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Today in History: December 12
Today in History: December 12:
On this day in 2000, a divided Supreme Court’s partisan decision ended a Florida recount, securing George W. Bush’s presidency.
In 1870 Joseph H. Rainey became the first Black member of the U.S. House of Representatives, marking progress in civil rights during Reconstruction.
In 2015 Nearly 200 nations adopted the Paris Agreement, uniting the world in the fight against climate change.
In 2020 Supporters of the losing president held a rally to subvert the results of the election which Joe Biden won in a landslide.
Today in History: November 07
Today in History: November 07: In 1916, Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress. In 1917, Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution took place as forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky. In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented fourth term in office, defeating Republican Thomas E. Dewey. In 1989, L. Douglas Wilder won the governor’s race in Virginia, becoming the first elected Black governor in U.S. history. In 2020, Democrat Joe Biden clinched victory over the twice-impeached and over-incompetent president Donald Trump.