TODAY IN HISTORY

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Nov. 8, 2016

Republican Donald Trump was elected America’s 45th president, defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton in an astonishing victory for a celebrity businessman and political novice. Republicans kept their majorities in the Senate and House. ALSO ON THIS DATE

1892

Former President Grover Cleveland defeated incumbent Benjamin Harrison, becoming the first chief executive to win non-consecutive terms to the White House.

1923

Adolf Hitler launched his first attempt at seizing power in Germany with a failed coup in Munich that came to be known as the “Beer-Hall Putsch.”

1932

New York Democratic Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated incumbent Republican Herbert Hoover for the presidency.

1950

During the Korean War, the first jet-plane battle took place as U.S. Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown shot down a North Korean MiG-15.