TODAY IN HISTORY
On Nov. 11, 1831, former slave Nat Turner, who had led a slave uprising, was executed in Jerusalem, Virginia.
In 1921, the remains of an unidentified American
service member were interred in a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
In 1966, Gemini 12 blasted off on a four-day mission with astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. aboard.
In 1992, the Church of England voted to ordain women as priests.
In 1998, President Bill Clinton ordered warships, planes and troops to the Persian Gulf as he laid out his case for a possible attack on Iraq.
Georgia’s secretary of state announced an audit of presidential election results that he said would be done with a full hand tally of ballots because the margin was so tight.