Historical Events
1065
Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
1811
Battle of Tippecanoe: US forces defeat the Shawnee Prophet's followers.
1916
Jeannette Rankin becomes the first woman elected to the US Congress.
1917
The Bolshevik Revolution begins in Russia.
2000
The US Presidential Election results in a contested outcome, leading to the Florida recount.
Famous Birthdays
1728
James Cook
British explorer who mapped much of the Pacific and was the first European to visit Hawaii.
1867
Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, winning two (Physics and Chemistry).
1879
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary who co-led the October Revolution.
1918
Billy Graham
American evangelical Christian minister who preached to millions.
1943
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician known for Big Yellow Taxi and Both Sides Now.
