains one of America’s most admired presidents, and on this day in 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th U.S. president on the eve of the Civil War. Though he received only 40 percent of the popular vote, he handily defeated the three other candidates in the race.

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This Day in History 11/5/20 Nov 05, 2020

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 5th. It was one of the most fateful decisions in military history: On this day in 1941, the Combined Japanese Fleet received Top-Secret Order No. 1, which called for the bombing of the U.S. navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, along with Malaya, the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines.

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This Day in History 11/4/20 Nov 04, 2020

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Hello, and welcome to This Day In History. Here’s what happened on November 4th. Did you stay up late last night watching election returns? That’s just what millions around the country were doing on this day in 2008, when then-Senator Barack Obama from Illinois defeated Senator John McCain of Arizona to become the 44th U.S. president, and America’s first Black commander-in-chief.

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This Day in History 11/3/20 Nov 03, 2020

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 3rd. Today is Election Day, and like many Americans, residents of Washington, D.C. will be headed to the polls. And although D.C. residents can only elect non-voting members of the House and Senate, they have been casting votes in U.S. presidential elections since this day in 1964. That’s when capital dwellers helped elect Democrat Lyndon Johnson over Republican Barry Goldwater. Surprising fact? Washington, D.C.

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This Day in History 11/2/20 Nov 02, 2020

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 2nd. Tomorrow is Election Day, the last day to vote in this year’s presidential election. And with many pundits predicting a close race, we look back to one of the most surprising upsets in presidential history. On this day in 1948, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeated his Republican challenger, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, by just over two million popular votes. The result shocked Americans.

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This Day in History 11/1/20 Nov 01, 2020

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 1st. George Washington was our first president, but he wasn’t our first president to live in the White House. That was president number two, John Adams, who moved into the executive mansion at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on this day in 1800. Although Adams was initially enthusiastic about their new digs, he and first lady Abigail soon found it to be cold and damp during the winter.

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This Day in History 10/31/20 Oct 31, 2020

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on October 31st. Today is Halloween, but what happened way back on this day in 1926 was neither trick nor treat. That’s when Harry Houdini, the most celebrated magician and escape artist of the 20th century, died in a Detroit hospital. Twelve days earlier, Houdini had been telling a group of students in Montreal about the strength of his stomach muscles and their ability to withstand hard blows.

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