Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On a November morning in 1935, a stubby monoplane prototype lifted off Brooklands and quietly previewed the Battle of Britain.
On November 6, 1869, Rutgers edged Princeton 6–4 in a soccer-style scrum that history calls the first college football game.
On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln won the White House with about 40% of the vote—and the Deep South began planning to leave.
