November 8, 2020 This Day in History: Nov. 8 Republican Donald Trump is elected America’s 45th president, defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton in an astonishing victory
November 7, 2020 This Day in History: Nov. 7 President Richard Nixon is reelected in a landslide over Democrat George McGovern; Los Angeles Lakers star Magic Johnson announces he has tested positive for HIV.
November 5, 2020 This Day in History: Nov. 5 President Franklin D. Roosevelt wins an unprecedented third term in office. Saddam Hussein is convicted and sentenced by the Iraqi High Tribunal to hang for crimes against humanity
November 4, 2020 This Day in History: Nov. 4 Republican Ronald Reagan wins the White House as he defeats President Jimmy Carter. Barack Obama is elected the first Black president of the United States.
November 3, 2020 This Day in History: Nov. 3 The Iran-Contra affair comes to light; Bill Clinton is elected president.
November 2, 2020 This Day in History: Nov. 2 The USDA says drug overdose deaths in 2017 hit the highest level ever recorded in the United States, with most of the increase due to a record number of opioid-related deaths.
November 1, 2020 This Day in History: Nov. 1 The United States detonates the first hydrogen bomb, code-named “Ivy Mike." Former Texas Democratic congressman Beto O'Rourke drops out of 2020 presidential race.
October 31, 2020 This Day in History: Oct. 31 Escape artist Harry Houdini dies. Work is completed on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
October 30, 2020 This Day in History: Oct. 30 Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in the eighth round of the "Rumble in the Jungle" in Zaire. Jam Master Jay of the pioneering hip-hop group Run-DMC is killed in a shooting in New York.
October 29, 2020 This Day in History: Oct. 28 The original edition of “Gulliver’s Travels,” by Jonathan Swift, is first published. The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, is dedicated.