2020
Former Vice-President Joe Biden declared the winner of the US Presidential race, four days after the US election, defeating sitting President Donald Trump.
2019
Queen Elizabeth II confirms she is no longer buying clothes made with real fur.
2017
South Korean golfer Park Sung-hyun becomes the first LPGA rookie to be ranked no. 1.
2000
Hillary Clinton is elected to the US Senate, becoming first US First Lady to win public office and while still the First Lady.
1999
Tiger Woods became the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win four straight tournaments.
1950
Arrival of first contingent of Canadian troops to join the United Nations force in Korea.
1944
Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected President of the United States for a record fourth term.
1929
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City opened to the public.
1917
Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution took place. The provisional government of Alexander Kerensky was overthrown by forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
1874
1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by Thomas Nast.
1873
Alexander Mackenzie succeeds John A. Macdonald as Canada’s 2nd Prime Minister.