THE HISTORY OF NOVEMBER 6

THE HISTORY OF NOVEMBER 6

WORLD EVENTS

Today is National Nachos Day

1851  Charles Dow was born – Co-founder of Dow Jones Average

1860  Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16^th President

1861  James Naismith was born – inventor of basketball

1861  Jefferson Davis was elected to a 6 year term as Confederate President

1888  Benjamin Harrison won the Presidential election beating incumbent Grover Cleveland

1911  Maine became a dry state

1917  The Bolshevick Revolution began with the capturing of the Winter Palace

1917  New York allowed women to vote

1923  Jacob Schick was granted a patent for the electric shaver

1928  Herbert Hoover beat Alfred Smith for the Presidency – won 83% of the electoral vote

1928  Franklin Roosevelt was elected Governor of New York

1936  RCA demonstrated the television to 200 invited guests

1946  Actress Sally Field was born – “The Flying Nun”

1956  President Eisenhower was re-elected – beat Adlai Stevenson

1962  Ted Kennedy was elected to the Senate from Massachusetts for the first time

1965  The Freedom Flights began – allowed 250,000 Cubans to come to the US by 1971

1967  Phil Donahue began a TV talk show in Dayton, Ohio – final airing was May 2, 1996

1978  The Shah of Iran placed the country under military rule

1984  President Reagan was re-elected in a landslide – won 97.6% of the electoral vote

1990  About 20% of Universal Studios back lot in California was destroyed by fire

1991  Kuwait doused the last of the oil fires ignited by Iraq during the Persian Gulf war

2001  Season 1 of the TV show “24” made its debut

SPORTS HISTORY ON NOVEMBER 6

2007  Greg Maddux wins his 17^th Gold Glove

2002  Barry Zito of Oakland wins the AL Cy Young award – 23-5, 2.75 ERA

2001  Greg Maddux wins his 12^th straight Gold Glove and Roberto Alomar his 10^th – most ever for a second baseman

1998  Kerry Wood of Chicago wins NL Rookie of the Year – 13-6, 3.40 ERA

1995  Mark Messier scores his 500^th goal

1991  Chuck Knoblauch is named AL Rookie of the Year - .281 average, 50 RBI and 159 hits – also had 15 postseason hits

1990  David Justice of Atlanta wins NL Rookie of the Year - .282 average, 28 HRs, 78 RBI

1988  Grete Waitz wins her 9^th women’s title at the NYC marathon

1984  Willie Hernandez names AL MVP, also won Cy Young – only other reliever to win both was Rollie Fingers – Hernandez was 9-3, 1.92 ERA, 32 saves

1974  Mike Marshall of Dodgers wins Cy Young – 1^st reliever to do so – 106 appearances, 208 innings, 15-12, 2.42 ERA, 21 saves

1970  Jim Perry of Minnesota wins Cy Young – 24-12, 3.04 ERA

1969  The 1^st Cy Young award tie – Mike Cuellar and Denny McLain – Cuellar was 23-11, 2.38 ERA, 18 complete games and McLain was 24-9, 2.80 ERA, and 23 complete games

# 1 SONGS ON NOVEMBER 6

1961  Big Bad John – Jimmy Dean

1963  Sugar Shack – Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs

1964  Baby Love – The Supremes

1965  Get Off of My Cloud – The Rolling Stones

1967  To Sir, With Love - Lulu

1968  Hey Jude –The Beatles

1969  Wedding Bell Blues – The 5^th Dimension

1970  I’ll Be There – The Jackson 5

1971  Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves - Cher

1972  I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash

1975  Island Girl – Elton John

1977  You Light Up My Life – Debby Boone

1978  MacArthur Park – Donna Summer

1979  Heartache Tonight – The Eagles

1980  Woman In Love – Barbra Streisand

1981  Private Eyes – Daryl Hall & John Oates

1982  Up Where We Belong – Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes

1983  All Night Long – Lionel Richie

1984  Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) – Billy Ocean

1985  Miami Vice Theme – Jan Hammer

1986  Amanda - Boston

1987  I Think We’re Alone Now - Tiffany

1988  Wild Wild West – The Escape Club

1989  When I See You Smile – Bad English

1990  Love Takes Time – Mariah Carey

1992  End of the Road – Boyz II Men

1993  I’d Do Anything for Love – Meat Loaf

1994  I’ll Make Love to You – Boyz II Men

1997  Candle in the Wind (1997) – Elton John

1999  Smooth – Santana with Rob Thomas