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1874
The Republican Party was first symbolized as an
elephant in a cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast in
Harper's Weekly magazine.
1916
Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first
woman elected to Congress.
1917
Vladimir Lenin's forces overthrew Alexander
Kerensky's government in Russia's Bolshevik
Revolution .
1944
President Franklin D. Roosevelt won a fourth
term in office, defeating Thomas E. Dewey.
1962
Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt died in New
York City at age 78.
1967
Carl Stokes of Cleveland became the first African
American mayor of a major U.S. city.
1989
L. Douglas Wilder was elected governor of
Virginia . He became the nation's first elected
black governor.
2000
The U.S. went to the polls to choose between
George W. Bush and Al Gore. The outcome
wouldn't be known for more than a month
because of disputed votes in Florida
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