Morning Open Thread

Good morning, today is Saturday, November 3, 2012. On this day in 1911: The Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was founded in Detroit by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant. 1936: President Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected in a landslide
By Diane Sweet — November 3, 2012

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Good morning, today is Saturday, November 3, 2012.

On this day in 1911: The Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was founded in Detroit by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant.

1936: President Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected in a landslide over Republican Alfred M. "Alf" Landon.

1964: President Lyndon B. Johnson soundly defeated Republican challenger Barry Goldwater to win a White House term in his own right.

1992: Democrat Bill Clinton was elected the 42nd president of the United States, defeating President George H.W. Bush.

1992: Illinois Democrat Carol Moseley-Braun became the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate.

2005: Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, pleaded not guilty to a five-count felony indictment in the CIA leak case. (Libby was convicted, but President George W. Bush commuted his 30-month prison sentence.)

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