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1874 The Republican party of the U.S. was first symbolized as an elephant in a cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper’s Weekly.
1893 The state of Colorado granted its women the right to vote.
1916 Jeanette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress
1940 The middle section of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington state collapsed during a windstorm. The suspension bridge had opened to traffic on July 1, 1940.
1944 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first person to win a fourth term as president
1965 The “Pillsbury Dough Boy” debuted in television commercials.
1991 Magic Johnson (NBA) announced that he had tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS, and that he was retiring from basketball
1991 Actor Paul Reubens, a.k.a. Pee Wee Herman, pled no contest to charges of indecent exposure. Reubens had been arrested in Sarasota, FL, for exposing himself in a theater
1999 Tiger Woods became the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win four straight tournaments