Shimla, Nov. 6 Keekli Bureau
2012
American politician Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat from Wisconsin, became the first openly gay person to be elected to the U.S. Senate.
2000
American environmentalist David Brower, who spent nearly 70 years working to protect wilderness areas in the United States and was an influential member of the Sierra Club, died at age 88.
1995
Art Modell, the owner of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns, announced that he was moving the team to Baltimore, which enraged sportswriters and Cleveland fans.
1984
U.S. President Ronald Reagan won reelection in a landslide victory over Democratic candidate Walter F. Mondale.
1917
The second phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917 began (October 25, Old Style) as the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia.
1888
Benjamin Harrison of the Republican Party was elected U.S. president by an electoral majority despite losing the popular vote by more than 90,000 to his Democratic opponent, Grover Cleveland.
1887
Professional baseball player Walter Johnson, who had perhaps the greatest fastball in the history of the game, was born in Humboldt, Kansas.
1854
American bandmaster John Philip Sousa, who composed 136 military marches, was born.
1661
Charles II, who ruled Spain from 1665 to 1700 and was the last monarch of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty, was born.
