TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

Nov. 2, 1976

Former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter became the first candidate from the Deep South since the Civil War to be elected president as he defeated incumbent Gerald R. Ford.

ALSO ON THIS DATE 1783

General George Washington issued his Farewell Address to the Army near Princeton, New Jersey.

1889

North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states with the signing of proclamations by President Benjamin Harrison.

1917

British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour issued a declaration expressing support for a “national home” for the Jews in Palestine.

1930

Haile Selassie was crowned emperor of Ethiopia.

1947

Howard Hughes piloted his huge wooden flying boat, the Hughes H_4 Hercules, on its only flight, which lasted about a minute over Long Beach Harbor in California.

1948

President Harry S. Truman surprised the experts by winning a narrow upset over Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey.

1950

Playwright George Bernard Shaw, 94, died in Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England.

1992

Movie producer Hal Roach died in Los Angeles at age 100.