Today is Friday, Nov. 7, the 311th day of 2003. There are 54 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Friday, Nov. 7, the 311th day of 2003. There are 54 days left in the year. On this date 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 1917, Russia's Bolshevik Revolution takes place as forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrow the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky. 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 1963, the all-star Cinerama comedy "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" has its world premiere in Hollywood. In 1989, L. Douglas Wilder winhs 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.
November 7, 1978: Lyle Williams, Republican candidate for the 19th District congressman, expresses disappointment that some of U.S. Rep. Charles J. Carney's supporters would resort to a tactic similar to one used against State Rep. George D. Tablack in the primary -- a flier portraying Carney's opponent as unsupportive of the black community.
Early voting is reported heavy in Trumbull County, especially in areas where tax levies are appearing on the ballot.
The Staten Island ferry misses its dock by 300 feet in heavy fog and crashes into a concrete bulkhead on the lower tip of Manhattan. As many as 170 people are injured.
November 7, 1963: A single-engine plane with four occupants, including two members of a prominent Memphis, Tenn., family, crashes and explodes in a cornfield near Atwater in Portage County, killing al aboard.
Twenty-nine high school students from Struthers and Boardman are handed sentences for vandalism at both high school stadiums. They have their driver's licenses suspended and are ordered to clean the paint from the stadiums.
Paul Toth of Youngstown, who gained a starting berth with the Chicago Cubs, will be among the guests of honor at the Curbstone Coaches Hall of Fame-Heart Fund Banquet at the Idora Park Ballroom.
November 7, 1953: About 3 inches of snow, heaviest so far of the season, falls on the Youngstown area as the result of a freakish clash between two big air masses.
A recount of the Youngstown Municipal Court race between Judge John W. Powers and Atty. Frank R. Franko is almost certainly headed for a recount after Franko's lead is cut to 48 votes in the unofficial count, with nearly 55,000 votes cast.
The Crimson, undergraduate newspaper at Harvard, challenges Sen. Joseph McCarthy, R-Wisc., to "put up or shut up" on his charge that Harvard students are being exposed to Communist professors. In an editorial, the newspaper challenged McCarthy to identify even one Communist professor.
November 7, 1928: With substantial returns available from every state, Republican Herbert Hoover has won or is leading in 40 states with 444 electoral votes, defeating New York Gov. Al Smith. Seven states in which Smith is leading are Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Massachusetts and Rhodes Island, with a total of 87 electoral votes.
Riding the coattails of Herbert Hoover, who carried Ohio by 600,000 votes, Republicans sweep the state offices. Myers Y. Cooper defeated Democrat Martin L. Davey for governor by 261,000 votes.
In Mahoning County, Hoover outpolls Smith, 48,219 to 27,061, carrying local Republican candidates to victory throughout the county, except for Campbell.