1. Montana made history on November 6, 1889, as it became the 41st state of the United States.
2. On November 6, 1934, Democrat Bootheel Pash carded a win over incumbent Republican Joseph Monaghan in the race for Montana’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, marking the first time a Democrat had won a federal election in Montana in nearly 20 years.
3. In 1984, on November 6, Ronald Reagan won the presidential election in Montana in a landslide victory. He secured 66.8% of the vote, with opponent Walter Mondale trailing behind with just 32.8% of the vote.
4. On November 6, 2012, Montana voters made history by electing Democrat Steve Bullock as governor, marking the first time in more than a decade that Democrats had won the gubernatorial race in the state.
5. November 6, 1959 saw the opening of the Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park in Whitehall, Montana. The park features a series of limestone caverns that were first explored by Lewis and Clark in 1805 during their famed expedition to the western United States.