Also on this day: Edward the Confessor, King of England, dies after a reign of nearly 24 years. Catherine de Medici of France dies at age 69.
A British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, Va. French Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, is publicly stripped of his rank.
Democrat Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming takes office as America’s first female governor, succeeding her late husband, William, following a special election.
Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States, dies in Northampton, Mass., at age 60. Workmen assist the derrick operator, chief engineer Joseph Strauss, in joining the center of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Ca., Nov.
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