Today in History: November 7, first woman elected to Congress

In contemporary times is Friday Nov the th day of There are days left in the year Currently in history On Nov Jeannette Rankin of Montana won ballot to the U S House of Representatives becoming the first woman elected to either chamber of Congress Also on this date In Russia s Bolshevik Revolution took place as forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisional governing body of Alexander Kerensky Related Articles Supreme Court lets Trump block transgender nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers Trump administration speeds up new rules that would make it easier to charge specific protesters Trump administration must fully fund SNAP benefits in November judge rules Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is uncovered not guilty of assault charge House Democrats want to interview former prince Andrew about Epstein In Washington state s original Tacoma Narrows Bridge nicknamed Galloping Gertie collapsed into Puget Sound during a windstorm just four months after opening to traffic In President Franklin D Roosevelt won an unprecedented fourth term in office defeating Republican Thomas E Dewey In President Richard Nixon was reelected in a landslide over Democrat George McGovern In L Douglas Wilder won the governor s race in Virginia becoming the first elected Black governor in U S history David N Dinkins was elected New York City s first Black mayor In basketball star Magic Johnson broadcasted that he had tested positive for HIV and was retiring In NASA launched the Mars Global Surveyor from Cape Canaveral Florida the agency s first mission to the red planet in about two decades The orbiter became the longest-operating spacecraft sent to Mars before NASA lost contact with it in November In a jury in Los Angeles convicted Michael Jackson s professional Conrad Murray of involuntary manslaughter for supplying a powerful anesthetic implicated in the pop star s death Murray was sentenced to four years in prison He served two years and was disclosed in October In Democrat Joe Biden clinched preeminence over President Donald Trump as a win in Pennsylvania pushed Biden over the threshold of Electoral College votes Trump refused to concede Currently s Birthdays Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Kaat is Former Singer Johnny Rivers is Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is Retired Army general and former CIA Director David Petraeus is Actor Christopher Knight TV The Brady Bunch is DJ-producer David Guetta is Actor Yunjin Kim is Rock singer Lorde is