On Nov. 6, 1833, with the town’s population up to 150, Chicago’s board of trustees extended the boundaries to Jackson Street on the south, Jefferson and Cook Streets on the west and Ohio Street on the north.
In 1860 former U.S. Rep. Abraham Lincoln (R-Ill.) defeated three candidates for the presidency.
In 1869 Rutgers beat Princeton 6-4 in the first official intercollegiate football game.
In 1900 President William McKinley was re-elected, once again defeating Democratic challenger William Jennings Bryan.
In 1893 composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky died in St. Petersburg, Russia, at 53.
In 1913 Indian nationalist Mohandas Gandhi was arrested as he led a march of Indian miners in South Africa.
In 1917 New York state adopted suffrage for women by popular referendum.
In 1928, for the first time, presidential election results were flashed on an electronic sign on the New York Times Building, reporting the results of Herbert Hoover’s victory over Alfred E. Smith.
In 1962 the United Nations General Assembly called for economic sanctions against South Africa because of the country’s racial policies.
In 1971 a controversial nuclear bomb test was carried out at Amchitka, Alaska, after the Supreme Court refused to order a delay.
In 1973 American financier Robert Vesco was arrested in the Bahamas at the request of the United States for extradition on fraud charges.
In 1976 Benjamin L. Hooks was chosen as executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, succeeding Roy Wilkins.
In 1977 an earthen dam burst near Toccoa, Ga., flooding a trailer camp at Toccoa Falls Bible College and killing 39 people.
In 1984 President Ronald Reagan was elected to a second term, winning every state except Minnesota, home of Democratic opponent Walter Mondale, and the District of Columbia.
In 1985 leftist guerrillas shot their way into Colombia’s Palace of Justice, taking judges and government workers hostage. (Ninety-five people were killed in the siege, which ended the next day.)
In 1993 heavyweight boxer Evander Holyfield defeated Riddick Bowe in a 12-round fight in Las Vegas. (The outdoor match was interrupted in the seventh round when an intruder on a paraglider tried to land in the ring.)
In 1996 a cyclone killed an estimated 1,000 people in southeastern India.
