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Today in History: November 6

1860 Abraham Lincoln is elected 16th president of the United States.

1861 Jefferson Davis is elected to a six-year term as president of the Confederacy.

1863 A Union force surrounds and scatters defending Confederates at the Battle of Droop Mountain, in West Virginia.

1891 Comanche, the only 7th Cavalry horse to survive George Armstrong Custer's "Last Stand" at the Little Bighorn, dies at Fort Riley, Kansas.

1911 Maine becomes a dry state.

1923 As European inflation soars, one loaf of bread in Berlin is reported to be worth about 140 billion German marks.

1999 Australia's voters reject a referendum to make the country a republic with a president appointed by Parliament.

Born on November 6


1946 Sally Field, actress; won Academy Award for Best Actress in 1979 (Norma Rae) and 1984 (Places in the Heart); won 3 Emmys for work in television.

1948 Glenn Frey, singer, songwriter, musician; a founding member of the band Eagles.

1976 Pat Tillman, professional football player who ended his career to enlist in the US Army in the aftermath of the 9 / 11 attacks; he was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan, Apr. 22, 2004.

JOTD
A woman is walking down the street when she bumps into an old friend she hasn't seen in a long time. They sit down on a bench and catch up on their lives.

Friend: So do you have any kids?
Woman: Yes, I have 5 boys.
Friend: Nice! What are their names?
Woman: Steve.
Friend: You mean... All of them are named Steve?
Woman: Exactly, it's so much easier that way! It's hard enough to supervise 5 boys playing together, it's even worse if I have to call them one by one. All I have to do is shout "STEVE!!!" and they all turn around immediately!
Friend: But what if you only want to talk to one of them at a time? How do you differentiate them?
Woman: Oh, well in that case, I just call them by their last name...