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Gravdigr · 11-06-2016, 11:58 AM

November 6

There is 1 day until the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.

There are 48 days until Christmas.

There are 55 days remaining in 2016.

Today is observed, internationally, as an International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict.

Events

1528 – Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in the area that would become Texas.

1856 – Scenes of Clerical Life, the first work of fiction by the author later known as George Eliot, is submitted for publication.

1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected as the sixteenth president of United States.

1861 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America.

1865 – American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise on which it sank or captured 37 unarmed merchant vessels.

1869 – In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.

1913 – Mohandas K. Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.

1934 – Memphis, Tennessee becomes the first major city to join the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

1935 – Edwin Armstrong presents his paper "A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation" (FM radio) to the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers.

1942 – World War II: First flight of the Heinkel He 219.

1943 – World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Kiev. Before withdrawing, the Germans destroy most of the city's ancient buildings.

1947 – Meet the Press makes its television debut.

2012 – Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate. And there was much rejoicing.

Births

1494 – Suleiman the Magnificent; 1814 – Adolphe Sax; 1851 – Charles Dow; 1854 – John Philip Sousa; 1861 – James Naismith; 1893 – Edsel Ford; 1914 – Jonathan Harris; 1916 – Ray Conniff; 1921 – James Jones; 1926 – Zig Ziglar; 1931 – Mike Nichols; 1932 – Stonewall Jackson; 1941 – Guy Clark; 1946 – Sally Field; 1948 – Sidney Blumenthal; 1948 – Glenn Frey; 1949 – Brad Davis; 1949 – Arturo Sandoval; 1955 – William H. McRaven; 1955 – Maria Shriver; 1964 – Corey Glover; 1966 – Peter DeLuise; 1970 – Ethan Hawke; 1972 – Thandie Newton; 1976 – Pat Tillman; 1988 – Emma Stone

Deaths

1991 – Gene Tierney; 2007 – Hank Thompson

11-06-2016, 11:58 AM	#390
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	November 6 There is *1 day* until the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. There are 48 days until Christmas. There are 55 days remaining in 2016. Today is observed, internationally, as an International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict. Events 1528 – Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in the area that would become Texas. 1856 – Scenes of Clerical Life, the first work of fiction by the author later known as George Eliot, is submitted for publication. 1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected as the sixteenth president of United States. 1861 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America. 1865 – American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise on which it sank or captured 37 unarmed merchant vessels. 1869 – In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game. 1913 – Mohandas K. Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa. 1934 – Memphis, Tennessee becomes the first major city to join the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). 1935 – Edwin Armstrong presents his paper "A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation" (FM radio) to the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers. 1942 – World War II: First flight of the Heinkel He 219. 1943 – World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Kiev. Before withdrawing, the Germans destroy most of the city's ancient buildings. 1947 – Meet the Press makes its television debut. 2012 – Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate. And there was much rejoicing. Births 1494 – Suleiman the Magnificent; 1814 – Adolphe Sax; 1851 – Charles Dow; 1854 – John Philip Sousa; 1861 – James Naismith; 1893 – Edsel Ford; 1914 – Jonathan Harris; 1916 – Ray Conniff; 1921 – James Jones; 1926 – Zig Ziglar; 1931 – Mike Nichols; 1932 – Stonewall Jackson; 1941 – Guy Clark; 1946 – Sally Field; 1948 – Sidney Blumenthal; 1948 – Glenn Frey; 1949 – Brad Davis; 1949 – Arturo Sandoval; 1955 – William H. McRaven; 1955 – Maria Shriver; 1964 – Corey Glover; 1966 – Peter DeLuise; 1970 – Ethan Hawke; 1972 – Thandie Newton; 1976 – Pat Tillman; 1988 – Emma Stone Deaths 1991 – Gene Tierney; 2007 – Hank Thompson __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.