Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry signed a bill that redrew electoral boundaries in the first example of ‘gerrymandering’.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
Every New Zealand woman over the age of 21 was able to vote in the world’s first general election in a self-governing colony.
Thatcher became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the General Election of 1979 but by the late 1980s her popularity, along with that of her party, was plummeting.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected for an unprecedented third term as President of the United States.
The first United States presidential debate took place between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
Abraham Lincoln was elected barely five months before the outbreak of the American Civil War, and was assassinated less than a month before its end.
Anthony and fourteen other women successfully cast their votes despite it being illegal under federal law.
Running against Caleb S. Hunt, Menard secured approximately 64 percent of the vote, and on 3 November 1868 became the first African-American person to be elected to the United States Congress.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2022
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019