TODAY IN HISTORY

Saturday, November  03, 2012 AP Highlight in History:  On Nov. 3, 1868, Republican Ulysses S. Grant won the presidential election over Democrat Horatio Seymour.   AP Photo
On this date in: 1839 The first Opium War between China and Britain broke out. 1903 Panama proclaimed its independence from Colombia. 1908 Republican William Howard Taft was elected president, outpolling William Jennings Bryan. 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. AP Photo 1957 The Soviet Union launched into orbit Sputnik 2, the second manmade satellite; a dog on board named Laika was sacrificed in the experiment. 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson soundly defeated Republican challenger Barry Goldwater to win a White House term in his own right. 1970 Salvador Allende was inaugurated as president of Chile. 1986 A Lebanese magazine broke the story of U.S. arms sales to Iran, a revelation that escalated into the Iran-Contra affair. President Ronald Reagan denies trading arms for hostages 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. 1994 Susan Smith of Union, S.C., was arrested for drowning her two young sons, nine days after claiming the children had been abducted by a black man. (Smith is serving life in prison.) 2004 Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of Afghanistan's first-ever presidential election. 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.) 2009 Maine residents narrowly voted down a same-sex marriage law. 2010 The Federal Reserve announced a plan to buy $600 billion in Treasury bonds over the next eight months in an attempt to boost lending and stimulate economy.		Video HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS DAY IN HISTORY Today's Birthdays: Fashion editor Anna Wintour turns 63 years old today. AP Photo/Evan Agostini Name Profession Age Lois Smith Actress 82 Ken Berry Actor, dancer 79 Michael Dukakis Former governor of Massachusetts 79 Roy Emerson Tennis Hall of Famer 76 Shadoe Stevens Actor 66 Lulu Singer, actress ("To Sir, With Love") 64 Roseanne Barr Actress, comedian ("Roseanne") 60 Kate Capshaw Actress 59 Kathy Kinney Actress ("The Drew Carey Show") 59 Dennis Miller Comedian ("Saturday Night Live") 59 Adam Ant Rock singer 58 Dolph Lundgren Actor 55 Evgeni Plushenko Figure skater 30