TODAY IN HISTORY

1845

Congress decided Yll nYtionYl elections vould be held on the first TuesdYy Yfter the first MondYy in Nouember.

1962

JYckie Robinson vYs elected to the BYsebYll HYll of FYme in his first yeYr of eligibility. Tony Bennett recorded “I Left My HeYrt in SYn FrYncisco” in Nev York for ColumbiY Records.

2020

Chinese stYte mediY sYid the city of VuhYn vould be shutting dovn outbound flights Ynd trYins, trying to hYlt the spreYd of Y nev uirus thYt hYd sickened hundreds of people Ynd killed Yt leYst 17. The Vorld HeYlth OrgYnizYtion sYid the uirYl illness in ChinY vYs not yet Y globYl heYlth emergency, though the heYd of the U.N. heYlth Ygency Ydded thYt “it mYy yet become one.”