In 2006, Democrats embraced Nancy Pelosi as the first female House speaker in history, and more events that happened on this day in history.
and more events that happened on this day in history.APIn 1961, House Speaker Samuel T. Rayburn died in Bonham, Texas, having served as speaker since 1940 except for two terms.In 1989, six Jesuit priests, a housekeeper and her daughter were slain by army troops at the University of Central America Jose Simeon Canas in El Salvador.In 1991, former Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards won a landslide victory in his bid to return to office, defeating State Rep. David Duke, a former Ku Klux Klan leader.
”Five years ago: Former congressman and defense secretary Melvin Laird, 94, died in Fort Myers, Florida.In 2018, a U.S. official said intelligence officials had concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi .
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