This Week in History

NOVEMBER 3

1952 -Clarence Birdseye marketed the first frozen peas.

1957 – The Soviet Union sent the first animal, a dog named Laika, into space aboard the Sputnik II. Laika died in orbit.

NOVEMBER 4

John Shannon was born.

1842 – Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill.

2008 -Democratic senator Barack Obama wins the presidential election against Sen. John McCain, taking 338 electoral votes to McCain’s 161

NOVEMBER 5

Howard Schwach was born.

Brian Van Dexter was born.

1872 – Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for trying to vote in the presidential election (she was trying to vote for President Grant).

1994 – At 45, George Foreman, became the oldest heavyweight champion when he knocked out Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas.

NOVEMBER 6

Billy Beef Timothy was born.

William Hickey was born.

Vinnie Furlong was born.

1860 – Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States.

1913 – Mohandas Gandhi led a march of miners in South Africa. He was arrested three times in the first four days of the march.

NOVEMBER 7

Brian Hullah was born.

Don Olsen was born.

Mickey Green was born.

Victoria Meier was born.

1944 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt won a fourth term in office, defeating Thomas E. Dewey.

NOVEMBER 8

Courtney Cullen was born.

Victoria Moriarty was born.

1889 – Montana became the 41st state.

1892 – Former president Grover Cleveland beat incumbent Benjamin Harrison and became the only president to win nonconsecutive terms in the White House.

NOVEMBER  9

Ellen Rayder Collins was born.

John Doherty was born.

1888 – Jack the Ripper killed his last victim, Mary Jane Kelly.

1989 – Borders between East and West Germany were opened and the Berlin Wall began to be dismantled the next day.