29-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest woman to be voted into the US Congress.
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Richard Milhous Nixon won the election and became the 37th President of the United States.
The American action drama series '24,' with Keifer Sutherland, premiered on FOX.
Whitney Houston released her third album, 'I'm Your Baby Tonight.'
The fourth movie of J.K. Rowling's novel series, 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,' premiered in Leicester Square, London, UK.
New Delhi air pollution was declared a public emergency, causing the city to close many schools and construction sites.