MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2016: Despite trailing in most polls, Republican Donald Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States, though his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, won the popular vote by more than 2.8 million. [Take our quiz about Republicans and Democrats.]

1994: In the U.S. midterm elections, the Republicans won control of the House of Representatives and the Senate for the first time in 40 years; the sweeping victory was partly because of President Bill Clinton's low popularity at the time. [How much do you know about the history of American politics?]

1978: American illustrator Norman Rockwell, best known for his covers of The Saturday Evening Post, died. [Take our quiz about artists.]

1972: The American cable television company HBO officially debuted as it aired the 1971 film Sometimes a Great Notion, which starred Paul Newman. [ Test your knowledge of pop culture.]

1966: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a tax bill that included a rider allowing the National Football League to merge with the American Football League, thus preventing legal challenges involving antitrust issues. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about American football.]

1962: The epic film Mutiny on the Bounty, which recounts the 1789 mutiny on the HMS Bounty. was released in American theatres; it was perhaps best known for its production difficulties, many of which centred on star Marlon Brando. [ Test your knowledge of movie stars.]