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Today in History: Saturday, November  07, 2009
AP Highlight in History:
On Nov. 7, 1917, Russia's Bolshevik Revolution took place as forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky.

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1893Passage of a referendum made Colorado the first state to grant women the right to vote .
1916Republican Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress.
1929The Museum of Modern Art in New York City opened.
1944President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented fourth term in office, defeating Thomas E. Dewey.
1962Richard M. Nixon, who failed in a bid to become governor of California, held what he called his last press conference, telling reporters, "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore."
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1962Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt died at age 78.
1967President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a bill establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
1972President Richard M. Nixon was re-elected in a landslide over Democrat George McGovern.
1973Congress over-rode President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Act, which limits a president's power to wage war without congressional approval.
1989L. Douglas Wilder won the governor's race in Virginia, becoming the nation's first elected African-American governor.
1991Basketball star Magic Johnson announced that he had tested positive for the AIDS virus and was retiring.
1998House Speaker Newt Gingrich resigned following an election in which the Republican House majority shrunk from 22 to 12.
2000Republican George W. Bush was elected president over incumbent Democratic Vice President Al Gore, though Gore won the popular vote by a narrow margin. The winner was not known for more than a month because of a dispute over the results in Florida.
2000Hillary Rodham Clinton was elected to the U.S. Senate from New York, becoming the first first lady to win public office.
2006Keith Ellison, a Democrat from Minnesota, became the first Muslim elected to Congress.
 
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Today's Birthdays:
Gen. David Petraeus turns 57 years old today.
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NameProfessionAge
Billy GrahamEvangelist91
Joan SutherlandOpera singer83
Barry NewmanActor71
Johnny RiversRock singer67
Nick GilderSinger58
Christopher KnightActor ("The Brady Bunch")52
Julie PinsonActress ("As the World Turns")42
Greg TribbettRock musician (Mudvayne)41
Christoper Daniel BarnesActor37
Jason LondonActor37
Jeremy LondonActor ("7th Heaven")37
Yunjin KimActress ("Lost")36
Zach MyersRock musician (Shinedown)26
Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell turns 66 years old today.
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