◆ On this day

November 6

4 sourced moments from November 6 in history: Lincoln won in 1860 with 40% — and the split field didn't matter; The first intercollegiate football game was played (1869); The Hawker Hurricane took to the air for the first time (1935), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on November 6

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1947 Language & Communication · Media & Communication

Meet the Press, the Longest-Running TV Show, Debuted

A radio panel show jumped to television and never stopped, outlasting every other program on American screens.

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1935 Technology · Transportation

The Hawker Hurricane took to the air for the first time

On a November morning in 1935, a stubby monoplane prototype lifted off Brooklands and quietly previewed the Battle of Britain.

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1869 Sports · Football (Soccer)

The first intercollegiate football game was played

On November 6, 1869, Rutgers edged Princeton 6–4 in a soccer-style scrum that history calls the first college football game.

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1860 History · Modern

Lincoln won in 1860 with 40% — and the split field didn't matter

Abraham Lincoln took the White House with under 40% of the vote, but he would have won even if his three rivals had united.

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