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The National British Cat Show is held in Birmingham.

20-year-old Miss Norma Garrett of Campsie, NSW pins a poppy onto Miss Madena Douglas, 95 years old, a former nursing sister who was one of the first nurses to leave Australia on active service in World War I.

A new horror film, Carrie, based upon the Stephen King novel of the same name, is released in select theaters.

Lillian Carter, Jimmy Carter’s 78-year-old mother, learns that her son has won the Presidential Election.

Gerald and Betty Ford cast their votes in today’s Presidential Election.

It’s Presidential Election Day in the United States! Here is a predawn line on Myrtle Street in Boston. Make sure to get out and vote today!

Illusionist and stuntman Harry Houdini dies of infection at Grace Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. He has been sick for over one week. He was 52 years old.

As Benito Mussolini drives in an open car through Bologna, Italy, a 15-year-old boy, Anteo Zamboni, fires shots at the Italian Premier. He misses, and an angry mob lynches him on the spot. This is the third major assassination attempt against Mussolini in just six months. Il Duce goes on to open the Littoriale complex in Bologna.

Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter gives a dramatic speech in front of The Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.

New York City passes the “Cabaret Law,” banning all dance clubs in New York City unless the club has a specific “dancing license.” This law was designed to crack down on alcohol and race mixing parties in Harlem.

GCT Giles, English politician responsible for the evacuation of three million children from Blitzed London to the countryside during WWII, dies. He was 85.

12 days after the general election in the German Democratic Republic, the Volkskammer elects Erich Honecker as Chairman of the Council of State, the de facto President of East Germany.

Harry Houdini is not doing well: after sustaining a severe abdominal injury last week, Houdini is suffering from appendicitis and recovery is doubtful.