TODAY IN HISTORY

On this day in 1414

In Constance, Switzerland, more than 50,000 people gathered to resolve the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Church. The Constance council got rid of three men who all claimed to be pope and elected Martin V as the church’s new leader.

In 1623, William Shakespeare’s collected works were first published.

In 1960, 43-year-old John F. Kennedy narrowly defeated Richard Nixon for the presidency of the U.S.

In 2016, brash billionaire Donald Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States, an astonishing victory for a celebrity businessman and political novice whose campaign was like no other in modern times.