Today is Thursday, Nov. 7, the 311th day of 2002. There are 54 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Thursday, Nov. 7, the 311th day of 2002. There are 54 days left in the year. On this date in 1893, the state of Colorado grants its women the right to vote.
In 1940, the middle section of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington state collapses during a windstorm. In 1944, President Franklin Roosevelt wins an unprecedented fourth term in office, defeating Thomas E. Dewey. In 1962, former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt dies in New York City. In 1962, Richard M. Nixon, having lost California's gubernatorial race, holds what he calls his "last press conference," telling reporters, "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore." In 1973, Congress overrides President Nixon's veto of the War Powers Act, which limits a chief executive's power to wage war without congressional approval. In 1989, L. Douglas Wilder wins the governor's race in Virginia, becoming the first elected black governor in U.S. history; David N. Dinkins is elected New York City's first black mayor. In 1991, basketball star Magic Johnson stuns the country as he announces that he had tested positive for the AIDS virus, and is retiring.
November 7, 1977: Pennsylvania State Police are searching the woods of Pulaski Township for a 25-year-old Youngstown man who led them on a high-speed chase following a traffic infraction and then rammed their patrol car.
More than 100,000 Mahoning County electors are expected to vote in local elections for municipal, township and school district officials and state and local issues.
Guy Lombardo, who delighted millions for a half century with "the sweetest music this side of heaven," dies at Houston's Methodist Hospital at the age of 75. His brother, Victor, promises that their band, the Royal Canadians, will play "Auld Lang Syne" this New Years Eve.
November 7, 1962: Rep. Michael J. Kirwan wins re-election to a 14th term in the U.S. House of Representatives, beating William V. Williams 61,222 to 37,129 in the Mahoning County portion of the 19th District and 14,748 to 8,973 in Trumbull County.
For the first time in 18 years, a Republican is Columbus-bound to represent Mahoning and part of Trumbull County in the General Assembly. James H. Grose defeats Michael McCullion for the unexpired portion of the Senate term vacated by Mahoning County's new auditor, Stephen R. Olenick.
Automaker George Romney, a new face on the political horizon, captures Michigan's governorship, ending 14 years of Democratic rule, defeating Gov. John B. Swainson, a 37-year-old legless veteran of World War II.
November 7, 1952: A majority of Youngstown City Council and the Youngstown Municipal Railway Co. reach informal agreement on a bus fare increase. Single fares will increase from 12 cents to 15 cents and a weekly pass will go from $1.70 to $2.
Assistant Mahoning County Prosecutor Harold H. Hull rules out the possibility of seeking a murder charge in the death of the unborn child of a 19-year-old Oak Hill woman who was shot and wounded. The child, it is estimated, would have been born in a month. Her husband has been charged with shooting her with the intent to kill.
Sidney Williams, a metallurgical engineer and former executive vice president of Copperweld Steel Co. of Warren, is heading a company building Kentucky's first basic steel plant. The Green River Steel Corp.'s new electric furnace steel plant is under construction at Owensboro, Ky.
November 7, 1927: Youngstown Finance Director Arthur H. Williams, who is a candidate for mayor, says that if he is elected he will not permit the city to pay one cent toward the deficit of about $1.5 million that has been piled up by the Youngstown Municipal Railway Co.
For the first time this season, snow has remained on the ground in Youngstown for three days. Many autos were ditched and several persons were injured.
U.S. Navy Lt. Alford J. Williams sets a new speed record for airplanes, reaching 322 mph in his racing ship, which he recently converted from a sea to a land plane. With a 40-mile wind at his back, Williams was timed over a three-kilometer course of Mitchel Field in New York and traveled faster than any human being has before.