1800 It becomes illegal for women in Paris to wear trousers without a Police permit (annulled 2013).
1872 Cargo ship Mary Celeste sails from Staten Island for Genoa; mysteriously found abandoned four weeks later.
1918 United Press erroneously reports WWI armistice had been signed.
1962 Richard Nixon tells press he won't be available to kick around any more after losing election for Governor of California.
1972 Incumbent President Richard Nixon is re-elected, defeating Democrat candidate George McGovern in a landslide by winning 49 states.
2000 Controversial US presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore is inconclusive; the result, in Bush's favor, is eventually resolved by the Supreme Court.
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