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Today in History: Tuesday, November\u00a0 08, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Nov. 8, 1932, New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president over incumbent Herbert Hoover.
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1889<\/td>\nMontana became the 41st state.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1892<\/td>\nFormer President Grover Cleveland beat incumbent Benjamin Harrison, becoming the only president to win non-consecutive terms in the White House.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1923<\/td>\nAdolf Hitler launched his first attempt to seize power with a failed coup in Munich, Germany.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1960<\/td>\nMassachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard M. Nixon in the presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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1966<\/td>\nRonald Reagan was elected governor of California.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1971<\/td>\nThe album “Led Zeppelin IV,” which included the song “Stairway to Heaven,” was released.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1972<\/td>\nThe premium cable TV network HBO (Home Box Office) made its debut with a showing of the movie “Sometimes a Great Notion.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/td>\nA bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army exploded as crowds gathered in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, for a ceremony honoring Britain’s war dead, killing 11 people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>\nVice President George H.W. Bush won the presidential election, beating Democrat Michael Dukakis.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>\nRepublicans gained control of the House of Representatives for the first time in 40 years.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nChinese engineers diverted the Yangtze River to make way for the Three Gorges Dam.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nA statewide recount of presidential election ballots began in Florida.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nThousands of U.S. troops attacked strongholds of Sunni insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nAn engine fire aboard the Carnival Splendor cruise ship left nearly 4,500 aboard without electricity during a three-day tow to San Diego.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nTalk show host Conan O’Brien made his debut on TBS.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Broadcast journalist Morley Safer (“60 Minutes”) turns 85 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Bonnie Bramlett<\/td>\nRock singer, actress<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bonnie Raitt<\/td>\nRock musician<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mary Hart<\/td>\nTV host (“Entertainment Tonight”)<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christie Hefner<\/td>\nFormer CEO of Playboy Enterprises<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rickie Lee Jones<\/td>\nSinger, songwriter<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leif Garrett<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gordon Ramsay<\/td>\nTV chef<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Courtney Thorne-Smith<\/td>\nActress (“According to Jim”)<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parker Posey<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gretchen Mol<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Muir<\/td>\nBroadcast journalist<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tara Reid<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jack Osbourne<\/td>\nTV personality (“The Osbournes”)<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Giancarlo Stanton<\/td>\nBaseball player<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Alfre Woodard turns 64 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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