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2024-11-07

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2024 United States presidential election

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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 2024. The Republican Party's ticket—Donald Trump, who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, and JD Vance, the junior U.S. senator from Ohio—defeated the Democratic Party's ticket—Kamala Harris, the incumbent U.S. vice pr…

2020 United States presidential election

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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 2020. The Democratic ticket of former vice presiden…

Donald Trump

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Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United …

2016 United States presidential election

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2012 United States presidential election

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2008 United States presidential election

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Elon Musk

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On This Day

10 events

2000

Hillary_Clinton

Hillary Clinton was elected as a US senator from New York, the first time a first lady had been elected to public office.

1996

NASA

NASA launched the Mars Global Surveyor from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

1991

Magic_Johnson

Magic Johnson announced his retirement from professional basketball due to HIV infection.

1987

Mass_Rapid_Transit_(Singapore)

Singapore's first Mass Rapid Transit line opened, with train services running between Yio Chu Kang and Toa Payoh.

1987

Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali

Tunisian prime minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali deposed and replaced President Habib Bourguiba by declaring him medically unfit for the duties of the office.

1972

Sidney_Lanier_Bridge

A ship collision with the Sidney Lanier Bridge in the U.S. state of Georgia resulted in a bridge collapse (pictured), which killed ten people.

1949

Caspian_Sea

Oil was discovered in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan, leading to the construction of Neft Daşları, the world's first offshore oil platform.

1934

Tufted_jay

The first specimens of the tufted jay (pictured) to be scientifically described were collected in Mexico.

1917

World_War_I

World War I: British forces captured Gaza following the retreat of the Ottoman garrison.

1916

1916_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections

In the congressional elections, Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.