Today is Sunday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2005. There are 55 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Sunday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2005. There are 55 days left in the year. On this date in 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln defeats three other candidates for the presidency.
In 1854, the "king" of American march music, John Philip Sousa, is born in Washington, D.C. In 1861, Jefferson Davis is elected to a six-year term as president of the Confederacy. In 1888, Benjamin Harrison wins the presidential election, defeating incumbent Grover Cleveland with enough electoral votes, even though Cleveland led in the popular vote. In 1893, composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky dies in St. Petersburg, Russia, at age 53. In 1900, President McKinley is re-elected, beating Democrat William Jennings Bryan. In 1906, Republican Charles Evans Hughes is elected governor of New York, defeating newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst. In 1928, in a first, the results of Herbert Hoover's election victory over Alfred E. Smith are flashed onto an electric sign outside The New York Times building. In 1956, President Eisenhower wins re-election, defeating Democrat Adlai E. Stevenson. In 1976, Benjamin L. Hooks is chosen to be the new executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, succeeding Roy Wilkins. In 1977, 39 people are killed when an earthen dam burst, sending a wall of water through Toccoa Falls Bible College in Georgia.
November 6, 1980: Mahoning County officeholders will apparently have to choose between lower salaries or small staffs in 1981 after voters repeal the county's half-percent permissive sales and use tax.
Ohio Sen. Harry Meshel not only lost his congressional race with Lyle Williams, but will lose chairmanship of the Ohio Senate Finance Committee after Republicans take control of the Ohio Senate.
Republican state Sen. Budd Dwyer of Meadville is Pennsylvania's new state treasurer, defeating incumbent Robert E. Casey.
Ronald Reagan's landslide victory sends Wall Street soaring, with a total of 84 million shares traded and the Dow Jones average up 15.96 to 953.16 on the day.
One firefighter is hospitalized and damage will total several thousand dollars in a blaze that was started in a restroom in Liberty Junior High School. Six girls, ages 13 to 16, have admitted starting the fire.
November 6, 1965: An elderly Vienna couple is instantly killed when their car was struck broadside while turning onto the drive of a son's home on old Route 82 three miles east of Route 46. Dead are Elmer E. Joseph, 79, and his wife, Elizabeth, 68.
Three Youngstown district educators are elected to Northeast Ohio Teachers Association offices in Cleveland. Mary Jane Carr of Warren and Norman Alexander and Matilda Wren of Youngstown are named to the executive committee.
The new Highway Tabernacle Assembly of God Church at Canfield and Bears Den roads is dedicated. The $300,000 church includes 12,800 square feet of floor space, will seat 500 and is completely air conditioned. The Rev. E.J. Schlossmacher has been pastor of the church for eight years.
November 6, 1955: A new test that raises a strong possibility that large numbers of people can be tested for cancer, as in the familiar mass screening for tuberculosis, is reported by three Youngstown research workers in The American Journal of Clinical Pathology. The authors are James A. Quinn, M.D., Stanley Katz, M.S., and Arthur E. Rappoport, M.D.
The Vindicator straw poll indicates Mayor Frank X. Kryzan will be re-elected with a majority of about 9,600 votes on the basis of 60,000 citizens going to the polls.
Communications between Cleveland and cities to the west are disrupted for nearly four hours after thieves break into an A.T. & amp;T. vault and hack away at a 60-foot section of telephone cable and cart it away.
November 6, 1930: Thousands of Youngstown residents turn out to give a hero's welcome to Admiral Richard E. Byrd, conqueror of both poles, as he arrives in the city to give a lecture.
Charles H. Booth, 69, industrialist and leader of social work in Youngstown, dies of heart disease at his home. Dr. William H. Hudnut of the First Presbyterian Church will officiate at funeral services.
Richard Larkins of East Liverpool, a member of the varsity football team, is elected president of the senior class at Ohio State University. Jean Blake, 17, formerly of East Liverpool, is the youngest class officer, being elected vice president of the sophomore class.