It happened one 06 November 1860 : Abraham Lincoln elected President of the United States On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States. With the division of the Democratic Party, he became the first Republican candidate to win the presidency. As they had threatened if the Republican nominee, a fervent supporter of the abolition of slavery, won the election, seven southern States immediately seceded and created the Confederate States of America in March 1861. The civil war was declared a month later, on April 12. 1917 : Bolshevik coup in Russia On November 6, 1917, the Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin launched a coup without bloodshed against the Provisional Government established at the abdication of the Czar in March of that year. Russia became the first Marxist country in the world. After defeating the czarist forces in 1920, which ended a bloody civil war, the Bolsheviks renamed Russia into USSR in 1922. 1962 : Condemnation of apartheid by the United Nations On November 6, 1962, the United Nations adopted a resolution condemning the racist apartheid regime of South Africa and asking its members States to cease all military and economic relationship with that country. 1977 : Breaking of a dam in Georgia On November 6, 1977, Toccoa Falls Dam in Georgia gave suddenly way. The waves run down the canyon to nearly 200km/h and destroyed the christian college situated below. 39 people were killed. 2005 : Tornado in Indiana On November 6, 2005, a tornado struck the Evansville area in Indiana. Having touched down at 1:50 am at the border between Kentucky and Indiana, it devastated the area with winds up to 320km/h. 25 people were killed.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 00:00:32 +0000
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