November 6th, 2009

November 6th in History

2004:
Official Guided by Voices Day in Dallas, Texas.

1956:
U.S. presidential election, 1956: Republican incumbent Dwight D. Eisenhower is reelected by defeating Democrat challenger Adlai E. Stevenson in a rematch of their contest four years earlier.

1941:
World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet Union for only the second time during his three-decade rule. He states that even though 350,000 troops were killed in German attacks so far, that the Germans have lost 4.5 million soldiers (a wild exaggeration) and that Soviet victory was near.

1873:
The Halifax Rugby Club is formed.

1844:
The Dominican Republic gains its independence from Haiti.