Jefferson Davis
This Day in History, November 6

On November 6th, 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected President of the Confederate States of America.

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Other Notable Events, November 6

In 1869, in the first formal intercollegiate football game, Rutgers beat Princeton, 6-4.

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Classic Quotes by Colley Cibber (1671-1757) English actor, playwright

We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman, scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.

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Possession is eleven points in the law.

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"Tea! thou soft, sober, sage and venerable liquid;- thou female tongue-

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Notable Birthdays for November 6

Those born on this date include:
- Belgian instrument-maker Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone, in 1814
- Band leader and composer John Philip Sousa ( the March King ) in 1854
- Charles Henry Dow, co-founder of Dow Jones and Co. and first editor of The Wall Street

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A thought for the day

John Maynard Keynes said, Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assault of thought on the unthinking.

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