Published: Monday, November 2, 2009
Today in History
Today is Monday, Nov. 2, the 306th day of 2009. There are 59 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
On Nov. 2, 1959, former game show contestant Charles Van Doren admitted before a House subcommittee that he’d been given questions and answers in advance when he appeared on the NBC program “Twenty One,” amassing $129,000 during a 14-week run.
ON THIS DATE
In 1783, Gen. George Washington issued his Farewell Orders to the Armies of the United States near Princeton, N.J.
In 1859, John Brown was convicted of treason against Virginia, murder and conspiracy for his raid on Harpers Ferry. (He was hanged one month later.)
In 1947, Howard Hughes piloted his huge wooden flying boat, the Hughes H-4 Hercules (derisively dubbed the “Spruce Goose” by detractors), on its only flight, which lasted about a minute over Long Beach Harbor in California.
In 1948, President Harry S. Truman surprised the experts by winning a narrow upset over Republican challenger Thomas Dewey.
In 1984, Velma Barfield, convicted of fatally poisoning her boyfriend, was put to death by injection in Raleigh, N.C., becoming the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.
Associated Press
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
On Nov. 2, 1959, former game show contestant Charles Van Doren admitted before a House subcommittee that he’d been given questions and answers in advance when he appeared on the NBC program “Twenty One,” amassing $129,000 during a 14-week run.
ON THIS DATE
In 1783, Gen. George Washington issued his Farewell Orders to the Armies of the United States near Princeton, N.J.
In 1859, John Brown was convicted of treason against Virginia, murder and conspiracy for his raid on Harpers Ferry. (He was hanged one month later.)
In 1947, Howard Hughes piloted his huge wooden flying boat, the Hughes H-4 Hercules (derisively dubbed the “Spruce Goose” by detractors), on its only flight, which lasted about a minute over Long Beach Harbor in California.
In 1948, President Harry S. Truman surprised the experts by winning a narrow upset over Republican challenger Thomas Dewey.
In 1984, Velma Barfield, convicted of fatally poisoning her boyfriend, was put to death by injection in Raleigh, N.C., becoming the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.
Associated Press
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