TUESDAY INHISTORY

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 7, the 311th day of 2017. There are 54 days left in the year. This is Election Day.

Highlight in History:

On Nov. 7, 1917, Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution took place as forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky.

On this date:

In 1861, former U.S. President John Tyler was elected to the Confederate House of Representatives (however, Tyler died before he could take his seat).

In 1916, Republican Jeannette Rank in of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress, winning a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

In 1940, Washington state’s original Tacoma Narrows Bridge, nicknamed “Galloping Gertie,” collapsed into Puget Sound during a windstorm just four months after opening to traffic.

In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented fourth term in office, defeating Republican Thomas E. Dewey.

In 1972, President Richard Nixon was re-elected in a landslide over Democrat George McGovern.

In 1973, Congress overrode President Richard Nixon’s veto of the War Powers Act, which limits a chief executive’s power to wage war without congressional approval.

In 1989, L. Douglas Wilder won the governor’s race in Virginia, becoming the first elected black governor in U.S. history.

Ten years ago: An 18-yearold gunman opened fire at his high school in Tuusula, Finland, killing seven other students and the principal before taking his own life.

Five years ago: A 7.4-magnitude earthquake killed at least 52 people in western Guatemala.

One year ago: In Philadelphia, with tens of thousands shivering in the cold, Barack and Michelle Obama passed the torch to Hillary Clinton in an emotional but anxious plea to elect her president.

Today’s Birthdays: Evangelist Billy Grahamis 99. Actor Barry Newman is 79. Singer Johnny Rivers is 75. Former supermodel Jean Shrimpton is 75. Singersongwriter Joni Mitchell is 74. Former CIA Director David Petraeus is 65. Actors Jeremy and Jason London are 45. Actress Yunjin Kim is 44. Actor Adam DeVine is 34. Actor Lucas Neff is 32. Rapper Tinie Tempah is 29. Rock singer Lorde is 21.

Thought for Today: “History is simply a piece of paper covered with print; the main thing is still to make history, not to write it.” — Otto von Bismarck, German statesman (1815-1898).