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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 12th. Today, nearly 40 percent of all Americans can trace their roots through Ellis Island. The immigration gateway processed more than 12 million immigrants between its opening in 1892 and this day in 1954, when it finally shut its doors. The first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island was a 15-year-old Irish girl named Annie Moore; the last was a 48-year-old Norwegian merchant seaman named Arne Patterson.

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 11th. Today, at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, marks the 102nd anniversary of the end of one of the most devastating conflicts in human history--World War I. That's when Germany signed an armistice with the Allies in a railroad car in northern France.

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 10th. “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” Those were the famous words uttered by New York journalist Henry Morton Stanley on this day in 1871 upon finding Socttish explorer David Livingstone in Ujiji, in present day Tanzania, after a nearly 8 month long search.

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 9th. It was the biggest power failure in U.S. history: On this day in 1965, the Great Northeast Blackout began when a power surge overwhelmed the transmission lines in western New York, which resulted in the eventual breakup of the entire Northeastern transmission network. All together, 30 million people in eight U.S. states and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec were affected by the blackout.

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 8th. He was one of the Old West’s most colorful, and dangerous, figures: on this day in 1887, gunslinger, gambler, and occasional dentist Doc Holliday died of tuberculosis. Holliday left a successful dental practice in Dallas and drifted between the wild towns of the Old West, making his living at card tables and aggravating his tuberculosis with heavy drinking and late nights.

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 7th. This year we’re celebrating 100 years of U.S. women voting, but even before the 19th amendment was passed, Jeannette Rankin of Wyoming became the first woman ever to win a seat in Congress on this day in 2016. A dedicated pacifist, Rankin’s first vote as a U.S. congresswoman was against U.S. entry into World War I.

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 6th. He remains one of America’s most admired presidents, and on this day in 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th U.S. president on the eve of the Civil War. Though he received only 40 percent of the popular vote, he handily defeated the three other candidates in the race.

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 5th. It was one of the most fateful decisions in military history: On this day in 1941, the Combined Japanese Fleet received Top-Secret Order No. 1, which called for the bombing of the U.S. navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, along with Malaya, the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines.

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Hello, and welcome to This Day In History. Here’s what happened on November 4th. Did you stay up late last night watching election returns? That’s just what millions around the country were doing on this day in 2008, when then-Senator Barack Obama from Illinois defeated Senator John McCain of Arizona to become the 44th U.S. president, and America’s first Black commander-in-chief.

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 3rd. Today is Election Day, and like many Americans, residents of Washington, D.C. will be headed to the polls. And although D.C. residents can only elect non-voting members of the House and Senate, they have been casting votes in U.S. presidential elections since this day in 1964. That’s when capital dwellers helped elect Democrat Lyndon Johnson over Republican Barry Goldwater. Surprising fact? Washington, D.C.

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