NOVEMBER 7
1963:New York Yankees catcher Elston Howard is the first African American baseball player
to be named most valuable player of the American League. Following
Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle, Howard is also the third consecutive New
York Yankee to win the prestigious award.
2000: First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the U.S.
Senate from New York, becoming the first spouse of a U.S president to
win public office.
2006: Keith Ellison is elected as the first Muslim congressman
in U.S. history, winning a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives
for Minnesota's 5th Congressional District. The same election also sees
the first two Buddhists elected to the House — Mazie Hirono from Hawaii
and Hank Johnson from Georgia.
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