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Numerous firsts: The candidates that made history in the 2026 midterm elections
Yes, the 2026 midterms will be remembered for the astonishing number of losses that Democrats handed to President Donald Trump. But in the background, something perhaps equally seismic unfolded: a wave of firsts that elevated into high office members of groups that had, until now, been kept largely at the margins.There were cheers and happy tears at election parties from New Mexico to Georgia late Tuesday once it became clear voters had elected the country’s first Black female governor, the first Native American female governor, the first Native female senator and the first openly gay male U.S. senator. By early Wednesday, the first Muslim U.S. senator was also added to the list of barrier-breaking milestones. The astonishing blue wave also means the United States will likely have its first-ever Black speaker of the House.Most of these firsts are Democrats, but the GOP has also broken some new ground.While some of these candidates have avoided focusing on the inherent historic value of their race, gender, religion or sexual orientation, some voters’ rights advocates are celebrating how the electorate has expanded.var pymParent = new pym.Parent('embed-nbc-map-26', 'https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elections/results-map/embed/partner', {title: '', parenturlparam: '', parenturlvalue: ''});"These firsts show how our country is changing," Alexis Anderson-Reed, president and CEO of State Voices, a network of advocates for civic engagement and equity in democracy, said via e-mail. "For years, people of color and LGBTQ+ communities have organized, knocked on doors, talked to voters, held conversations, and done the hard work of saving our democracy,” Anderson-Reed said. “These wins are because of them."Here are some of the races where history was and could be made. First Native American female governorDemocrat Deb Haaland reveled in her history-making moment of becoming the first Native American female governor in U.S. history. Haaland was declared the winner over Republican Gregg Hull, a former mayor, to lead New Mexico. The Laguna Pueblo citizen noted that Native Americans are still here despite past efforts by the federal government to strip them of their languages and culture. "Tonight, in our nation’s 250th year, I stand before you as the first Native American woman elected governor in U.S. history," Haaland told ecstatic supporters at a victory celebration. Elections 4 hours ago Live updates: Democrats ride blue wave to full control of Congress Decision 2026 7 hours ago Democrats capture full control of Congress, NBC News projects, fueled by victories in deeply Republican states Elections 5 hours ago Democrats flip four governorships, extending the party's inroads into red states In 2018, Haaland was one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress. Then she became the first Native American Cabinet secretary, running President Joe Biden's Department of the Interior. Charles Curtis, from the Kaw Nation, was the first Native Cabinet member as President Herbert Hoover's vice president.Oklahoma was the only state to elect a tribal citizen for governor — Democrat Johnston Murray in the 1950s and current Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt.“I want every child watching to know that your dreams matter and that New Mexico is a place where you can build the life you want," Haaland said, adding that she is living proof. First Native woman senatorsMinnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan has become the first Native American female U.S. senator, helping Democrats win back the Senate. A citizen of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, Flanagan defeated Republican Michele Tafoya, a former NFL sideline reporter. Tafoya would have been the first Republican of Latina heritage to sit in the U.S. Senate.Mary Peltola, who is Yup'ik and a Democrat, could also become the first Alaska Native U.S. senator. Votes in her race to unseat Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan are still being tabulated. Peltola was considered a trailblazer in 2022 when she became the first Alaska Native elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. First Black female governorDemocrat Keisha Lance Bottoms was declared the winner Tuesday night in the Georgia governor’s race, ending 250 years of U.S. history without a Black woman serving as a state’s governor. The former Atlanta mayor was running against Republican Rick Jackson, a billionaire businessman. "Tonight should remind us all that no matter what community we come from, Georgia is not defined by one moment in time or by one person," Bottoms told euphoric supporters. "It’s been defined by all of us, and I will be a governor for everyone in this state.”She will also be Georgia's first governor of color. All 83 of Georgia's previous governors have been white men.Lisa Demuth, the former Minnesota House speaker, however, lost an opportunity to be the first Black female governor. She was overtaken by longtime Minnesota U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar. Stacey Abrams is the only Black woman to come close to winning a governor’s race when she got the Georgia Democratic Party’s nomination in 2018 and 2022. First Muslim U.S. senatorAbdul El-Sayed could be the first Muslim American to serve in the U.S. Senate.The progressive Michigan Democrat needs to defeat Republican Mike Rogers in what has been a very tight and contentious race. El-Sayed has had to contend with Republicans all the way up to Trump implying or overtly stating that the Michigan-born epidemiologist is not American and supports terrorism. Trump has called him "dangerously radical,” "too extreme" and referred to him as "Mohammed.” El-Sayed and his supporters have denounced the attacks as Islamophobic or racist affronts to religious freedom. First openly gay male U.S. senatorDemocratic Rep. Chris Pappas has won his U.S. Senate race in New Hampshire and becomes the country's first openly gay male senator. He defeated former Republican U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu, who previously served in both chambers of Congress.This new benchmark is not something Pappas has dwelled on while campaigning, saying "I'm not running to make history." But he also applauded the fact that his sexual orientation was not a huge source of discussion among potential voters.First Black governorsThe U.S. could go from having only three elected Black governors in its 250-year history to gaining seven more overnight. On Tuesday, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, the third one in the U.S. and the only current Black governor, won reelection, while Republican Byron Donalds was elected Florida’s first Black governor. With Bottoms’ victory in Georgia, two Deep South states will be governed by a Black leader for the first time. Besides Minnesota, the trio could have new peers in Wisconsin, Nevada, South Carolina and Michigan.Moore, chair of the National Governors Association, has called the presence of so many Black gubernatorial contenders "a unique moment." It’s not "an applause line" but a challenge to make diverse gubernatorial nominees more common, he said.Record year of women running for governor and CongressThis midterm has been a record-breaker for women vying for state and federal offices. Democrats increased their 2022 number of women candidates to 19 running for governor, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. The Republican Party has seven women setting their sights on governor.Like Minnesota, Tennessee will elect its first female governor. The main candidates are Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Democrat Jerri Green, a Memphis city councilwoman. The election of the first Democratic Asian American woman as governor could happen in Vermont with Amanda Janoo, who is half Malaysian. In Oklahoma, Democrat Cyndi Munson, a former state lawmaker of Korean descent, lost her race Tuesday for governor. Former Republican Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina, who is of Indian heritage, was the first Asian American female governor.Nearly 300 women, including incumbents, are running for the U.S. Senate and House, as documented by Rutgers’ Center for American Women and Politics.Among them is Democrat Juliana Stratton in Illinois, who defeated Republican Don Tracy on Tuesday. Stratton, the current lieutenant governor, will succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin. With fellow Democrat Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who is of Thai heritage, the pair will make Illinois the first state to be represented by two female senators of color. Stratton’s win also means there will be three Black women serving in the Senate.___Associated Press writers Becky Bohrer in Juneau, Alaska, Susan Montoya Bryan and Savannah Peters in Albuquerque, New Mexico, contributed to this report.
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan's high-stakes Senate race
Abdul El-Sayed, an epidemiologist and former public health official aligned with the Democratic Party's left flank, has won Michigan's highly hostile Senate race, defeating his Republican rival, former Rep. Mike Rogers, NBC News projects.El-Sayed, 42, overcame a raft of Islamophobia fomented by President Donald Trump and others to become the first Muslim elected to the chamber.He also overcame a last-minute defection from Rep. Haley Stevens, a vanquished primary rival who reneged on her pledge to support him and endorsed Rogers after attending church with him Sunday."They tried to confuse you, so let me just set the record straight," El-Sayed told supporters early Wednesday. "I love America" Michigan – U.S. Senate 96.1% expected vote in Source: NBC News Decision Desk Projected Winner Abdul El-Sayed 52.4% 2,480,577 Mike Rogers 45.6% 2,154,946 Lydia Christensen 1% 48,998 Tim Long 0.6% 26,123 Douglas Marsh 0.3% 12,366 Walter Kristy 0.2% 7,151 El-Sayed also had sharp words for those who had made an issue of his religion, from Rogers on up to Trump. He said he relished that it would be Vice President JD Vance, with whom he has tangled publicly, who swears him into the Senate."So Mike, enjoy your retirement," said El-Sayed, referring to Rogers. "See, you chose hate, and Michigan chose hope. May we never have to see the likes of you in this state again."El-Sayed's victory extends a long-running GOP drought in the state. A Republican has not won a Senate seat in Michigan since 1994. El-Sayed will succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters.The clash between El-Sayed and Rogers, 63, was rated among the country's most closely watched and aggressively fought, given El-Sayed's alliance with progressive firebrands such as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. El-Sayed's criticism of the Israeli government, which he has accused of genocide, was also a consistent flash point.A group affiliated with the pro-Israel group AIPAC spent more than $30 million in an unsuccessful effort to lift Stevens over El-Sayed in the Democratic primary and re-engaged in Michigan in the closing weeks of the general election. Stevens, meanwhile, linked her defection from El-Sayed to his position on Israel and his campaign's suggestion that she was not welcome at his campaign events after she began voicing her criticism more in the race's closing days.Rogers and his Republican allies tried to spin El-Sayed's anti-Israel stance into attacks that evoked his religion and raised questions about his loyalties. Vance, in particular, routinely attacked El-Sayed — a rift that grew out of El-Sayed's sarcastic questioning of whether Vance's late, white Appalachian-born grandfather would have approved of his Indian American wife.Trump's attacks on El-Sayed's faith went furthest. Within days of El-Sayed's August primary victory, Trump began falsely asserting that "jihadists" were gaining purchase in U.S. politics and government. The attacks escalated over the next three months, with Trump at one point whipping a crowd in Youngstown, Ohio, into a frenzied chant of "Deport! Deport!" He often referred to El-Sayed by his middle name, Mohamed.El-Sayed had a handy retort for that one."That'll be Sen. Mohamed to you, bro," he said at an Oct. 25 event with Sanders.Trump's rally the same day in Port Huron, Michigan, brought an escalation in his rhetoric. "I'm here to keep a jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member from becoming a United States senator, and that's the fact," Trump said. "We're not going to let that happen."Rogers tried to distance himself from the most heated rhetoric, but he also accused El-Sayed of harboring ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, an international Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt in 1928. The Trump administration has designated certain chapters of the group as terrorist organizations. El-Sayed has denounced and denied having any ties to the group.El-Sayed framed his campaign pitch around a simple, ideologically focused slogan: "Money out of politics, money in your pockets and Medicare for All." While that established him firmly to the left of his party, polling throughout the race suggested his message was helping him make strides with Trump voters.Rogers struggled to escape Trump's shadow. In the race's closing weeks, he tried to distance himself from Trump's war in Iran and tariffs — two developments that caused prices to rise and compounded voters' economic concerns. "Well, there are some things that Canada does that [are] absolutely unfair to Michiganders and the rest of the country," Rogers said in an interview this month with "NBC Nightly News." "I've been a targeted and temporary tariff guy to correct those things. I thought the broad sweep was too much, and I'd like to see it wrapped up."Asked in the interview whether the Iran war was a mistake, Rogers replied less than confidently: "Well, we'll find out. I don't think so."Marco Gacina contributed.
Democrats flip four governorships, extending the party's inroads into red states
Democratic candidates flipped control of governorships in four races while maintaining power in several other states, further punctuating the party's success in Tuesday's elections.Seizing on a broadly toxic political climate for Republicans, Democrats notched victories in perennial battleground and deep red states across the map.Democratic candidates wrested control of governor's mansions in Georgia, Iowa, Texas and Ohio.The most shocking flip came in Texas — a state that President Donald Trump won two years ago by nearly 14 points, and where the last Democratic governor was elected more than three decades ago.Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa defeated three-term GOP Gov. Greg Abbott, overcoming a massive spending deficit to become the state's first Latina chief executive. Democrats also made history in Georgia, where former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms defeated Republican Rick Jackson, flipping control of the battleground state office for the first time in 24 years. Bottoms' victory means that she will become the first Black female governor in U.S. history. Bottoms is one of three Black gubernatorial candidates who won on Tuesday, along with Democratic Gov. Wes Moore in Maryland and Republican Byron Donalds in Florida. There has never been more than one Black governor serving at a time before. In Iowa, state Auditor Rob Sand beat Republican Zach Lahn, making him the first Democrat to be elected to lead the state in two decades. Trump won Iowa in 2024 by 13 points.And in Ohio, Democrat Amy Acton beat Republican businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, succeeding GOP Gov. Mike DeWine.Republicans entered Tuesday's midterms with a 26-24 advantage in governor's offices across the country, but that majority appeared to be at risk early Wednesday morning. A total of 36 gubernatorial contests were on the ballot this year. "This incredible milestone marks a new era of Democratic leadership in states across the country," Andy Beshear, the Democratic Governors Association Chair and the Democratic governor of Kentucky, said in a statement. "Democratic governors and the DGA pulled off this amazing turnaround by competing and winning everywhere, staying focused on the biggest issues impacting Americans every day, and always standing up for our values."Democrats also held onto gubernatorial power in critical swing states.In Wisconsin, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley defeated GOP Rep. Tom Tiffany to succeeding two-term Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.And in Pennsylvania, Gov. Josh Shapiro won re-election by a more-than-20-point margin.Democratic candidates remain locked in tight races in Arizona, Nevada and Michigan early Wednesday morning.In Arizona, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs lead Republican Rep. Andy Biggs, while in Kansas, state Sen. Cindy Holscher was locked in a tight contest with Republican Ty Masterson. Despite Kansas' history as a solidly Republican state, it has had a Democratic governor for the last eight years. In battleground Nevada, state Attorney General Aaron Ford is facing off against GOP Gov. Joe Lombardo.
Vote-scanning machine malfunction to delay counting in New York's Westchester County
A judge has granted permission for elections officials in a major New York county to move thousands of paper ballots to a secure warehouse after a technical problem caused vote-scanning machines to malfunction.The issue will delay the counting of votes in a competitive congressional district until at least Wednesday.The New York Board of Elections said machines at locations throughout Westchester County would not accept paper ballots when polls opened Tuesday because of a programming glitch.Elections officials said the problem happened when they made a software update for one municipal contest after the machines had been prepared and tested. Machines in the other municipalities continued to use the original software and therefore would not recognize the ballots.Voters were instructed to put completed ballots in bags that would be safeguarded to be processed later. The bags were to be transported under police escort to a county warehouse to be scanned and counted under the supervision of representatives of political parties, election officials said.The Westchester County Board of Elections said the ballot counting was to begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday.Westchester County is considered the more liberal-leaning part of New York's 17th Congressional District, which featured a competitive race between GOP Rep. Mike Lawler and Democrat Cait Conley.Lawler and Conley implored residents to cast their ballots despite the problem and stressed that all votes would be counted.Lawler said the situation had caused "a lot of frustration, delays, lines and a lot of questions." But he added at a news conference: "I want to be clear. There's no shenanigans going on here."Despite the delayed counting, Lawler conceded defeat late Tuesday. The Associated Press had not called the race as of early Wednesday."When all of the votes are counted tomorrow in Westchester, it's going to be pretty clear that we will be short," he said.Westchester resident Toni Chrystal said she felt "uneasy" after casting her vote Tuesday morning amid the ballot issues.The real estate broker from White Plains said she completed her ballot around 7 a.m. and then dropped it into one of the designated ballot bags at her polling location as instructed."Westchester is one of the richest counties in the state. How does this happen?" she said. "How come they weren't tested yesterday or a week before? Early voting worked. How does it not work now?"___Associated Press writers Anthony Izaguirre and Michael R. Sisak contributed to this report.
What New York and New Jersey races have yet to be called? Here's a breakdown
While most races have been called (most of which went in favor of Democrats), there were still some pending races throughout the tri-state.In New York, there were three House races on Long Island that had still yet to be called: NY-1, NY-2 and NY-4.In New York’s 1st District, Republican incumbent Nicholas LaLota faced off against Democratic challenger Christopher Gallant. As of midnight, LaLota had a slim lead over Gallant, with just over 86% of the vote in, but it was still too close to call. NY – House 1 86.3% expected vote in Source: NBC News Decision Desk Nicholas LaLota 51.1% 152,546 Christopher Gallant 48.9% 145,869 Total Write-ins 0.1% 170 In the 2nd District, incumbent Republican Andrew Garbarino faced off against Democrat Patrick Halpin in a tight race. As of midnight, just over 73% of the vote was in, with Halpin and Garbarino neck-and-neck, separated by just a couple hundred votes. NY – House 2 78.2% expected vote in Source: NBC News Decision Desk Andrew Garbarino 51.2% 125,338 Patrick Halpin 48.7% 119,079 Total Write-ins 0.1% 203 In New York’s 4th District, Democrat incumbent Laura Gillen had a lead over Republican challenger Jeanine Driscoll. While Gillen led by nearly 30,000 voters, less than 50% of votes were in as of midnight. NY – House 4 85% expected vote in Source: NBC News Decision Desk Laura Gillen 56.2% 151,336 Jeanine Driscoll 43.4% 116,912 Blay Tarnoff 0.2% 663 Total Write-ins 0.1% 253 In the tightly contested race for NY-17, no projected winner had been declared between Republican incumbent Rep. Mike Lawler and Democratic challenger Cait Conley. However, when addressing supporters Tuesday night, Lawler said he had called Conley to concede the race.NBC News had not projected a winner in the race as midnight. NY – House 17 60.9% expected vote in Source: NBC News Decision Desk Cait Conley 52.2% 133,219 Mike Lawler 47.7% 121,881 Total Write-ins 0.1% 277 The only other race in the state that had not yet been called was the House seat in the 21st District, in Upstate New York. Republican Anthony Constantino held a slim lead over Democrat Blake Gendebien, with nearly 80% of the vote reporting, but no projection had yet been made. NY – House 21 81.2% expected vote in Source: NBC News Decision Desk Anthony Constantino 51% 139,792 Blake Gendebien 48.8% 133,714 Total Write-ins 0.2% 577 In New Jersey, the only race that had not yet been called was the race for the House seat in District 2. Incumbent Republican Jeff Van Drew was facing off against Democrat Zack Mullock.As of midnight, Mullock had a slim lead, with 51.1% of the vote so far. However, there were still ballots to be counted, with 87.3% of votes tallied so far.Van Drew reportedly conceded in the race, though NBC News has not yet projected a winner. NJ – House 2 89.2% expected vote in Source: NBC News Decision Desk Zack Mullock 51.1% 128,162 Jeff Van Drew 47.9% 120,190 Ramon Mora Jr. 1.1% 2,653
Democrats to take control of the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. news sources project - CityNews Kitchener
Democrats to take control of the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. news sources project CityNews Kitchener
Democrats projected to take U.S. House of Representatives: U.S. news outlets - CityNews Kitchener
Democrats projected to take U.S. House of Representatives: U.S. news outlets CityNews Kitchener
Democrats poised to flip House in midterm elections after two turbulent years of Trump
Victory for party comes despite unusual and aggressive efforts by Republicans to redraw congressional districtsUS midterm elections – live updatesTrack live results from all 50 statesDemocrats are winning competitive House races as well as ones in solid Republican districts and are expected to flip the US House of Representatives after two tumultuous years of Donald Trump's second presidency. A change in House control would give Democrats a perch to conduct robust oversight of the administration for its final two years.Republicans currently hold 218 seats in the House and Democrats have 214. (There is one vacancy in a Republican seat and one vacancy in a Democratic seat, and one Republican member switched his party affiliation to independent.) Democrats need to flip just three seats to gain control of the House. Continue reading...
Jesse Watters breaks bad news to Fox viewers: 'I don't think we're going to get our $5K'
Fox News host Jesse Watters was pained Tuesday night as he watched the early results of the midterm elections roll in, some of which showed ominous signs for Republicans. "I've been looking at the numbers, Martha," Watters said to his co-host, Martha MacCallum. "It's not a red wave. I don't think we're going to get our $5,000 checks."Republicans entered the midterms with public polling showing the party trailing Democrats in a host of key races, spanning predominantly red states from Maine to Iowa. President Donald Trump had gone on a 30-day rally tour ahead of the elections, hoping to increase support for Republican candidates, even though his approval rating is at a near-historic low. One of the promises Trump made on the campaign trail was to pay every American adult $5,000 if the Republicans maintain their majority in the House and Senate. Trump said he wouldn't pay the money if Democrats flipped either chamber. Watters pointed out several issues working against the president and Republicans on Tuesday. "The Democrats handed Donald Trump three major problems: the economy, illegal immigration, and crime," Watters said. "And if you look at these exit polls, crime and illegal immigration don't even show up. So, he solved two out of the three. He didn't solve the big one, the economy, the big kahuna, and that's what they wanted."Watters also noted that Trump took some "big gambles" ahead of the midterms, such as launching a trade war with Canada and attacking Iran, both of which raised prices for American consumers. "These were big gambles, big risks, and it remains to be seen how that's going to play out," Watters said.
Wednesday briefing: What the Democrat midterms victory tells us about Trump's future as president
In today's newsletter: A thumping night for the Democrats has seen the party take control of Congress, altering the course of Trump's second presidencyGood morning. While you were sleeping, a political earthquake hit the United States and it's still climbing up the Richter scale. Voting in Alaska and Hawaii wrapped up only hours ago, but early midterm results streaming in from across the US are making history for the Democrats, as they cash in on Trump's plummeting popularity.Democrats have taken control of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and the scale of their successes are far larger, and the speed at which they've materialised far quicker, than had been expected. Some of the most hotly contested races of the night have already been called, with Democrats flipping seats in Texas, Ohio and Kansas.EU trade deal | Andy Burnham is preparing to announce billions of pounds of trade deals with the EU covering everything from youth visas to pet passports under his vision of a much closer relationship with the bloc.UK news | A "well-known individual" has failed in his bid to stop two media organisations from publishing allegations of inappropriate sexual activities, the high court has ruled.UK politics | Reform UK's leader on Hampshire county council has been charged with 12 counts of rape and one of distributing indecent images of a child.UK news | King Charles has said that deepening his understanding of the horrors of slavery has made him more determined to address the wrongs of the past, as Caribbean leaders and campaigners intensified demands for an apology and reparations from Britain.Climate crisis | Countries can start to break their dependence on fossil fuels now without needing to wait for new technologies or economic changes, Brazil's government has said ahead of a global climate summit. Continue reading...
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Ghost Soldier (90 minutes)
Henry “Fitz” Fitzgerald has spent years living quietly off the grid, hiding from a past few people know anything about. But when a powerful foreign corporation moves into his hometown to seize his neighbors’ land for a massive payday, Fitz is forced to reveal who he really is: a former Special Forces soldier and advanced weapons developer. Armed with experimental technology, lethal combat skills, and an unwavering code of justice, Fitz wages a one-man war against an enemy that never saw him coming.
The Cat in the Hat (108 minutes)
Assigned his toughest mission yet, the Cat must cheer up siblings Gabby and Sebastian as they adjust to life in a new town. Known for pushing boundaries, this agent of chaos must prove himself or risk losing his magical hat forever.
Club Kid (126 minutes)
A hard-partying New York City club promoter sees his whirlwind lifestyle upended by the arrival of the 10-year-old son he never knew he had.
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Mir | Demo Flight — Agency for Defense Development (05:00 UTC)
Note: Launch vehicle name is provisional. First orbital full version launch of the South Korean military small satellite launch vehicle, after 2 sub-orbital tests of individual stages on 30 March and 30 December 2022, and 1 orbital test flight without the 2nd stage on 4 December 2023. Details TBD.
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Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land.  Although they are rapid, they are not agile.  So, if being chased by one, run in a zigzag line to lose him or her.

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Today In History
2008 — Barack Obama Elected First African American U.S. President
Democratic politician Barack Obama became the first African American to be elected president of the United States
2001 — Premiere of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The first film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's best-selling Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, premiered in London
1995 — Yitzhak Rabin assassinated
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, co-recipient with Shimon Peres and Yāsir ʿArafāt of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1994, was assassinated this day in 1995 by a Jewish extremist while attending a peace rally
1980 — Ronald Reagan Elected 40th U.S. President
Conservative Republican Ronald Reagan was elected the 40th president of the United States in 1980.
1979 — Iranian Militants Seize U.S. Embassy in Tehran
In 1979, Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, an event sanctioned by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leading to a hostage crisis that lasted over a year.
1946 — UNESCO founded to promote global collaboration
UNESCO was officially established as its constitution entered into force; this specialized agency of the UN called for the promotion of international collaboration in education, science, and culture
1924 — Nellie Tayloe Ross Elected First Woman Governor of Wyoming
American politician Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman to be elected governor of a U.S. state (Wyoming)
1922 — Howard Carter Discovers Tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922
British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen
1908 — Joseph Rotblat Born - Nobel Peace Prize Winner
British scientist Joseph Rotblat, a leading critic of nuclear weapons who jointly (with the Pugwash Conferences) won the 1995 Nobel Prize for Peace, was born. How much do you know about the Nobel Prize? Richard Mildenhall/Shutterstock.com
1842 — Abraham Lincoln's Marriage to Mary Todd
Future U.S. president Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in 1842.
1791 — St. Clair's Defeat by the Northwest Indian Confederation
In what became known as St. Clair's Defeat, U.S. General Arthur St. Clair's army was decisively defeated by the British-supported Native American Northwest Indian Confederation

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