WEDNESDAY IN HISTORY

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 8, the 312th day of 2017. There are 53 days left in the year.

Highlight in History:

On 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.

On this date:

In 1793, the Louvre began admitting the public, even though the French museum had been officially open since August.

In 1889, Montana became the 41st state.

In 1892, former President Cleveland defeated incumbent Benjamin Harrison, becoming the first (and, to date, only) chief executive to win non-consecutive terms to the White House.

In 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.”

In 1932, New York Democratic Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated incumbent Republican Herbert Hoover for the presidency.

In 1960, Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard M. Nixon for the presidency.

In 1974, a federal judge in Cleveland dismissed charges against eight Ohio National Guardsmen accused of violating the civil rights of students who were killed or wounded in the 1970 Kent State shootings.

In 1988, Vice President George H.W. Bush won the presidential election, defeating the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis.

Ten years ago: The Senate confirmed President George W. Bush’s nomination of Michael Mukasey to be attorney general, 53-40.

Five years ago: Jared Lee Loughner was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the January 2011 shootings in Tucson, Arizona, that killed six people and wounded 13 others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

One year ago: Democrat Zena Stephens of Jefferson County made history upon her election as the first black woman sheriff in Texas.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Norman Lloyd is 103. Singer Bonnie Raitt is 68. Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro is 63. Chef and TV personality Gordon Ramsay is 51. ABC News anchor David Muir is 44. Actress Tara Reid is 42. TV personality Jack Osbourne is 32.

Thought for Today: “One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.”— Marie Curie (1867-1934).