Donald Trump won theU.S. presidential election, defeatingKamala Harris; he became the first convicted felon to be elected to the office and the second president to win a second nonconsecutive term.Learn about five great political comebacks

India launched its first interplanetary spacecraft, theMars Orbiter Mission, which was unmanned.Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about space exploration

The journalNature published a report thatDNA testing had confirmed (still disputed by some) that a member ofThomas Jefferson's family had fathered a child with the slaveSally Hemings; the testing, however, was unable to definitively prove that Jefferson was the father.Read more about the Jefferson-Hemings paternity debate

Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented third term aspresident of the United States.Take our quiz about U.S. presidential firsts

Social criticSinclair Lewis won theNobel Prize for Literature, the first American to receive the honour.Test your knowledge of literary Nobelists

France andBritain declared war onTurkey, widening the conflict ofWorld War I.Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about World War I

British actressVivien Leigh—who achieved motion picture immortality by playing two of American literature's most-celebrated Southern belles,Scarlett O'Hara andBlanche DuBois—was born in India.Take our quiz about women in classic cinema

Americancowboy actor and singer Roy Rogers—who starred in films and television shows, often alongside his wife, Dale Evans—was born.Test your knowledge of actors and acting

Susan B. Anthony, a leader in the Americanwomen's suffrage movement, cast a ballot in thepresidential election, and she was later arrested for voting illegally and convicted in a trial she called “the greatest outrage history ever witnessed.”How much do you know about famous suffragettes?

Honduras declared its absolute independence, seceding from theUnited Provinces of Central America.Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about Latin America

Mughal power was restored inIndia following Bayram Khān's victory at the second Battle of Panipat.Test your knowledge of India