This Day…

1860 – Republican Abraham Lincoln of Illinois elected the 16th President of the United States of America

1841 – First wagon train arrives in California after a five and a half month and 1,730 mile journey over the Sierra Nevada from Missouri

1962 – The horror film “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” is released, directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, based on the novel by Henry Farrell

1866 – Jesse James‘ gang robs bank in Lexington, Missouri ($2000)

1846 – Pioneers suffer blizzard in Sierra Nevada; 42 die

1881 – Three Earp brothers and Doc Holliday have a shootout with the Clantons and McLaurys at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory

1960 – 1st electronic wrist watch placed on sale, NYC

1881 – Levi P Morton, US ambassador to France drives first rivet in Statue of Liberty

1942 – “Now, Voyager” film directed by Irving Rapper, and starring Bette Davis, Paul Henreid and Claude Rains, premieres in New York; wins 3 Academy Awards

1917 – Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for Germany during WWI at Vincennes near Paris