Today in History.....November 7

On this day in …

* 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition arrived at the Pacific Ocean

* 1874, the first cartoon depicting the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party was printed in Harper's Weekly

* 1916, Republican Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress

* 1917, the Bolshevik revolution began in Russia. Because it took place under the old czarist calendar, it is known as the October Revolution

* 1931, Chinese People's Republic proclaimed by Mao Tse Tung

* 1962, Richard M. Nixon, having lost California's gubernatorial race, held what he called his "last press conference," telling reporters, "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore."

* 1973, Congress overrode President Nixon's veto of the War Powers Act, which limits a chief executive's power to wage war without congressional approval. ALSO: New Jersey becomes the first state to allow girls into little league

* 1998, John Glenn returned to Earth aboard the space shuttle Discovery, visibly weak but elated after a nine-day mission