Today in History

1665		The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.
1811		Rebellious Indians in a conspiracy organized in defiance of the United States government by Tecumseh, Shawnee chief, are defeated during his absence in the Battle of the Wabash (or Tippecanoe) by William Henry Harrison, governor of Indiana Territory.
1814		Andrew Jackson attacks and captures Pensacola, Florida, defeating the Spanish and driving out a British force.
1846		Zachary Taylor, one of the heroes of the Mexican War, is elected president.
1861		Union General Ulysses S. Grant launches an unsuccessful raid on Belmont, Missouri.
1876		Rutherford B. Hayes is elected 19th president of the United States.
1881		Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, two participants in Tombstone, Arizona's, famous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, are jailed as the hearings on what happened in the fight grow near.
1916		President Woodrow Wilson is re-elected, but the race is so close that all votes must be counted before an outcome can be determined, so the results are not known until November 11.
1916		Jeannette Rankin (R-Montana) is elected the first congresswoman.
1917		British General Sir Edmond Allenby breaks the Turkish defensive line in the Third Battle of Gaza.
1917		The Bolsheviks, led by Lenin, take power in Russia.
1921		Benito Mussolini declares himself to be leader of the National Fascist Party in Italy.
1940		Tacoma Bridge in Washington State collapses.
1943		British troops launch a limited offensive along the coast of Burma.
1944		President Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected to a fourth term by defeating Thomas Dewey.
1967		President Lyndon B. Johnson signs a bill establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
1972		President Richard Nixon is re-elected.