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Today in History 11/06 (Abraham Lincoln)

President Abraham Lincoln in 1860 (© Alexander Helser/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)(1860) Abraham Lincoln elected president of a divided nation
Lincoln becomes the first Republican to win the White House at a time when the Democratic Party, and the country as a whole, are deeply divided over the issue of slavery. The Civil War will break out a few months after Lincoln’s inauguration.
The United States Presidential Election of 1860 was the nineteenth quadrennial presidential election to select the President and Vice President of the United States. The election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860. In a four-way contest, the Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin emerged triumphant. The election of Lincoln served as the primary catalyst of the American Civil War.
Election year: Nov 06, 1860

1860 Electoral College
Presidential Election 1860. Red shows states won by Lincoln/Hamlin, green by Breckinridge/Lane, orange by Bell/Everett, and blue by Douglas/Johnson Numbers are Electoral College votes in each state by the 1850 Census.
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(1860) Abraham Lincoln elected president of a divided nation.
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1962 | United Nations condemns South Africa over apartheid
The UN passes a resolution calling on members to cut ties with South Africa to force the nation to end its racial segregation of black Africans. Change will be slow: The country will not repeal its last apartheid laws until 1991.
1975 | Here’s the Sex Pistols as Punk pioneers perform for the first time
Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, and Paul Cook perform together for the first time at Saint Martin’s School of Art in London. The Sex Pistols’ brief set includes only a few covers before the headlining band pulls the plug, but it marks the start of the U.K. punk movement.
1996 | Cleveland Browns football team leaves Cleveland for Baltimore
Hearts break in Ohio as Browns owner Art Modell reveals he’s taking his NFL team elsewhere. Local voters fund stadium upgrades, but it’s not enough. In a deal, Modell will agree to leave the name ‘Browns’ behind. The Baltimore Ravens are born.

Today in History 11/06/17

A sign in Johannesburg, South Africa, circa 1956, reading 'Caution Beware Of Natives' (© Ejor/Getty Images)(1962) United Nations condemns South Africa over apartheid
The UN passes a resolution calling on members to cut ties with South Africa to force the nation to end its racial segregation of black Africans. Change will be slow: The country will not repeal its last apartheid laws until 1991.

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1761 was passed on 6 November 1962 in response to the racist policies of apartheid established by the South African Government.

The resolution also established the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid. The committee was originally boycotted by the Western nations, because of their disagreement with the aspects of the resolution calling for the boycott of South Africa. Even so, the committee found allies in the West, such as the British-based Anti-Apartheid Movement, through which it could work and lay the ground roots for the eventual acceptance by the Western powers of the need to impose economic sanctions on South Africa to pressure for political changes.


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Today in History 10/24 (United Nations)

President Harry S. Truman and the American delegation look on as Sen. Tom Connally signs the United Nations Charter in San Francisco on June 26, 1945 (© AP)(1945) United Nations begins operating
The United Nations charter, written earlier in the year at a conference in San Francisco, takes effect. The first meetings of the General Assembly and Security Council will take place the following January in London. The New York headquarters will be completed in 1952.
The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international co-operation and to create and maintain international order. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was established on 24 October 1945 after World War II with the aim of preventing another such conflict. At its founding, the UN had 51 member states; there are now 193. The headquarters of the UN is in Manhattan, New York City, and is subject to extraterritoriality. Further main offices are situated in Geneva, Nairobi, and Vienna. The organization is financed by assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states. Its objectives include maintaining international peace and security, promoting human rights, fostering social and economic development, protecting the environment, and providing humanitarian aid in cases of famine, natural disaster, and armed conflict. The UN is the largest, most familiar, most internationally represented and most powerful intergovernmental organization in the world.
Website: www.un.org
Founded: Oct 24, 1945 · Lake Success, NY
Headquarters: New York, NY
Founders: Commonwealth of the Philippines · Haiti · Dominican Republic · Panama · Guatemala · Cuba · Norway · Argentina · United States · El Salvador · Netherlands · Denmark · Belgium · Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic · Nicaragua
Subsidiaries: World Health Organization · International Monetary Fund · Food and Agriculture Organization · UNICEF · United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees · World Intellectual Property Organization · International Telecommunication Union · World Tourism Organization · United Nations University · United Nations Population Fund · United Nations Human Settlements Programme

A map of United Nations member states at the end of 1945. Light blue are member states, Dark blue are colonies of member states, grey are non-member states
The UN in 1945: Founding members in light blue, protectorates and territories of the founding members in dark blue
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(1945) United Nations begins operating.
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1260 | Chartres Cathedral consecrated as French Gothic architecture soars heavenward
Workers broke ground 115 years before, and now the Chartres Cathedral is finally consecrated. The Gothic church will stand through the ages as a magnificent achievement, despite lightning damage, having its roof melted down for bullets, and being slated for destruction by Allied forces in WWII.
1857 | The world’s most popular sport kicks off in Sheffield as 1st football team founded
Sheffield is a goliath of steel manufacturing in South Yorkshire, England, and now claims the world’s first football team, as Nathaniel Creswick and William Prest meet to form the Sheffield Football Club. The sport will kick around Britain awhile before scoring worldwide popularity.
1962 | James Brown at Apollo as The godfather of Soul captures lightning in a bottle
His studio cuts can be mind-blowing, but James Brown and his fans know there’s nothing like seeing the R&B dynamo live, fronting his Famous Flames. When a recording of tonight’s session at the Apollo Theater in Harlem is released as an album, it will rocket up the charts.

Today in History 10/24/17

The ratification of the Treaty of Münster, part of the Peace of Westphalia, to end the 30 Years War in 1648 (© Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)(1648) A balance of power arrives to calm a war-torn Europe
Stretching for three brutal decades and encompassing almost the entirety of Europe, what began as a struggle between Catholics and Protestants metastasized into an all-out territorial power grab, and now the conflict finally finds resolution as the Peace of Westphalia treaties are signed.
The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts, as well as the deadliest European religious war, in history. It took place in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648 and resulted in eight million casualties.
Start date: May 23, 1618
End date: May 15, 1648
Map Thirty Years War
Map of the Thirty Years' War

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