November 7th, 1917:

The Bolshevik Revolution takes place in Russia.

Forces led by Vladimir Lenin overthrow the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky.

What eventually emerges: the Soviet Union, the world's first communist state.

2000:

Americans vote in a presidential election whose outcome remains in limbo for more than a month.

The race between Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore hinges on Florida's disputed electoral votes.

Bush becomes President after a legal fight that leads all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Also that same year:

Hillary Clinton becomes the first first lady to win public office, when she's elected to a U.S. Senate seat from New York.

This happens 74 years to the day that Republican Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman elected to Congress.

1962:

Former Vice President Richard Nixon tells reporters after losing the California Governor's race...

But Nixon makes a comeback just six years later, when he wins the White House.

1940:

In Washington State, what's considered one of the most dramatic failures in bridge engineering.

The middle section of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses during a windstorm, just four months after the suspension bridge opens.

No lives are lost, because the bridge was already closed to traffic at the time of the collapse.

1918:

Billy Graham, the evangelist known for his global preaching and his friendships with American presidents, is born in Charlotte, North Carolina.

1991:

NBA star Magic Johnson says he's retiring from the Los Angeles Lakers, after testing positive for the AIDS virus.

And, 1943:

Joni Mitchell, singer and songwriter, is born in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada.

Today in History, November 7th,________,The Associated Press.