November 7, 1944 FDR Wins His Fourth Presidential Election

In 1947, Congress passed the 22nd amendment to the U.S. Constitution to set term limits for the office of the President.  The states ratified the amendment in 1951.

FDR (Dem - blue) vs. Thomas Dewey (Rep - red)

November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln Wins Election in a Divided Country

The country, already at a boil over the issue of slavery, was torn in two by Lincoln’s win over 3 other candidates.  Seven states had seceded by the time Lincoln took office in March of 1861.

Lincoln (Rep-red), Douglas (North Dem-blue), Breckenridge (South Dem-green), Bell (Union-yellow)

November 5, 1862 President Lincoln Removes General McClellan From Command

Although McClellan started out strong, his fading performance as a field commander cost him the confidence of the commander in chief.  McClellan would then run against President Lincoln in 1864 election.  He lost…big time.  The History Channel has the story here.

November 4, 2008 Barack Obama Elected President

There isn’t much more to say.

 

November 3, 1936 FDR Wins Re-election in the Middle of The Great Depression

This election was the biggest landslide in the history of the electoral college – 523 to 8.  FDR would also win two more presidential elections – in 1940 and 1944.  When he died in 1945, he had been President since March 1933.  The U.S. Constitution was then amended by the states to make sure that no person could be elected President more than twice.

Franklin Roosevelt (Dem - blue) vs. Alf Landon (Rep - red)

November 2, 1976 Jimmy Carter Wins the Presidential Election

The NY Times covered this election results this way.

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November 1, 2009 Daylight Saving Time

Did you turn your clock back clock back at 2am?

 

The History of Halloween

There is a short, but thorough, description of the origins of Halloween here from the History Channel.

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October 30, 1938 Orson Welles “War of the Worlds” Radio Broadcast Panics Thousands

In the days before television, families would gather around the radio for news and entertainment.  This infamous broadcast was a commercial-free hour long program designed to sound like  a breaking news report.  Many listened and enjoyed the entertainment as it was meant to be.  Many others paniced, called police or rushed to the site in New Jersey where they heard martians had landed a spacecraft.

October 29, 1929 Black Tuesday’s Stock Market Crash Begins the Great Depression

This day was actually the end of a four-day slide that began the previous week.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average didn’t reach get back to it’s pre-crash prices until November 1954.

You can find a short review of the crash & its causes and effects here  at PBS.