Nov. 6 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected 16th president of the United States. In 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederate States of America. In 1869, in the first formal intercollegiate football game, Rutgers beat Princeton, 6-4. In 1928, Republican Herbert Hoover was elected 31st president of the United States, defeating Democrat Al Smith. In 1956, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower was re-elected by a wide margin. In 1965,