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Former congresswoman Jeannette Rankin prepares for a speaking tour calling for a peace plank in the Republican and Democratic party platforms (AP Photo)

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.

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