Today in History - History - November 6th

1861Jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as Confederate president

2012Barack Obama re-elected as US President

1940Franklin Roosevelt re-elected US President

1913Mohandas K Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa

1966Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Amarillo Ladies' Golf Open

1981Larry Holmes TKOs Renaldo Snipes in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

1991Russian president Boris Yeltsin outlaws Communist Party

1988Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic

200640th Country Music Association Award: Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood & Keith Urban wins

2014The Republicans win control of the US Senate in mid-term elections, increasing its power in the final two years of Obama's presidency

1861James Naismith, Almonte, Canada, inventor (basketball, football helmet), (d.1939)

1887Walter Johnson, Humboldt Kansas, Washington Senator pitcher (1907-27) (414-218)

1948Glenn Frey, Detroit Mich, rock vocalist (Eagles-Take it Easy)

1988Emma Stone, Scottsdale, Arizona, American actress (Superbad, The Amazing Spider-Man)

2010Professional golfer Greg Norman (51) weds Australian interior decorator Kirsten Kutner (41) on Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands

1919"The Sheik" actor Rudolph Valentino (24) weds actress Jean Acker (26)

1928Arnold Rothstein, US businessman/gambler, shot to death at 46

1893Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (Swan Lake), dies at 53

1991Gene Tierney, American actress (Laura, Whirlpool), dies of emphysema at 70

1959Jose P. Laurel, Philippine president, dies of heart attack at 68