Thursday, November 05, 2009

TODAY IN HISTORY

NOVEMBER 5


1872:Almost 50 years before women are given voting rights, Susan B. Anthony votes in a presidential election after threatening to sue registrars who try to deny her registration.

1974: Ella Grasso becomes the first woman elected governor without being the wife or widow of a past governor when she wins in Connecticut.

1994: Former President Ronald Reagan announces he has Alzheimer’s disease.

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