By The Associated Press

Today in History

Today is Saturday, Nov. 7, the 312th day of 2020. There are 54 days left in the year.

Todayís Highlight in History:

On Nov. 7, 1967, Carl Stokes was elected the first Black mayor of a major city — Cleveland, Ohio.

On this date:

In 1811, U.S. forces led by Indiana Territory Gov. William Henry Harrison defeated warriors from Tecumsehís Confederacy in the Battle of Tippecanoe.

In 1867, Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie was born in Warsaw.

In 1917, Russiaís 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 1962, Richard M. Nixon, having lost Californiaís gubernatorial race, held what he called his ìlast press conference,î telling reporters, ìYou wonít have Nixon to kick around anymore.î

In 1972, President Richard Nixon was re-elected in a landslide over Democrat George McGovern.

In 1973, Congress overrode President Richard Nixonís veto of the War Powers Act, which limits a chief executiveís power to wage war without congressional approval.

In 1989, L. Douglas Wilder won the governorís race in Virginia, becoming the first elected Black governor in U.S. history; David N. Dinkins was elected New York Cityís first Black mayor.

In 2001, the Bush administration targeted Osama bin Ladenís multi-million-dollar financial networks, closing businesses in four states, detaining U.S. suspects and urging allies to help choke off money supplies in 40 nations.

In 2009, in a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed, 220-215, landmark health care legislation to expand coverage to tens of millions lacking it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry.

In 2013, shares of Twitter went on sale to the public for the first time; by the closing bell, the social network was valued at $31 billion.

In 2018, a gunman killed 12 people at a country music bar in Thousand Oaks, Calif., before apparently taking his own life as officers closed in; the victims included a man who had survived the mass shooting at a country music concert in Las Vegas. After more than a year of blistering attacks from President Donald Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions was pushed out of that post.

Ten years ago: Scientists at the worldís largest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, recreated the state of matter shortly after the Big Bang using collisions of lead ions. Gebre Gebremariam (GEHí-brah geh-brah-MAYRí-ee-am) of Ethiopia won the menís title at the New York City Marathon in 2:08:14 in his debut at the distance. Kenyaís Edna Kiplagat won the womenís race in 2:28:20 for her first major marathon championship.

Five years ago: The leaders of China and Taiwan met for the first time since the formerly bitter Cold War foes split amid civil war 66 years earlier; Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou hailed the meeting in Singapore as a sign of a new stability in relations. The license plates that were on the limousine carrying President John F. Kennedy when he was assassinated in Dallas in 1963 were sold at auction for $100,000.