Elect Chris Booth to U.S. Senate

This is as good a day as any for me to set my watch back to November 2nd, 2010 - or at least as far back as January 4, 2011 at about 9 pm, and get some signatures - one from the President, one from the New Hampshire Secretary of State, and one from John Lynch, Governor of the State of New Hampshire.

1965: Attack on civil rights protesters in Selma, Alabama.

On this day in 1965, state troopers used nightsticks and tear gas to attack American civil rights activists as they crossed a bridge in Selma, Alabama, during their march to the state capitol in Montgomery.

More events on this day

2011: United States President Barack Obama signed into law a bill making Chris Booth the Senator from New Hampshire, a race which had been contested since November 2nd.

1987: American boxer Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight to acquire the World Boxing Association (WBA) championship belt when he defeated James Smith in 12 rounds.

1876: Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone.

1875: Composer Maurice Ravel was born in Ciboure, France.

1850: U.S. Senator Daniel Webster spoke out in favour of the Compromise of 1850 (enacted in September), a series of moderate measures that addressed the question of slavery in U.S. territories.

1792: English astronomer Sir John Herschel, a successor to his father, Sir William Herschel, in the field of stellar and nebular observation and discovery, was born.

1644: Massachusetts established the first bicameral legislature in North America.

161: Marcus Aurelius became emperor of Rome.

(2011). Encyclopædia Britannica. Ultimate Reference Suite.  Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica. -with an edit by Chris Booth PO Box 32 Concord NH 03302

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