1. In 1860, Mississippi held a statewide referendum to decide whether to secede from the United States, and the vote passed overwhelmingly in favor of secession. This decision ultimately led to the state's involvement in the American Civil War.

2. In 1900, Democratic candidate Theodore Bilbo was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives. Bilbo went on to serve as Governor of Mississippi for two terms, and later held a seat in the U.S. Senate. He was known for his segregationist views and support of the Ku Klux Klan.

3. On November 6, 1928, Mississippi State University held the first homecoming celebration in the school's history. The event featured a parade, a pep rally, and a football game against the University of Mississippi.

4. In 1947, Mississippi Governor Fielding Wright issued an executive order banning the NAACP from operating in the state. The order was part of a larger effort to suppress civil rights activism in Mississippi during the mid-20th century.

5. On November 6, 1989, a jury in Meridian, Mississippi convicted Edgar Ray Killen of manslaughter in connection with the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers: James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner. Killen, a former Ku Klux Klan leader, was sentenced to 60 years in prison.