Today:
1665 – The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.
1805 – Lewis and Clark Expedition arrives at the Pacific Ocean.
1837 – Elijah Parish Lovejoy, an abolitionist newspaper editor, is murdered by a mob in Alton, Illinois, making him a martyr for the abolitionist cause.
1872 – The cargo ship Mary Celeste sets sail from New York, bound for Genoa, Italy, later to be found deserted under mysterious circumstances.
1917 – The October Revolution begins in Russia as the Bolshevik Party seizes power in Petrograd, marking the start of Soviet rule.
1918 – The city of Lviv in Ukraine is taken by Polish forces, leading to conflicts over control of the area.
1940 – Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington collapses during a windstorm, in a famous incident highlighting the importance of aerodynamic stability in bridge design.
1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected for a fourth term as President of the United States.
1989 – Douglas Wilder wins the Virginia gubernatorial election, becoming the first African American governor elected in the United States.
2000 – Hillary Clinton becomes the first First Lady to win public office, becoming a U.S. senator for New York.
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