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Other Notable Events, November 6
In 1869, in the first formal intercollegiate football game, Rutgers beat Princeton, 6-4.
In 1917, the Bolshevik revolution began in Russia. Because it took place under the old czarist calendar, it is known as the October Revolution.
In 1921, the cult of Rudolph Valentino was launched with the release of his silent film "The Sheik," which despite negative reviews immediately caught the attention of women across the United States.
In 1952, the United States exploded the world's first hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific.
In 1968, Republican Richard Nixon was elected 37th president of the United States, defeating Democrat Hubert Humphrey.
In 1984, U.S. President Ronald Reagan was elected to a second term, winning 49 states.
In 1986, U.S. intelligence sources confirmed a report that the United States secretly sold arms to Iran to secure the release of seven U.S. hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
Also in 1986, U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed the landmark immigration reform bill, the first U.S. immigration law authorizing penalties for employers who hire illegal aliens.
In 1990, a gunman opened fire as Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev presided over the Revolution Day parade. Gorbachev wasn't injured.
In 1991, Ukrainian leaders signed the Soviet economic-union treaty at the Kremlin.
In 1995, numerous world leaders gathered in Jerusalem for the funeral of assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
In 2001, speaking at a Warsaw summit, U.S. President George Bush said for the first time that Osama bin Laden was trying to get chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.
In 2002, the U.N. Security Council began considering the revised U.S. draft resolution that would declare Iraq in continuing "material breach" of previous measures and warn Baghdad of "serious consequences" if it failed to cooperate with weapons inspectors.
In 2005, at least 23 people were killed and some 230 injured when a tornado swept through parts of Indiana and Kentucky.
Also in 2005, U.S. gasoline prices fell an average of 23 cents per gallon to pre-Hurricane Katrina levels. The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline was $2.43, about 20 cents lower than it had been a few days before Aug. 29 storm.
In 2006, former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, unconscious since suffering a stroke in January, was taken out of intensive care at a Jerusalem hospital.
In 2007, a suicide bomber hurled himself at a delegation of lawmakers in a northern Afghan city, killing at least 50 people, including six members of parliament and several children, and injuring about 150 others, police said.
Also in 2007, military reports said the deaths of six U.S. troops in Iraq made 2007 the deadliest year of the conflict for American forces. The reported toll reached 851, two more than the record set in 2004.
In 2008, as the cease fire between the Congo government and rebel forces appeared about to collapse, African and U.N. leaders met in Nairobi to sign an agreement calling for an immediate end to the fighting.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 11/06/2009
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