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Today in history Today is Wednesday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2013. There are 55 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 6, 1888, Republican Benjamin Harrison won the presidential election, defeating Democratic incumbent Grover Cleveland with an electoral vote count of 233-168, even though Cleveland led in the popular vote.
On this date: In 1632, King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed in battle. In 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln defeated three other candidates for the presidency: John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas. In 1861, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was elected to a six-year term of office. In 1893, composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky died in St. Petersburg, Russia, at age 53. In 1928, in a first, the results of Republican Herbert Hoover’s election victory over Democrat Alfred E. Smith were flashed onto an electric wraparound sign on the New York Times building. In 1934, Nebraska voters approved dissolving their two-chamber legislature in favor of a nonpartisan, single legislative body, which was implemented in 1937.
Local/Region
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Demolition likely for Astrodome as voters nix plan Associated Press
HOUSTON — Memories will likely soon be all that’s left of the Houston Astrodome — the world’s first multipurpose domed stadium. Voters on Tuesday did not approve a referendum that would have authorized up to $217 million in bonds to turn the stadium that once hosted both professional baseball and football games into a giant convention and event center and exhibition space. Houston-area leaders have said the so-called “Eighth Wonder of the World” would likely have to be torn down if the ballot measure failed to pass. The referendum had called for creating 350,000 square feet of exhibition space by removing the interior seats and raising the floor to street level. Other changes included creating 400,000 square feet of plaza and green space on the outside of the structure as part of the project, dubbed “The New Dome Experience.” A coalition of local and national preservation groups as well as a political action committee had banded together to try to convince voters the stadium, one
of Houston’s signature structures, should be reborn and not razed. The pro-Astrodome groups took to Facebook and Twitter and spoke at community meetings. In the two weeks leading up to the election, they also drove around the county a 26-foot-long truck dubbed the “Dome Mobile,” where people wrote their favorite Astrodome memories and preservation messages on a large interior wall. While there wasn’t an organized effort against the referendum, some opponents had said the money to refurbish the Astrodome could be better spent on other projects. Studies in recent years have estimated the cost of demolishing the Astrodome to be between $29 million and $78 million. Opened in 1965, the Astrodome was home to MLB’s Houston Astros and the NFL’s Houston Oilers. It was spacious enough to fit an 18-story building under its 208-foot high roof. The stadium was also home to the city’s rodeo and hosted concerts and other events, including the “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King in 1973.
Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Stopping hunger
Diamonte Williams has some fun playing one of the many games during the World Hunger Relief Foundation’s carnival. The carnival was held at the Boys and Girls Club with proceeds collected by event sponsor Pizza Hut going to the charity.
Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Well-dressed pup Pat (left) and B.J. Pendergrast get Elmo into his tuxedo.
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