Today in History

Today is Thursday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2014 There are 55 days left in the year Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 6, 1984, President Ronald Reagan won re-election by a landslide over former Vice President Walter Mondale, the Democratic challenger On this date: In 1861, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was elected to a sixyear term of office

In 1944, British official Lord Moyne was assassinated in Cairo, Egypt, by members of the Zionist Stern gang

In 1956, President Dwight D Eisenhower won re-election, defeating Democrat Adlai E Stevenson

In 1962, Democrat Edward M Kennedy was elected Senator from Massachusetts

In 1977, 39 people were killed when the Kelly Barnes Dam burst, sending a wall of water through Toccoa Falls College in Georgia

In 1990, about one-fifth of the Universal Studios backlot in southern California was destroyed in an arson fire

In 2012, President Barack Obama was elected to a second term of office, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney

Today’s Birthdays: Actress June Squibb (Film: “Nebraska”) is 85 Director Mike Nichols is 83 Country singer Stonewall Jackson is 82 Singer Eugene Pitt (The Jive Five) is 77 Singer PJ Proby is 76 Country singer Guy Clark is 73 Actress Sally Field is 68 Pop singer-musician Glenn Frey (The Eagles) is 66 Singer Rory Block is 65 Jazz musician Arturo Sandoval is 65 TV host Catherine Crier is 60 News correspondent and former California first lady Maria Shriver is 59 Actress Lori Singer is 57 Actor Lance Kerwin is 54 Rock musician Paul Brindley (The Sundays) is 51 Education Secretary Arne Duncan is 50